Type: | CUST |
Description: | Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series |
Grand Prix: | New Zealand |
Country: | New Zealand |
Date: | 10 February, |
Year: | 2013 |
Official Name: | LVIII New Zealand Grand Prix |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Location: | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand |
Course Mi: | 1.885 |
Course Km: | 3.033 |
Distance Laps: | 35 |
Distance Mi: | 65.96 |
Distance Km: | 106.16 |
Weather: | Fine |
Pole Driver: | Lucas Auer |
Pole Team: | Giles Motorsport |
Pole Time: | 1:03.472 |
Pole Country: | AUT |
Fast Driver: | Nick Cassidy |
Fast Team: | M2 Competition |
Fast Time: | 1:04.631 |
Fast Lap: | 26 |
Fast Country: | NZL |
First Driver: | Nick Cassidy |
First Team: | M2 Competition |
First Country: | NZL |
Second Driver: | Alex Lynn |
Second Team: | M2 Competition |
Second Country: | GBR |
Third Driver: | Steijn Schothorst |
Third Team: | M2 Competition |
Third Country: | NED |
The 2013 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 10 February 2013. It was the fifty-eighth 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 2013 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.
Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by New Zealander Nick Cassidy for the second time in succession, a feat last achieved by Simon Wills who won the race back to back in 1998 and 1999.
The M2 Competition team dominated the race, filling all three podium positions. Briton Alex Lynn finished second, 0.7 seconds behind Cassidy. Third was Dutch driver Steijn Schothorst.
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |
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1 | 11 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.472 | ||
2 | 36 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:03.520 | + 0.048 s | |
3 | 21 | Steijn Schothorst | M2 Competition | 1:03.730 | + 0.258 s | |
4 | 1 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:03.738 | + 0.266 s | |
5 | 5 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.843 | + 0.371 s | |
6 | 6 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.913 | + 0.441 s | |
7 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst | M2 Competition | 1:03.948 | + 0.476 s | |
8 | 23 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.972 | + 0.500 s | |
9 | 16 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.036 | + 0.564 s | |
10 | 4 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:04.070 | + 0.598 s | |
11 | 18 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:04.128 | + 0.656 s | |
12 | 22 | Andrew Tang | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.153 | + 0.681 s | |
13 | 43 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.208 | + 0.736 s | |
14 | 3 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.289 | + 0.817 s | |
15 | 44 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:04.311 | + 0.839 s | |
16 | 7 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.342 | + 0.870 s | |
17 | 29 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 1:04.429 | + 0.957 s | |
18 | 53 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.469 | + 0.997 s | |
19 | 10 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 1:04.498 | + 1.026 s | |
20 | 9 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 1:04.965 | + 1.493 s | |
Source:[1] |
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 35 | 40min 18.328sec | |
2 | 36 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 35 | + 0.711 s | |
3 | 21 | Steijn Schothorst | M2 Competition | 35 | + 2.371 s | |
4 | 6 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 3.148 s | |
5 | 5 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 4.877 s | |
6 | 11 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 5.232 s | |
7 | 23 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 5.497 s | |
8 | 16 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 5.995 s | |
9 | 4 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 8.248 s | |
10 | 22 | Andrew Tang | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 8.569 s | |
11 | 3 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 9.332 s | |
12 | 18 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 10.548 s | |
13 | 7 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 10.829 s | |
14 | 43 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 11.890 s | |
15 | 53 | ![]() | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 12.493 s | |
16 | 9 | ![]() | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 17.070 s | |
17 | 19 | Pieter Schothorst | M2 Competition | 34 | + 1 Lap | |
18 | 29 | ![]() | ETEC Motorsport | 33 | + 2 Laps | |
19 | 10 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 33 | + 2 Laps | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() | M2 Competition | 15 | Retired | |
Source:[2] |