2016 New Zealand Grand Prix

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2016 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series
Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg
Race details [1]
Date14 February 2016
Official name LXI 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 M2 Competition
Time 1:02.145
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport
Time 1:03.097 on lap 31
Podium
First M2 Competition
Second M2 Competition
Third Giles Motorsport

The 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 14 February 2016. It was the sixty-first 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 2016 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.

Contents

Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old Briton Lando Norris who became the fourth teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after Mitch Evans, Nick Cassidy and Lance Stroll.

Norris took pole position and won the race from Russian Artem Markelov and Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg; Habsburg also achieved the fastest lap of the race.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverTeamQualifying 1Qualifying 2Gap
131 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris M2 Competition 1:02.5221:02.145
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 1:02.5541:02.162+ 0.017 s
36 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 1:02.4921:02.162+ 0.017 s
410 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov M2 Competition 1:02.8001:02.276+ 0.131 s
540 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Giles Motorsport1:02.7511:02.416+ 0.271 s
662 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport1:02.7671:02.505+ 0.360 s
715 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 1:03.0161:02.533+ 0.388 s
849 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor RacingNo Time1:02.576+ 0.431 s
911 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport1:03.0251:02.659+ 0.514 s
1017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport1:03.0411:02.660+ 0.515 s
1125 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing1:03.1461:02.681+ 0.536 s
1233 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 1:03.0891:02.732+ 0.587 s
1386 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing1:03.1591:02.740+ 0.595 s
1467 Flag of Poland.svg Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport1:03.1851:02.768+ 0.623 s
1518 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing1:03.1091:02.830+ 0.685 s
1626 Flag of France.svg Timothé BuretETEC Motorsport1:03.2381:02.998+ 0.853 s
1723 Flag of the United States.svg Will Owen Giles Motorsport1:03.5091:03.097+ 0.952 s
1813 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport1:03.7501:03.118+ 0.973 s
1921 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport1:03.6211:03.166+ 1.021 s
204 Flag of the United States.svg Theo BeanETEC Motorsport1:03.5661:03.197+ 1.052 s
Source(s): [2] [3]

Race 1

Daruvala started from pole, but Norris shot into the lead. A battle ensued between Markelov and Piquet, with them eventually making contact, putting Piquet out of the race. Markelov would later be excluded from the race as a result. On the restart, Munro moved up into second, with Habsburg in third. Another driver would find himself excluded after an incident between Theo Bean and Nicolas Dapero. The stewards had determined that Dapero did not leave enough room on exit and subsequently excluded him from the race. On the second restart, Habsburg made a brilliant move to put himself in the lead, with Norris in second and Munro third. The two Kiwi's, Leitch and Cockerton, were fighting it out for a top five finish whilst Habsburg began to pull out a lead over Norris. After a mistake from Norris, Munro passed him for second, allowing the young Kiwi to pursue Habsburg. Guanyu Zhou retired three laps from the end with terminal problems, denting his championship hopes, but out in front it was Ferdiand Habsburg who would take the win, with James Munro in second and Lando Norris in third.

PosNoDriverTeamLapsGapGrid
162 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport2025min 35.551sec5
240 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Giles Motorsport20+ 1.003 s4
331 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris M2 Competition 20+ 2.844 s2
46 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 20+ 4.333 s1
586 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing20+ 5.736 s13
611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport20+ 6.083 s8
717 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport20+ 9.844 s9
867 Flag of Poland.svg Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport20+ 10.420 s14
925 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing20+ 13.249 s12
1026 Flag of France.svg Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport20+ 14.721 s15
1113 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport20+ 15.242 s19
1249 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing20+ 16.507 s20
1318 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing20+ 20.637 s11
1423 Flag of the United States.svg Will Owen Giles Motorsport20+ 26.260 s16
1515 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 19+ 1 lap7
Ret33 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 17Retired10
Ret4 Flag of the United States.svg Theo BeanETEC Motorsport8Retired17
Ret5 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 3Retired3
DSQ10 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov M2 Competition 20Disqualified6
DSQ21 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport19Disqualified18
Source(s): [4]

Race 2

PosNoDriverTeamLapsGapGrid
186 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing1516min 51.966sec4
26 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 15+ 0.978 s5
367 Flag of Poland.svg Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport15+ 2.154 s1
431 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris M2 Competition 15+ 2.512 s6
511 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport15+ 2.993 s3
640 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Giles Motorsport15+ 4.147 s7
762 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport15+ 5.750 s8
85 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15+ 6.064 s18
917 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport15+ 6.613 s2
1033 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 15+ 7.865 s16
1110 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov M2 Competition 15+ 11.040 s19
1226 Flag of France.svg Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport15+ 13.187 s10
1315 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15+ 13.580 s15
1421 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport15+ 14.083 s20
1523 Flag of the United States.svg Will Owen Giles Motorsport15+ 16.450 s14
164 Flag of the United States.svg Theo BeanETEC Motorsport15+ 17.092 s17
1718 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing15+ 18.449 s13
1849 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing15+ 19.788 s12
1925 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing15+ 39.836 s9
2013 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport15+ 45.700 s11
Source(s): [5]

Race 3 (Grand Prix)

PosNoDriverTeamLapsGapGrid
131 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris M2 Competition 3539min 43.893sec1
210 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov M2 Competition 35+ 2.167 s4
362 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Giles Motorsport35+ 2.598 s6
440 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Giles Motorsport35+ 4.741 s5
549 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing35+ 5.236 s8
611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport35+ 7.101 s9
76 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 35+ 11.225 s3
815 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 35+ 12.160 s7
925 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Baptista Victory Motor Racing35+ 16.611 s11
1086 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing35+ 20.411 s13
1113 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport35+ 20.568 s18
1218 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Hanses Victory Motor Racing35+ 21.961 s15
1317 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Giles Motorsport35+ 22.501 s10
1423 Flag of the United States.svg Will Owen Giles Motorsport35+ 23.837 s17
155 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 35+ 31.830 s2
1621 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolas Dapero Giles Motorsport35+ 32.387 s19
1733 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guanyu Zhou M2 Competition 34+ 1 Lap12
1826 Flag of France.svg Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport34+ 1 Lap16
Ret4 Flag of the United States.svg Theo BeanETEC Motorsport30Retired20
Ret67 Flag of Poland.svg Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport6Retired14
Source(s): [6]

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