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.
| 2013 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series | |||
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| Race details | |||
| 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 miles) | ||
| Distance | 35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 miles) | ||
| 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 | ||
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 edit
Qualifying edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Lucas Auer
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:03.472 | |
| 2 | 36 |  Alex Lynn
|
M2 Competition | 1:03.520 | + 0.048 s |
| 3 | 21 |  Steijn Schothorst
|
M2 Competition | 1:03.730 | + 0.258 s |
| 4 | 1 | Nick Cassidy
|
M2 Competition | 1:03.738 | + 0.266 s |
| 5 | 5 |  Bruno Bonifacio
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:03.843 | + 0.371 s |
| 6 | 6 | Pipo Derani
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:03.913 | + 0.441 s |
| 7 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst
|
M2 Competition | 1:03.948 | + 0.476 s |
| 8 | 23 | Jann Mardenborough
|
ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.972 | + 0.500 s |
| 9 | 16 |  Ignazio D'Agosto
|
Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.036 | + 0.564 s |
| 10 | 4 |  Felix Serralles
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:04.070 | + 0.598 s |
| 11 | 18 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:04.128 | + 0.656 s |
| 12 | 22 |  Andrew Tang
|
ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.153 | + 0.681 s |
| 13 | 43 |  Tanart Sathienthirakul
|
ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.208 | + 0.736 s |
| 14 | 3 | Damon Leitch
|
Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.289 | + 0.817 s |
| 15 | 44 |  Dennis Olsen
|
M2 Competition | 1:04.311 | + 0.839 s |
| 16 | 7 |  Tatiana Calderón
|
ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.342 | + 0.870 s |
| 17 | 29 |  Akash Nandy
|
ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.429 | + 0.957 s |
| 18 | 53 | Michael Scott
|
Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.469 | + 0.997 s |
| 19 | 10 |  Spike Goddard
|
M2 Competition | 1:04.498 | + 1.026 s |
| 20 | 9 | Ken Smith
|
Giles Motorsport | 1:04.965 | + 1.493 s |
| Source:[1] | |||||
Race edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nick Cassidy
|
M2 Competition | 35 | 40min 18.328sec |
| 2 | 36 | Alex Lynn
|
M2 Competition | 35 | + 0.711 s |
| 3 | 21 | Steijn Schothorst
|
M2 Competition | 35 | + 2.371 s |
| 4 | 6 | Pipo Derani
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 3.148 s |
| 5 | 5 | Bruno Bonifacio
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 4.877 s |
| 6 | 11 | Lucas Auer
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 5.232 s |
| 7 | 23 | Jann Mardenborough
|
ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 5.497 s |
| 8 | 16 | Ignazio D'Agosto
|
Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 5.995 s |
| 9 | 4 | Felix Serralles
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 8.248 s |
| 10 | 22 | Andrew Tang
|
ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 8.569 s |
| 11 | 3 | Damon Leitch
|
Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 9.332 s |
| 12 | 18 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 10.548 s |
| 13 | 7 | Tatiana Calderón
|
ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 10.829 s |
| 14 | 43 | Tanart Sathienthirakul
|
ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 11.890 s |
| 15 | 53 | Michael Scott
|
Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 12.493 s |
| 16 | 9 | Ken Smith
|
Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 17.070 s |
| 17 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst
|
M2 Competition | 34 | + 1 Lap |
| 18 | 29 | Akash Nandy
|
ETEC Motorsport | 33 | + 2 Laps |
| 19 | 10 | Spike Goddard
|
M2 Competition | 33 | + 2 Laps |
| Ret | 44 | Dennis Olsen
|
M2 Competition | 15 | Retired |
| Source:[2] | |||||
References edit
- ^ "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.