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2024 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
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Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 18 February 2024 | ||
Official name | LXVIII New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
Location | Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, New Zealand | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.100 km (2.548 miles) | ||
Distance | 28 laps, 114.8 km (71.3 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | M2 Competition | ||
Time | 1:27.720 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | M2 Competition | |
Time | 1:29.398 on lap 15 | ||
Podium | |||
First | M2 Competition | ||
Second | mtec Motorsport | ||
Third | M2 Competition |
The 2024 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Otago on 18 February 2024. It was the sixty-eighth New Zealand Grand Prix and utilised Formula Regional cars. The event served as the final race of the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship and marked the first time Highlands Motorsport Park hosted the New Zealand Grand Prix.
Liam Sceats enjoyed a lights-to-flag victory driving with M2 Competition. Callum Hedge and Michael Shin rounded out the podium.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 23 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.275 | 1:28.342 | 1:27.720 | 1 |
2 | 17 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 1:28.362 | 1:28.189 | 1:27.756 | 2 |
3 | 51 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 1:28.504 | 1:28.586 | 1:27.913 | 3 |
4 | 39 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.607 | 1:28.246 | 1:28.013 | 4 |
5 | 41 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:28.690 | 1:28.643 | 1:28.043 | 5 |
6 | 27 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.616 | 1:28.590 | 1:28.078 | 6 |
7 | 15 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:28.575 | 1:28.478 | no time | WD |
8 | 16 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.433 | 1:28.347 | no time | 7 |
9 | 19 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 1:28.832 | 1:28.706 | N/A | 8 |
10 | 101 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.727 | 1:28.720 | N/A | 9 |
11 | 14 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 1:28.942 | 1:28.826 | N/A | 10 |
12 | 22 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 1:28.848 | 1:28.906 | N/A | 11 |
13 | 4 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:28.011 | no time | N/A | 12 |
14 | 69 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:29.055 | N/A | N/A | 13 |
15 | 31 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 1:29.254 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
16 | 5 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 1:29.408 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
17 | 739 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:29.744 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
18 | 20 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 1:30.410 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
107% time: 1:34.172 | |||||||
Source: [1] [2] [3] |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Teams | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
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1 | 23 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 27 | 40min 33.290sec | 1 | |
2 | 17 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 27 | + 5.656 s | 2 | |
3 | 16 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 27 | + 6.069 s | 7 | |
4 | 51 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 27 | + 7.237 s | 3 | |
5 | 4 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 27 | + 9.694 s | 13 | |
6 | 27 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 27 | + 11.265 s | 6 | |
7 | 41 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 27 | + 11.266 s | 5 | |
8 | 101 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 27 | + 11.611 s | 9 | |
9 | 14 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 27 | + 15.094 s | 11 | |
10 | 19 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 27 | + 16.874 s | 8 | |
11 | 22 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 27 | + 19.332 s | 11 | |
12 | 69 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 27 | + 24.364 s | 13 | |
13 | 739 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 27 | + 29.935 s | 16 | |
14 | 5 | ![]() | mtec Motorsport | 27 | + 32.473 s | 15 | |
15 | 20 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 27 | + 38.866 s | 17 | |
16 | 39 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 24 | + 3 laps | 4 | |
Ret | 31 | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsport | 10 | Retired | 14 | |
WD | 15 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 0 | Withdrew (Injury) | ||
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
Source: [4] |
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