2008 New Zealand Grand Prix

2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
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 miles)
Distance	35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
Time	1:04.489
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Hartley	Victory Motor Racing
Time	1:04.167 on lap 15
Podium
First	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
Second	Matt Halliday	Triple X Motorsport
Third	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust

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.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	5	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport	1:04.533	1:04.094	1:04.489	1
2	3	Matt Halliday	Triple X Motorsport	1:04.178	1:03.928	1:04.556	2
3	1	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport	1:04.383	1:03.867	1:04.596	3
4	9	Nic Jordan	Motorsport Solutions	1:04.768	1:04.515	1:04.633	4
5	28	Nelson Hartley	Victory Motor Racing	1:04.312	1:04.160	1:04.706	5
6	27	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport	1:04.330	1:04.037	1:04.798	6
7	47	Nathan Antunes	European Technique	1:04.928	1:04.545	1:04.879	7
8	7	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust	1:04.471	1:04.438	1:04.962	8
9	10	Dominic Storey	Ken Smith Motorsport	1:04.411	1:04.266	1:06.295	9
10	74	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions	1:04.340	1:03.937	1:10.269	10
11	6	Hamish Cross	Scorpion Racing	1:05.030	1:04.553		11
12	55	Christina Orr	Mark Petch Motorsport	1:05.171	1:04.554		12
13	2	Mitch Cunningham	International Motorsport	1:04.736	1:04.797		13
14	87	Ben Crighton	Ben Crighton Motorsport	1:05.147	1:04.763		14
15	19	Michael Pickens	Knight Motorsport	1:05.347	1:04.937		15
16	20	Daynom Templeman		1:05.384	1:05.128		16
17	11	Ken Smith	Ken Smith Motorsport	1:05.391	1:05.220		17
18	44	Kristján Einar	Triple X Motorsport	1:06.072	1:05.419		18
Source(s): [1]

Grand Prix

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Grid
1	5	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport	35	43min 15.936sec	1
2	3	Matt Halliday	Triple X Motorsport	35	+ 0.136 s	2
3	7	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust	35	+ 0.553 s	8
4	10	Dominic Storey	Ken Smith Motorsport	35	+ 1.022 s	9
5	1	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport	35	+ 1.655 s	3
6	20	Daynom Templeman		35	+ 3.228 s	16
7	55	Christina Orr	Mark Petch Motorsport	35	+ 4.216 s	12
8	74	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions	35	+ 4.933 s	10
9	6	Hamish Cross	Scorpion Racing	35	+ 5.123 s	11
10	87	Ben Crighton	Ben Crighton Racing	35	+ 6.969 s	14
11	11	Ken Smith	Ken Smith Motorsport	35	+ 7.741 s	17
12	2	Mitch Cunningham	International Motorsport	35	+ 11.769 s	13
13	44	Kristján Einar	Triple X Motorsport	35	+ 12.587 s	18
14	19	Michael Pickens	Knight Motorsport	35	+ 17.607 s	15
15	47	Nathan Antunes	European Technique	35	+ 18.511 s	7
Ret	27	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport	28	Retired	6
Ret	28	Nelson Hartley	Victory Motor Racing	27	Retired	5
Ret	9	Nic Jordan	Motorsport Solutions	16	Retired	4
Source(s): [2]

References

1. "TRS best lap times in 1st 2 qualifyings for "Top 10 Shootout" for "Q8"" . Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "R21 - TRS - NZ Grand Prix (3) - Grid from top 10 shootout" . Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

• Toyota Racing Series

Preceded by 2007 New Zealand Grand Prix	New Zealand Grand Prix 2008	Succeeded by 2009 New Zealand Grand Prix