2017 Lady Wigram Trophy

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Race details
Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Grand Prix Circuit).svg
Date13-15 January 2017
Official name56th Lady Wigram Trophy
Location Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch
CoursePermanent road course
3.330 km (2.069 mi)
Overall results
Podium
First Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition

The 2017 Lady Wigram Trophy was the 56th running of the Lady Wigram Trophy and served as the first round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, in Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 15 January 2017.

Contents

The defending Lady Wigram Trophy winner was Force India protégé, Jehan Daruvala. He would repeat his feat by winning the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row.

Background

The 2017 Toyota Racing Series sees the highest number of returning drivers (Brendon Leitch, Thomas Randle, Pedro Piquet, Jehan Daruvala, Ferdinand Habsburg, Kami Laliberté and Taylor Cockerton) since 2013 with seven.

Defending champion, Lando Norris initially announced intentions to return to the series for 2017 to defend his title. However, he later announced his withdrawal. The vacant seat would be taken by Frenchman, Jean Baptiste Simmenauer.

Report

Practice

For the first practice session of the weekend, Enaam Ahmed achieved the fastest lap time with a 1:18.200, followed closely by Thomas Randle and Richard Verschoor. The session was relatively clean, with only two spins in the session (Andres and Laliberté). The second practice session was equally as uneventful with Thomas Randle lowering the best time down to a 1:18.147, with the closest two rivals being Shelby Blackstock and Jehan Daruvala. For the third and final practice session, several drivers broke into the 17's, with Taylor Cockerton being the fastest of all with a 1:17.383. He was followed by Thomas Randle and Enaam Ahmed.

SessionDayFastest lap
No.DriverTeamTime
Practice 1Friday65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport1:18.200
Practice 249 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing1:18.147
Practice 311 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport1:17.383

Race 1

Qualifying

Jehan Daruvala continued his fine form at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park by grabbing the first pole position of the year with a 1:17.424.

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGrid
19 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition1:17.4241
28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition1:17.5822
362 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition1:17.6413
422 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport1:17.6484
549 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing1:17.6655
611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport1:17.7976
75 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition1:17.8327
865 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport1:17.8718
947 Flag of Germany.svg Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport1:18.1799
1024 Flag of India.svg Ameya VaidyanathanMTEC Motorsport1:18.31910
1183 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami LalibertéM2 Competition1:18.33111
1251 Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing1:18.36612
133 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing1:18.44013
1433 Flag of the United States.svg Kory EndersMTEC Motorsport1:18.44114
1526 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry HayekGiles Motorsport1:18.46715
1696 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport1:18.47416
1712 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian HahnGiles Motorsport1:18.61317
1810 Flag of France.svg Thomas NeubauerMTEC Motorsport1:18.93218
1980 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin M2 Competition1:19.01319
2027 Flag of France.svg Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition1:19.48520
Sources: [1]

Race

After a great start from Daruvala, a safety car caused by Enders stranded car closed the field up once again. On the restart, Armstrong got onto the gearbox of Daruvala, and committed to a brave move around the outside to take the lead and ultimately the win.

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGrid
18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition1522min 12.255sec2
29 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition15+ 0.851 s1
322 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport15+ 1.921 s4
449 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing15+ 2.512 s5
511 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport15+ 5.398 s6
65 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition15+ 6.059 s7
762 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition15+ 6.416 s3
865 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport15+ 7.898 s8
93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing15+ 9.056 s13
1083 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami LalibertéM2 Competition15+ 10.055 s11
1151 Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing15+ 11.637 s12
1247 Flag of Germany.svg Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport15+ 13.232 s9
1324 Flag of India.svg Ameya VaidyanathanMTEC Motorsport15+ 17.042 s10
1426 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry HayekGiles Motorsport15+ 17.388 s15
1596 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport15+ 18.025 s16
1610 Flag of France.svg Thomas NeubauerMTEC Motorsport15+ 18.414 s18
1712 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian HahnGiles Motorsport15+ 19.324 s17
1827 Flag of France.svg Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition15+ 35.660 s20
1933 Flag of the United States.svg Kory EndersMTEC Motorsport14+ 1 lap14
Ret80 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing7Retired19
Fastest lap: Richard Verschoor (Giles Motorsport) - 1:18.237
Source(s): [2]

Race 2

In the reverse grid race, Thomas Randle took his first Toyota Racing Series win, followed by Verschoor and Armstrong. When crossing the line Taylor Cockerton was first, followed by Piquet and Randle. Cockerton and Piquet got a time penalty and therefore dropped in the race result.

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGrid
149 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing1519min 54.937sec3
222 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport15+ 6.119 s4
38 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition15+ 7.627 s6
411 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport15+ 10.000 s2
562 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition15+ 11.636 s7
63 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing15+ 12.456 s9
751 Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing15+ 18.548 s11
883 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami LalibertéM2 Competition15+ 19.032 s10
926 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry HayekGiles Motorsport15+ 19.325 s14
1047 Flag of Germany.svg Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport15+ 23.841 s12
1196 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport15+ 23.874 s15
1265 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport15+ 24.507 s8
1333 Flag of the United States.svg Kory EndersMTEC Motorsport15+ 25.290 s19
1424 Flag of India.svg Ameya VaidyanathanMTEC Motorsport15+ 26.073 s13
1580 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing15+ 29.466 s20
1610 Flag of France.svg Thomas NeubauerMTEC Motorsport15+ 29.681 s16
175 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition15+ 30.000 s1
1827 Flag of France.svg Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition15+ 30.339 s18
1912 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian HahnGiles Motorsport15+ 30.784 s17
209 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition13+ 2 laps5
Fastest lap: Taylor Cockerton (MTEC Motorsport) - 1:18.673
Source(s): [3]

Race 3

Qualifying

Daruvala once again took the pole with a tight margin over Armstrong and Ahmed.

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeGrid
19 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition1:16.8001
28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition1:16.8012
365 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport1:16.8663
45 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition1:17.0674
511 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport1:17.0705
622 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport1:17.0726
749 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing1:17.1647
862 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition1:17.4718
947 Flag of Germany.svg Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport1:17.5369
103 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing1:17.54910
1151 Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing1:17.61411
1283 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami LalibertéM2 Competition1:17.63812
1333 Flag of the United States.svg Kory EndersMTEC Motorsport1:17.66913
1426 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry HayekGiles Motorsport1:17.68514
1596 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport1:17.70715
1680 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing1:18.01416
1710 Flag of France.svg Thomas NeubauerMTEC Motorsport1:18.02117
1812 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian HahnGiles Motorsport1:18.02318
1924 Flag of India.svg Ameya VaidyanathanMTEC Motorsport1:18.16419
2027 Flag of France.svg Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition1:19.03820
Sources: [2]

Race

In what was an incident-marred race, Daruvala took his second consecutive Lady Wigram Trophy with Ahmed and Piquet rounding out the podium.

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGrid
19 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition2037min 01.402sec1
265 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport20+ 0.915 s3
35 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Piquet M2 Competition20+ 1.401 s4
422 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport20+ 1.703 s6
549 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing20+ 2.124 s7
662 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition20+ 2.694 s8
73 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing20+ 2.926 s10
812 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian HahnGiles Motorsport20+ 3.168 s18
933 Flag of the United States.svg Kory EndersMTEC Motorsport20+ 4.181 s13
1026 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry HayekGiles Motorsport20+ 5.045 s14
1183 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kami LalibertéM2 Competition20+ 5.923 s12
1211 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor CockertonMTEC Motorsport20+ 8.145 s5
1396 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport20+ 9.648 s15
1410 Flag of France.svg Thomas NeubauerMTEC Motorsport20+ 13.926 s17
1551 Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing18+ 2 laps11
Ret8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition16Suspension2
Ret24 Flag of India.svg Ameya VaidyanatahanMTEC Motorsport11Retired19
Ret27 Flag of France.svg Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition11Spun off20
Ret47 Flag of Germany.svg Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport10Spun off9
Ret80 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing8Spun off16
Fastest lap: Jehan Daruvala (M2 Competition) - 1:19.499
Source(s):

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos.DriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Verschoor 181
1rightarrow blue.svg2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle 178
1rightarrow blue.svg3 Flag of India.svg Jehan Daruvala 142
1rightarrow blue.svg4 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg 136
1rightarrow blue.svg5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong 135

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