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2016 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 14 February 2016. It was the sixty-first 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 2016 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.

2016 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series
Race details[1]
Date 14 February 2016
Official name LXI 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
M2 Competition
Time 1:02.145
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport
Time 1:03.097 on lap 31
Podium
First
M2 Competition
Second
M2 Competition
Third
Giles Motorsport

Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old Briton Lando Norris who became the fourth teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after Mitch Evans, Nick Cassidy and Lance Stroll.

Norris took pole position and won the race from Russian Artem Markelov and Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg; Habsburg also achieved the fastest lap of the race.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No Driver Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Gap
1 31   Lando Norris M2 Competition 1:02.522 1:02.145
2 5   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 1:02.554 1:02.162 + 0.017 s
3 6   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 1:02.492 1:02.162 + 0.017 s
4 10   Artem Markelov M2 Competition 1:02.800 1:02.276 + 0.131 s
5 40   James Munro Giles Motorsport 1:02.751 1:02.416 + 0.271 s
6 62   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport 1:02.767 1:02.505 + 0.360 s
7 15   Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 1:03.016 1:02.533 + 0.388 s
8 49   Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing No Time 1:02.576 + 0.431 s
9 11   Taylor Cockerton ETEC Motorsport 1:03.025 1:02.659 + 0.514 s
10 17   Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport 1:03.041 1:02.660 + 0.515 s
11 25   Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing 1:03.146 1:02.681 + 0.536 s
12 33   Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 1:03.089 1:02.732 + 0.587 s
13 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:03.159 1:02.740 + 0.595 s
14 67   Antoni Ptak Giles Motorsport 1:03.185 1:02.768 + 0.623 s
15 18   Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing 1:03.109 1:02.830 + 0.685 s
16 26   Timothé Buret ETEC Motorsport 1:03.238 1:02.998 + 0.853 s
17 23   Will Owen Giles Motorsport 1:03.509 1:03.097 + 0.952 s
18 13   Rodrigo Baptista ETEC Motorsport 1:03.750 1:03.118 + 0.973 s
19 21   Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport 1:03.621 1:03.166 + 1.021 s
20 4   Theo Bean ETEC Motorsport 1:03.566 1:03.197 + 1.052 s
Source(s):[2][3]

Race 1 edit

Daruvala started from pole, but Norris shot into the lead. A battle ensued between Markelov and Piquet, with them eventually making contact, putting Piquet out of the race. Markelov would later be excluded from the race as a result. On the restart, Munro moved up into second, with Habsburg in third. Another driver would find himself excluded after an incident between Theo Bean and Nicolas Dapero. The stewards had determined that Dapero did not leave enough room on exit and subsequently excluded him from the race. On the second restart, Habsburg made a brilliant move to put himself in the lead, with Norris in second and Munro third. The two Kiwi's, Leitch and Cockerton, were fighting it out for a top five finish whilst Habsburg began to pull out a lead over Norris. After a mistake from Norris, Munro passed him for second, allowing the young Kiwi to pursue Habsburg. Guanyu Zhou retired three laps from the end with terminal problems, denting his championship hopes, but out in front it was Ferdiand Habsburg who would take the win, with James Munro in second and Lando Norris in third.

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1 62   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport 20 25min 35.551sec 5
2 40   James Munro Giles Motorsport 20 + 1.003 s 4
3 31   Lando Norris M2 Competition 20 + 2.844 s 2
4 6   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 20 + 4.333 s 1
5 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 20 + 5.736 s 13
6 11   Taylor Cockerton ETEC Motorsport 20 + 6.083 s 8
7 17   Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport 20 + 9.844 s 9
8 67   Antoni Ptak Giles Motorsport 20 + 10.420 s 14
9 25   Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing 20 + 13.249 s 12
10 26   Timothe Buret ETEC Motorsport 20 + 14.721 s 15
11 13   Rodrigo Baptista ETEC Motorsport 20 + 15.242 s 19
12 49   Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 20 + 16.507 s 20
13 18   Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing 20 + 20.637 s 11
14 23   Will Owen Giles Motorsport 20 + 26.260 s 16
15 15   Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 19 + 1 lap 7
Ret 33   Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 17 Retired 10
Ret 4   Theo Bean ETEC Motorsport 8 Retired 17
Ret 5   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 3 Retired 3
DSQ 10   Artem Markelov M2 Competition 20 Disqualified 6
DSQ 21   Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport 19 Disqualified 18
Source(s):[4]

Race 2 edit

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 16min 51.966sec 4
2 6   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 15 + 0.978 s 5
3 67   Antoni Ptak Giles Motorsport 15 + 2.154 s 1
4 31   Lando Norris M2 Competition 15 + 2.512 s 6
5 11   Taylor Cockerton ETEC Motorsport 15 + 2.993 s 3
6 40   James Munro Giles Motorsport 15 + 4.147 s 7
7 62   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport 15 + 5.750 s 8
8 5   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15 + 6.064 s 18
9 17   Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport 15 + 6.613 s 2
10 33   Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 15 + 7.865 s 16
11 10   Artem Markelov M2 Competition 15 + 11.040 s 19
12 26   Timothe Buret ETEC Motorsport 15 + 13.187 s 10
13 15   Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15 + 13.580 s 15
14 21   Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport 15 + 14.083 s 20
15 23   Will Owen Giles Motorsport 15 + 16.450 s 14
16 4   Theo Bean ETEC Motorsport 15 + 17.092 s 17
17 18   Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing 15 + 18.449 s 13
18 49   Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 15 + 19.788 s 12
19 25   Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing 15 + 39.836 s 9
20 13   Rodrigo Baptista ETEC Motorsport 15 + 45.700 s 11
Source(s):[5]

Race 3 (Grand Prix) edit

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1 31   Lando Norris M2 Competition 35 39min 43.893sec 1
2 10   Artem Markelov M2 Competition 35 + 2.167 s 4
3 62   Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport 35 + 2.598 s 6
4 40   James Munro Giles Motorsport 35 + 4.741 s 5
5 49   Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 35 + 5.236 s 8
6 11   Taylor Cockerton ETEC Motorsport 35 + 7.101 s 9
7 6   Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 35 + 11.225 s 3
8 15   Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 35 + 12.160 s 7
9 25   Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing 35 + 16.611 s 11
10 86   Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 35 + 20.411 s 13
11 13   Rodrigo Baptista ETEC Motorsport 35 + 20.568 s 18
12 18   Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing 35 + 21.961 s 15
13 17   Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport 35 + 22.501 s 10
14 23   Will Owen Giles Motorsport 35 + 23.837 s 17
15 5   Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 35 + 31.830 s 2
16 21   Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport 35 + 32.387 s 19
17 33   Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 34 + 1 Lap 12
18 26   Timothe Buret ETEC Motorsport 34 + 1 Lap 16
Ret 4   Theo Bean ETEC Motorsport 30 Retired 20
Ret 67   Antoni Ptak Giles Motorsport 6 Retired 14
Source(s):[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 NZ Grand Prix". February 11, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "Qualify 5". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Qualify 6". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Race 5 - Dan Higgins Memorial". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Race 13". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Race 24". Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links edit

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