The 2015 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 15 February 2015. It was the sixtieth 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 2015 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.
Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old Canadian Lance Stroll who became the third teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy.
The race was dominated by the M2 Competition outfit, with Arjun Maini taking pole position, Brandon Maïsano the fastest lap and locked out the podium with Stroll winning, Charlie Eastwood second and Maisano third.
Results
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Grid 1 36 Arjun Maini M2 Competition 1:02.598 1:02.343 1 2 5 Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport 1:02.723 1:02.349 2 3 12 Matteo Ferrer ETEC Motorsport no time 1:02.622 3 4 19 Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition 1:02.502 1:02.661 4 5 18 Lance Stroll M2 Competition 1:02.723 1:02.695 5 6 28 Charlie Eastwood M2 Competition 1:03.155 1:02.742 6 7 11 Stefan Riener Victory Motor Racing 1:03.283 1:02.749 7 8 49 Thomas Randle ETEC Motorsport 1:03.115 1:02.794 8 9 10 Santino Ferrucci Giles Motorsport 1:03.050 1:02.876 9 10 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Giles Motorsport 1:03.022 1:02.912 10 11 17 Nikita Mazepin ETEC Motorsport 1:03.381 1:02.941 11 12 62 Ferdinand Habsburg Victory Motor Racing 1:03.393 1:02.941 12 13 40 James Munro Giles Motorsport 1:03.258 1:02.947 13 14 86 Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:03.428 1:02.949 14 15 21 Artem Markelov Giles Motorsport 1:03.018 1:02.958 15 16 53 Callum Ilott ETEC Motorsport 1:02.809 1:02.965 16 17 8 Mathias Kristensen M2 Competition 1:03.200 1:03.053 17 18 4 Alfonso Celis Jr. Giles Motorsport 1:03.110 1:03.280 18 19 87 Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:03.107 1:03.292 19 20 23 Jamie Conroy M2 Competition 1:04.005 1:03.292 20 Source(s):
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap Grid 1 18 Lance Stroll M2 Competition 35 40min 25.216sec 5 2 28 Charlie Eastwood M2 Competition 35 + 1.138 s 6 3 19 Brandon Maïsano M2 Competition 35 + 1.239 s 4 4 5 Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport 35 + 2.156 s 2 5 10 Santino Ferrucci Giles Motorsport 35 + 9.558 s 9 6 21 Artem Markelov Giles Motorsport 35 + 10.240 s 15 7 12 Matteo Ferrer ETEC Motorsport 35 + 10.486 s 3 8 11 Stefan Riener Victory Motor Racing 35 + 13.326 s 7 9 49 Thomas Randle ETEC Motorsport 35 + 14.723 s 8 10 87 Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 35 + 24.146 s 19 11 17 Nikita Mazepin ETEC Motorsport 35 + 24.259 s 11 12 23 Jamie Conroy M2 Competition 35 + 25.085 s 20 13 4 Alfonso Celis Jr. Giles Motorsport 35 + 32.243 s 18 14 36 Arjun Maini M2 Competition 34 + 1 lap 1 15 40 James Munro Giles Motorsport 34 + 1 lap 13 16 86 Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 33 + 2 laps 14 17 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Giles Motorsport 32 + 3 laps 10 18 8 Mathias Kristensen M2 Competition 29 + 6 laps 17 Ret 62 Ferdinand Habsburg Victory Motor Racing 4 Retired 12 Ret 53 Callum Ilott ETEC Motorsport 1 Retired 16 Fastest Lap: Brandon Maïsano (M2 Competition) - 1:02.845 Source(s):
References
External links Toyota Racing Series