2016 New Zealand Grand Prix Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series
Grand Prix:New Zealand
Country:New Zealand
Details Ref:[1]
Date:14 February,
Year:2016
Official Name:LXI 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:Lando Norris
Pole Team:M2 Competition
Pole Time:1:02.145
Pole Country:GBR
Fast Driver:Ferdinand Habsburg
Fast Team:Giles Motorsport
Fast Time:1:03.097
Fast Lap:31
Fast Country:AUT
First Driver:Lando Norris
First Team:M2 Competition
First Country:GBR
Second Driver:Artem Markelov
Second Team:M2 Competition
Second Country:RUS
Third Driver:Ferdinand Habsburg
Third Team:Giles Motorsport
Third Country:AUT

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.

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

Pos No Driver Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Gap
1align=center 31 Lando NorrisM2 Competitionalign=center 1:02.522align=center 1:02.145
2align=center 5 Pedro PiquetM2 Competitionalign=center 1:02.554align=center 1:02.162+ 0.017 s
3align=center 6 Jehan DaruvalaM2 Competitionalign=center 1:02.492align=center 1:02.162+ 0.017 s
4align=center 10 Artem MarkelovM2 Competitionalign=center 1:02.800align=center 1:02.276+ 0.131 s
5align=center 40 James MunroGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:02.751align=center 1:02.416+ 0.271 s
6align=center 62 Ferdinand HabsburgGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:02.767align=center 1:02.505+ 0.360 s
7align=center 15 Kami LalibertéM2 Competitionalign=center 1:03.016align=center 1:02.533+ 0.388 s
8align=center 49 Thomas RandleVictory Motor Racingalign=center No Timealign=center 1:02.576+ 0.431 s
9align=center 11 Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsportalign=center 1:03.025align=center 1:02.659+ 0.514 s
10align=center 17 Devlin DeFrancescoGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:03.041align=center 1:02.660+ 0.515 s
11align=center 25 Bruno BaptistaVictory Motor Racingalign=center 1:03.146align=center 1:02.681+ 0.536 s
12align=center 33 Guanyu ZhouM2 Competitionalign=center 1:03.089align=center 1:02.732+ 0.587 s
13align=center 86 Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racingalign=center 1:03.159align=center 1:02.740+ 0.595 s
14align=center 67 Antoni PtakGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:03.185align=center 1:02.768+ 0.623 s
15align=center 18 Julian HansesVictory Motor Racingalign=center 1:03.109align=center 1:02.830+ 0.685 s
16align=center 26 Timothé BuretETEC Motorsportalign=center 1:03.238align=center 1:02.998+ 0.853 s
17align=center 23 Will OwenGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:03.509align=center 1:03.097+ 0.952 s
18align=center 13 Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsportalign=center 1:03.750align=center 1:03.118+ 0.973 s
19align=center 21 Nicolas DaperoGiles Motorsportalign=center 1:03.621align=center 1:03.166+ 1.021 s
20align=center 4 Theo BeanETEC Motorsportalign=center 1:03.566align=center 1:03.197+ 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.

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1align=center 62 Ferdinand HabsburgGiles Motorsport2025min 35.551sec5
2align=center 40 James MunroGiles Motorsport20+ 1.003 s4
3align=center 31 Lando NorrisM2 Competition20+ 2.844 s2
4align=center 6 Jehan DaruvalaM2 Competition20+ 4.333 s1
5align=center 86 Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing20+ 5.736 s13
6align=center 11 Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport20+ 6.083 s8
7align=center 17 Devlin DeFrancescoGiles Motorsport20+ 9.844 s9
8align=center 67 Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport20+ 10.420 s14
9align=center 25 Bruno BaptistaVictory Motor Racing20+ 13.249 s12
10align=center 26 Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport20+ 14.721 s15
11align=center 13 Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport20+ 15.242 s19
12align=center 49 Thomas RandleVictory Motor Racing20+ 16.507 s20
13align=center 18 Julian HansesVictory Motor Racing20+ 20.637 s11
14align=center 23 Will OwenGiles Motorsport20+ 26.260 s16
15align=center 15 Kami LalibertéM2 Competition19+ 1 lap7
Retalign=center 33 Guanyu ZhouM2 Competition17Retired10
Retalign=center 4 Theo BeanETEC Motorsport8Retired17
Retalign=center 5 Pedro PiquetM2 Competition3Retired3
DSQalign=center 10 Artem MarkelovM2 Competition20Disqualified6
DSQalign=center 21 Nicolas DaperoGiles Motorsport19Disqualified18
Source(s):[4]

Race 2

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1align=center 86 Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing1516min 51.966sec4
2align=center 6 Jehan DaruvalaM2 Competition15+ 0.978 s5
3align=center 67 Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport15+ 2.154 s1
4align=center 31 Lando NorrisM2 Competition15+ 2.512 s6
5align=center 11 Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport15+ 2.993 s3
6align=center 40 James MunroGiles Motorsport15+ 4.147 s7
7align=center 62 Ferdinand HabsburgGiles Motorsport15+ 5.750 s8
8align=center 5 Pedro PiquetM2 Competition15+ 6.064 s18
9align=center 17 Devlin DeFrancescoGiles Motorsport15+ 6.613 s2
10align=center 33 Guanyu ZhouM2 Competition15+ 7.865 s16
11align=center 10 Artem MarkelovM2 Competition15+ 11.040 s19
12align=center 26 Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport15+ 13.187 s10
13align=center 15 Kami LalibertéM2 Competition15+ 13.580 s15
14align=center 21 Nicolas DaperoGiles Motorsport15+ 14.083 s20
15align=center 23 Will OwenGiles Motorsport15+ 16.450 s14
16align=center 4 Theo BeanETEC Motorsport15+ 17.092 s17
17align=center 18 Julian HansesVictory Motor Racing15+ 18.449 s13
18align=center 49 Thomas RandleVictory Motor Racing15+ 19.788 s12
19align=center 25 Bruno BaptistaVictory Motor Racing15+ 39.836 s9
20align=center 13 Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport15+ 45.700 s11
Source(s):[5]

Race 3 (Grand Prix)

Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid
1align=center 31 Lando NorrisM2 Competition3539min 43.893sec1
2align=center 10 Artem MarkelovM2 Competition35+ 2.167 s4
3align=center 62 Ferdinand HabsburgGiles Motorsport35+ 2.598 s6
4align=center 40 James MunroGiles Motorsport35+ 4.741 s5
5align=center 49 Thomas RandleVictory Motor Racing35+ 5.236 s8
6align=center 11 Taylor CockertonETEC Motorsport35+ 7.101 s9
7align=center 6 Jehan DaruvalaM2 Competition35+ 11.225 s3
8align=center 15 Kami LalibertéM2 Competition35+ 12.160 s7
9align=center 25 Bruno BaptistaVictory Motor Racing35+ 16.611 s11
10align=center 86 Brendon LeitchVictory Motor Racing35+ 20.411 s13
11align=center 13 Rodrigo BaptistaETEC Motorsport35+ 20.568 s18
12align=center 18 Julian HansesVictory Motor Racing35+ 21.961 s15
13align=center 17 Devlin DeFrancescoGiles Motorsport35+ 22.501 s10
14align=center 23 Will OwenGiles Motorsport35+ 23.837 s17
15align=center 5 Pedro PiquetM2 Competition35+ 31.830 s2
16align=center 21 Nicolas DaperoGiles Motorsport35+ 32.387 s19
17align=center 33 Guanyu ZhouM2 Competition34+ 1 Lap12
18align=center 26 Timothe BuretETEC Motorsport34+ 1 Lap16
Retalign=center 4 Theo BeanETEC Motorsport30Retired20
Retalign=center 67 Antoni PtakGiles Motorsport6Retired14
Source(s):[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 NZ Grand Prix. February 11, 2016. December 26, 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221937/https://speedhive.mylaps.com/en/Events/1235189. December 26, 2016.
  2. Web site: Qualify 5 . 7 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Qualify 6 . 7 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Race 5 - Dan Higgins Memorial . 7 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Race 13 . 7 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Race 24 . 7 June 2022.

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