2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series | |||
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| Date | 10 February 2013 | ||
| Official name | LVIII New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.033 km (1.885 mi) | ||
| Distance | 35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 mi) | ||
| Weather | Fine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Giles Motorsport | ||
| Time | 1:03.472 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nick Cassidy | M2 Competition | |
| Time | 1:04.631 on lap 26 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | M2 Competition | ||
| Second | M2 Competition | ||
| Third | M2 Competition | ||
The 2013 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 10 February 2013. It was the fifty-eighth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.
Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by New Zealander Nick Cassidy for the second time in succession, a feat last achieved by Simon Wills who won the race back to back in 1998 and 1999.
The M2 Competition team dominated the race, filling all three podium positions. Briton Alex Lynn finished second, 0.7 seconds behind Cassidy. Third was Dutch driver Steijn Schothorst.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Lucas Auer |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.472 | |
| 2 | 36 |  Alex Lynn |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.520 | + 0.048 s |
| 3 | 21 |  Steijn Schothorst |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.730 | + 0.258 s |
| 4 | 1 | Nick Cassidy |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.738 | + 0.266 s |
| 5 | 5 |  Bruno Bonifacio |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.843 | + 0.371 s |
| 6 | 6 | Pipo Derani |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.913 | + 0.441 s |
| 7 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.948 | + 0.476 s |
| 8 | 23 | Jann Mardenborough |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:03.972 | + 0.500 s |
| 9 | 16 |  Ignazio D'Agosto |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.036 | + 0.564 s |
| 10 | 4 |  Felix Serralles |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.070 | + 0.598 s |
| 11 | 18 |  Nicholas Latifi |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.128 | + 0.656 s |
| 12 | 22 |  Andrew Tang |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.153 | + 0.681 s |
| 13 | 43 |  Tanart Sathienthirakul |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.208 | + 0.736 s |
| 14 | 3 | Damon Leitch |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.289 | + 0.817 s |
| 15 | 44 |  Dennis Olsen |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.311 | + 0.839 s |
| 16 | 7 |  Tatiana Calderon |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.342 | + 0.870 s |
| 17 | 29 |  Akash Nandy |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.429 | + 0.957 s |
| 18 | 53 | Michael Scott |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.469 | + 0.997 s |
| 19 | 10 |  Spike Goddard |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.498 | + 1.026 s |
| 20 | 9 | Ken Smith |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 1:04.965 | + 1.493 s |
| Source:[1] | ||||||
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nick Cassidy |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 40min 18.328sec |
| 2 | 36 | Alex Lynn |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 0.711 s |
| 3 | 21 | Steijn Schothorst |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 2.371 s |
| 4 | 6 | Pipo Derani |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 3.148 s |
| 5 | 5 | Bruno Bonifacio |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 4.877 s |
| 6 | 11 | Lucas Auer |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 5.232 s |
| 7 | 23 | Jann Mardenborough |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 5.497 s |
| 8 | 16 | Ignazio D'Agosto |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 5.995 s |
| 9 | 4 | Felix Serralles |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 8.248 s |
| 10 | 22 | Andrew Tang |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 8.569 s |
| 11 | 3 | Damon Leitch |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 9.332 s |
| 12 | 18 | Nicholas Latifi |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 10.548 s |
| 13 | 7 | Tatiana Calderon |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 10.829 s |
| 14 | 43 | Tanart Sathienthirakul |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 11.890 s |
| 15 | 53 | Michael Scott |
Victory Motor Racing | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 12.493 s |
| 16 | 9 | Ken Smith |
Giles Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | + 17.070 s |
| 17 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 34 | + 1 Lap |
| 18 | 29 | Akash Nandy |
ETEC Motorsport | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 33 | + 2 Laps |
| 19 | 10 | Spike Goddard |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 33 | + 2 Laps |
| Ret | 44 | Dennis Olsen |
M2 Competition | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 15 | Retired |
| Source:[2] | ||||||
References
- ↑ "New merge for average for Race 19". mylaps.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ↑ "R19 TRS "NZ Grand Prix" 35 Laps". mylaps.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
External links
| Preceded by 2012 New Zealand Grand Prix |
New Zealand Grand Prix 2013 |
Succeeded by 2014 New Zealand Grand Prix |
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