2013 New Zealand Grand Prix

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
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 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

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

PosNoDriverTeamCarTimeGap
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 Calderón 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

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsGap
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 Calderón 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

  1. "New merge for average for Race 19". mylaps.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. "R19 TRS "NZ Grand Prix" 35 Laps". mylaps.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
Preceded by
2012 New Zealand Grand Prix
New Zealand Grand Prix
2013
Succeeded by
2014 New Zealand Grand Prix
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