2019 New Zealand Grand Prix

2019 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2019 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date 10 February 2019
Official name LXIV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 106.155 km (65.975 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver
M2 Competition
Time 1:02.388
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition
Time 1:04.065 on lap 32
Podium
First
M2 Competition
Second
M2 Competition
Third
MTEC Motorsport

The 2019 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 10 February 2019. It was the sixty-fourth New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event also served as the third race of the fifth round of the 2019 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.[1]

Report

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Team Time Grid
1 22 Austria Lucas Auer M2 Competition 1:02.388 1
2 10 New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition 1:02.411 2
3 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 1:02.536 3
4 86 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:02.902 4
5 30 Belgium Esteban Muth M2 Competition 1:02.971 5
6 28 United States Cameron Das M2 Competition 1:02.984 6
7 7 South Africa Raoul Hyman Giles Motorsport 1:03.053 7
8 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Giles Motorsport 1:03.080 8
9 12 Russia Artem Petrov M2 Competition 1:03.081 9
10 54 Australia Calan Williams MTEC Motorsport 1:03.098 10
11 5 Romania Petru Florescu MTEC Motorsport 1:03.100 11
12 36 Japan Kazuto Kotaka MTEC Motorsport 1:03.201 12
13 11 Australia Jackson Walls MTEC Motorsport 1:03.232 13
14 66 United States Parker Locke Victory Motor Racing 1:03.400 14
15 16 Australia Thomas Smith Giles Motorsport 1:03.463 15
16 21 United States Dev Gore Giles Motorsport 1:03.918 16
17 48 New Zealand Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 1:05.444 17
Source(s): [2]

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 10 New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition 35 39min 52.929sec 2
2 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 35 + 2.582 s1 3
3 36 Japan Kazuto Kotaka MTEC Motorsport 35 + 10.995 s 12
4 7 South Africa Raoul Hyman Giles Motorsport 35 + 13.036 s 7
5 30 Belgium Esteban Muth M2 Competition 35 + 13.499 s2 5
6 86 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 35 + 13.653 s 4
7 66 United States Parker Locke Victory Motor Racing 35 + 15.817 s 14
8 48 New Zealand Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 34 + 1 lap 17
Ret 21 United States Dev Gore Giles Motorsport 15 Accident 16
Ret 11 Australia Jackson Walls MTEC Motorsport 15 Accident 13
Ret 22 Austria Lucas Auer M2 Competition 12 Accident 1
Ret 28 United States Cameron Das M2 Competition 12 Accident 6
Ret 54 Australia Calan Williams MTEC Motorsport 12 Accident 10
Ret 16 Australia Thomas Smith Giles Motorsport 12 Accident damage 15
Ret 12 Russia Artem Petrov M2 Competition 12 Suspension 9
Ret 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Giles Motorsport 7 Spun off 8
DNS 5 Romania Petru Florescu MTEC Motorsport 0 Did Not Start 11
Source(s): [3][4][5]

Notes

1.^ – Armstrong was given a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver (Lawson) off the road.
2.^ – Muth was given a five-second time penalty for 'breach of driving conduct'.

References

  1. ^ https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/02/10/lawson-takes-trs-title-with-new-zealand-grand-prix-win/ Lawson takes TRS title with New Zealand Grand Prix win. Speedcafe. 10 Feb 2019.
  2. ^ "NZ Grand Prix 2019 - Qual 11" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ "NZ Grand Prix 2019 - Race 25" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. ^ "16-year-old wins New Zealand Grand Prix". 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Lawson beats Armstrong to TRS title with NZGP win". Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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