2020 New Zealand Grand Prix

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2020 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2020 Toyota Racing Series
Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg
Race details
Date16 February 2020
Official name LXV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 106.155 km (65.975 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver M2 Competition
Time 1:02.706
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport
Time 1:03.737 on lap 27
Podium
First M2 Competition
Second Kiwi Motorsport
Third M2 Competition

The 2020 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 16 February 2020. It was the sixty-fifth New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event also served as the third race of the fifth round of the 2020 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series. The race was won by Igor Fraga, who also won the Toyota Racing Series championship in the process. [1]

Contents

Report

Qualifying

PosNoDriverTeamTimeGrid
117 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga M2 Competition 1:02.7061
223 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.7102
31 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson M2 Competition 1:02.7243
443 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport1:02.7524
55 Flag of the United States.svg Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport1:02.7685
69 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.9006
76 Flag of Israel.svg Ido Cohen M2 Competition 1:02.9537
888 Flag of Sweden.svg Lucas Peterssonmtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.9628
933 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 1:02.96515 1
1011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.9849
1126 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport1:03.03010
1210 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:03.14111
1344 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport1:03.23812
144 Flag of Sweden.svg Henning EnqvistGiles Motorsport1:03.30013
1513 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport1:03.31714
1621 Flag of France.svg Émilien Denner M2 Competition 1:03.36316
177 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport1:03.43017
1899 Flag of Angola.svg Rui Andrade M2 Competition 1:03.45218
-49 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith Giles MotorsportNo TimePL
Source(s): [2]

Notes

1. ^ – Tsunoda was given a six-place penalty for a practice start infringement.

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime / RetiredGrid
117 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga M2 Competition 3543min 38.279sec1
243 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport35+ 1.724 s4
31 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson M2 Competition 35+ 3.387 s3
423 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35+ 3.737 s2
59 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35+ 6.932 s6
633 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 35+ 8.463 s15
75 Flag of the United States.svg Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport35+ 9.549 s5
811 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35+ 13.087 s10
926 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport35+ 13.594 s11
1088 Flag of Sweden.svg Lucas Peterssonmtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35+ 14.089 s8
116 Flag of Israel.svg Ido Cohen M2 Competition 35+ 14.623 s7
1210 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35+ 15.856 s12
1344 Flag of Germany.svg Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport35+ 16.076 s13
147 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport35+ 18.171 s17
1549 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith Giles Motorsport35+ 25.584 sPL
Ret13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport16Spun off15
Ret21 Flag of France.svg Émilien Denner M2 Competition 12Spun off16
Ret99 Flag of Angola.svg Rui Andrade M2 Competition 8Retired18
Ret4 Flag of Sweden.svg Henning EnqvistGiles Motorsport1Spun off14
Source(s): [3]

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