The 2009 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 1 March 2009.
It was the fifty-fourth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula Three regulations). The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series. Daniel Gaunt won his second New Zealand Grand Prix in three years, reclaiming the honours from Andy Knight.
Classification TRS Lites entries
Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Grid 1 47 Daniel Gaunt Triple X Motorsport 1:11.064 1:09.713 1 2 32 Mitch Cunningham Giles Motorsport 1:10.836 1:09.901 2 3 2 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Motorsport 1:10.690 1:09.906 3 4 19 Sam MacNeill Motorsport Solutions 1:11.611 1:10.066 4 5 74 Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 1:10.920 1:10.226 5 6 9 Daniel Jilesen Giles Motorsport 1:11.733 1:10.408 6 7 5 Scott Pye European Technique 1:11.273 1:10.415 7 8 14 Keeley Pudney Giles Motorsport 1:12.389 1:10.478 8 9 69 Alastair Wootten Privateer 1:11.315 1:10.479 9 10 48 Andrew Waite Giles Motorsport 1:11.432 1:10.760 10 11 89 John Whelan Motorsport Solutions 1:12.633 1:11.357 11 12 4 Mitch Evans Privateer 1:16.337 1:14.491 12 13 12 Chris Cox Privateer 1:17.138 1:15.145 13 - 11 Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport no time no time 14 Source(s):
Race Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 47 Daniel Gaunt Triple X Motorsport 35 45min 35.667sec 1 2 2 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Motorsport 35 + 3.049 s 3 3 19 Sam MacNeill Motorsport Solutions 35 + 11.200 s 4 4 89 John Whelan Motorsport Solutions 35 + 14.580 s 11 5 5 Scott Pye European Technique 35 + 14.897 s 7 6 74 Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 35 + 15.446 s 5 7 11 Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 17.984 s 14 8 14 Keeley Pudney Giles Motorsport 35 + 32.937 s 8 9 4 Mitch Evans Privateer 35 + 59.962 s 12 10 12 Chris Cox Privateer 34 + 1 lap 13 11 48 Andrew Waite Privateer 33 + 2 laps 10 12 69 Alastair Wootten Motorsport Solutions 32 + 3 laps 9 13 32 Mitch Cunningham Giles Motorsport 31 + 4 laps 2 Ret 9 Daniel Jilesen Giles Motorsport 28 Retired 6 Source(s):
References
External links Toyota Racing Series