2011 New Zealand Grand Prix

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2011 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 4 of 5 of the 2011 Toyota Racing Series
Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg
Race details
Date13 February 2011
Official name LVI 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 Giles Motorsport
Time 1:04.141
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport
Time 1:04.509 on lap 31
Podium
First Giles Motorsport
Second Victory Motor Racing
Third ETEC Motorsport

The 2011 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 13 February 2011. It was the fifty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fourth round of the 2011 Toyota Racing Series.

Contents

Sixteen Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old New Zealander Mitch Evans who became the youngest ever winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix [1] and who is believed to have become the youngest driver to win an international grand prix anywhere in the world. [2] The Giles Motorsport driver won by three seconds from another 16-year-old competitor, Russian Daniil Kvyat, of Victory Motor Racing. Australian ETEC Motorsport driver Scott Pye was third.

Evans started from pole position alongside Nick Cassidy [3] and won the drag race to the first corner. Evans, Cassidy, Kvyat and Pye quickly built a gap on the field.

On lap 16 Cassidy spun, bringing to an end to the direct threat to the lead held by Evans who controlled the second half of the race from the front to win from Kvyat and Pye. [4] British driver and grandson of 1964 and 1965 NZ Grand Prix winner, Josh Hill finished fourth winning a battle for the position with Australian Nick Foster. German driver Mario Farnbacher was sixth also winning his position battle with Russian Ivan Lukashevich. Cassidy finished a disappointing eighth ahead of Kotaro Sakurai and Jordan Skinner. New Zealand open-wheel legend Ken Smith also completed full race distance. Jamie McNee was the only other driver to be classified.

Defending race champion Earl Bamber, a late entry into the race, withdrew on lap 19.

Classification

Results: [5]

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsGap
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 3538m 55.818s
229 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+3.2
319 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+4.9
420 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+14.0
513 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick FosterGiles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+14.3
648 Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+16.5
75 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Lukashevich M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+16.9
87 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+21.4
94 Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Sakurai M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+24.6
1022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Skinner M2 Competition Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+26.4
1111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 35+22.5
128 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie McNeeETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 32+ 3 laps
Ret2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber Bamber Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 18
Ret17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alastair WoottenDART International Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 14
Ret36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn Giles Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 13
Ret87 Flag of New Zealand.svg Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota 1

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