1998 New Zealand Grand Prix

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1998 New Zealand Grand Prix
Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Grand Prix Circuit).svg
Race details
Date6 December 1998
Official name XLIV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Ruapana Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.841 km (1.765 miles)
Distance 34 laps, 96.6 km (60 miles)
Weather Light rain/overcast
Pole position
Driver SH Racing
Time 1:15.782
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Racing
Time 1:17.031 on lap 32
Podium
First Birrana Racing
Second SH Racing
Third Greg Murphy Racing

The 1998 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Ruapana Park near Christchurch on 6 December 1998. This event marked the events return after a two-year hiatus. It was the forty-fourth New Zealand Grand Prix and was the first to be run to Formula Holden regulations.

Contents

The event was won by Simon Wills with Scott Dixon and Greg Murphy rounding out the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGrid
135 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon SH Racing1:15.7821
28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Wills Birrana Racing 1:16.6332
322 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Racing 1:17.0933
412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris StaffChallenge Recruitment Racing1:17.4754
57 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason LieftingRalt Australia1:17.6095
619 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter van EeuwijkNRC Racing1:17.6376
774 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Asai Chris Hocking Racing1:17.7477
89 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Ramsay Birrana Racing 1:18.5708
96 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham Sims 1:20.9049
1015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Les CramptonSun Wipes Formula Racing Team1:22.16110
1124 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian PetersPeters Racing1:22.35511
1269 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien DigbyDamien Digby Racing1:22.36112
-28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger OakshottBarshott Racingno time13
Source(s): [1]

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTimeGrid
18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Wills Birrana Racing 3448min 23.870sec2
235 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon SH Racing34+ 8.3201
322 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Racing 34+ 24.4913
47 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason LieftingRalt Australia33+ 1 lap5
512 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris StaffChallenge Recruitment Racing32+ 2 laps4
615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Les CramptonSun Wipes Formula Racing Team31+ 3 laps10
769 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien DigbyDamien Digby Racing30+ 4 laps12
824 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian PetersPeters Racing29+ 5 laps11
Ret74 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Asai Chris Hocking Racing20Spun off7
Ret28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger OakshottBarshott Racing19Retired13
Ret9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Ramsay Birrana Racing 10Valve spring8
Ret6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham Sims 4Clutch9
Ret19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter van EeuwijkNRC Racing0Spun off6
Wth Flag of Austria.svg Robert LechnerNRC RacingWithdrawn
Wth Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross RutherfordWithdrawn
Fastest lap: Greg Murphy (Greg Murphy Racing) - 1:17.031 on lap 32
Source(s):

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References

  1. "Simon Wills Wins New Zealand Grand Prix". Speedsport Ltd. December 1998. pp. 12–17, 60.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1998
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