2008 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
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Race 3, Round 3 of 7 of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 13 January 2008 | ||
Official name | LIII 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) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Tatuss-Toyota | ||
Time | 1:04.489 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nelson Hartley | Tatuss-Toyota | |
Time | 1:04.167 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Tatuss-Toyota | ||
Second | Tatuss-Toyota | ||
Third | Tatuss-Toyota |
The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.
It was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.
Results as follows: [1]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time |
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1 | 5 | Andy Knight | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 15.936s |
2 | 3 | Matt Halliday | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 16.072s |
3 | 7 | Ben Harford | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 16.489s |
4 | 10 | Dominic Storey | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 16.958s |
5 | 1 | Earl Bamber | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 17.591s |
6 | 20 | Daynom Templeman | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 19.164s |
7 | 55 | Christina Orr | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 20.152s |
8 | 74 | Michael Burdett | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 20.869s |
9 | 6 | Hamish Cross | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 21.059s |
10 | 87 | Ben Crighton | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 22.905s |
11 | 11 | Ken Smith | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 23.677s |
12 | 2 | Mitch Cunningham | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 27.705s |
13 | 44 | Kristján Einar | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 28.523s |
14 | 19 | Michael Pickens | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 33.543s |
15 | 47 | Nathan Antunes | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 35 | 43m 34.447s |
Ret | 27 | Daniel Gaunt | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 28 | |
Ret | 28 | Nelson Hartley | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 27 | |
Ret | 9 | Nic Jordan | Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota | 16 | |
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