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.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Team Time Gap 1 11 Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport 1:03.472 2 36 Alex Lynn M2 Competition 1:03.520 + 0.048 s 3 21 Steijn Schothorst M2 Competition 1:03.730 + 0.258 s 4 1 Nick Cassidy M2 Competition 1:03.738 + 0.266 s 5 5 Bruno Bonifacio Giles Motorsport 1:03.843 + 0.371 s 6 6 Pipo Derani Giles Motorsport 1:03.913 + 0.441 s 7 19 Pieter Schothorst M2 Competition 1:03.948 + 0.476 s 8 23 Jann Mardenborough ETEC Motorsport 1:03.972 + 0.500 s 9 16 Ignazio D'Agosto Victory Motor Racing 1:04.036 + 0.564 s 10 4 Felix Serralles Giles Motorsport 1:04.070 + 0.598 s 11 18 Nicholas Latifi Giles Motorsport 1:04.128 + 0.656 s 12 22 Andrew Tang ETEC Motorsport 1:04.153 + 0.681 s 13 43 Tanart Sathienthirakul ETEC Motorsport 1:04.208 + 0.736 s 14 3 Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:04.289 + 0.817 s 15 44 Dennis Olsen M2 Competition 1:04.311 + 0.839 s 16 7 Tatiana Calderón ETEC Motorsport 1:04.342 + 0.870 s 17 29 Akash Nandy ETEC Motorsport 1:04.429 + 0.957 s 18 53 Michael Scott Victory Motor Racing 1:04.469 + 0.997 s 19 10 Spike Goddard M2 Competition 1:04.498 + 1.026 s 20 9 Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 1:04.965 + 1.493 s Source:
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Gap 1 1 Nick Cassidy M2 Competition 35 40min 18.328sec 2 36 Alex Lynn M2 Competition 35 + 0.711 s 3 21 Steijn Schothorst M2 Competition 35 + 2.371 s 4 6 Pipo Derani Giles Motorsport 35 + 3.148 s 5 5 Bruno Bonifacio Giles Motorsport 35 + 4.877 s 6 11 Lucas Auer Giles Motorsport 35 + 5.232 s 7 23 Jann Mardenborough ETEC Motorsport 35 + 5.497 s 8 16 Ignazio D'Agosto Victory Motor Racing 35 + 5.995 s 9 4 Felix Serralles Giles Motorsport 35 + 8.248 s 10 22 Andrew Tang ETEC Motorsport 35 + 8.569 s 11 3 Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 35 + 9.332 s 12 18 Nicholas Latifi Giles Motorsport 35 + 10.548 s 13 7 Tatiana Calderón ETEC Motorsport 35 + 10.829 s 14 43 Tanart Sathienthirakul ETEC Motorsport 35 + 11.890 s 15 53 Michael Scott Victory Motor Racing 35 + 12.493 s 16 9 Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 35 + 17.070 s 17 19 Pieter Schothorst M2 Competition 34 + 1 Lap 18 29 Akash Nandy ETEC Motorsport 33 + 2 Laps 19 10 Spike Goddard M2 Competition 33 + 2 Laps Ret 44 Dennis Olsen M2 Competition 15 Retired Source:
References
External links Toyota Racing Series