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2008 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.

2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 3 of 7 of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date 13 January 2008
Official name LIII New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • New Zealand Andy Knight
 Knight Motorsport
Time 1:04.489
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing
Time 1:04.167 on lap 15
Podium
First
  • New Zealand Andy Knight
 Knight Motorsport
Second
Triple X Motorsport
Third
  • New Zealand Ben Harford
 NZ Motorsport Trust

It was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 5   Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 1:04.533 1:04.094 1:04.489 1
2 3   Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 1:04.178 1:03.928 1:04.556 2
3 1   Earl Bamber International Motorsport 1:04.383 1:03.867 1:04.596 3
4 9   Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 1:04.768 1:04.515 1:04.633 4
5 28   Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 1:04.312 1:04.160 1:04.706 5
6 27   Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 1:04.330 1:04.037 1:04.798 6
7 47   Nathan Antunes European Technique 1:04.928 1:04.545 1:04.879 7
8 7   Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 1:04.471 1:04.438 1:04.962 8
9 10   Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 1:04.411 1:04.266 1:06.295 9
10 74   Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 1:04.340 1:03.937 1:10.269 10
11 6   Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 1:05.030 1:04.553 11
12 55   Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 1:05.171 1:04.554 12
13 2   Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 1:04.736 1:04.797 13
14 87   Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Motorsport 1:05.147 1:04.763 14
15 19   Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 1:05.347 1:04.937 15
16 20   Daynom Templeman 1:05.384 1:05.128 16
17 11   Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 1:05.391 1:05.220 17
18 44   Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 1:06.072 1:05.419 18
Source(s):[1]

Grand Prix edit

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time Grid
1 5   Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 35 43min 15.936sec 1
2 3   Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 35 + 0.136 s 2
3 7   Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 35 + 0.553 s 8
4 10   Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 1.022 s 9
5 1   Earl Bamber International Motorsport 35 + 1.655 s 3
6 20   Daynom Templeman 35 + 3.228 s 16
7 55   Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 35 + 4.216 s 12
8 74   Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 35 + 4.933 s 10
9 6   Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 35 + 5.123 s 11
10 87   Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Racing 35 + 6.969 s 14
11 11   Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 7.741 s 17
12 2   Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 35 + 11.769 s 13
13 44   Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 35 + 12.587 s 18
14 19   Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 35 + 17.607 s 15
15 47   Nathan Antunes European Technique 35 + 18.511 s 7
Ret 27   Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 28 Retired 6
Ret 28   Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 27 Retired 5
Ret 9   Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 16 Retired 4
Source(s):[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "TRS best lap times in 1st 2 qualifyings for "Top 10 Shootout" for "Q8"". Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "R21 - TRS - NZ Grand Prix (3) - Grid from top 10 shootout". Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links edit

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