The 2024 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Otago on 18 February 2024. It was the sixty-eighth New Zealand Grand Prix and utilised Formula Regional cars. The event served as the final race of the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship and marked the first time Highlands Motorsport Park hosted the New Zealand Grand Prix.
Liam Sceats enjoyed a lights-to-flag victory driving with M2 Competition. Callum Hedge and Michael Shin rounded out the podium.
Qualifying Qualifying classification DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3 1 23 Liam Sceats M2 Competition 1:28.275 1:28.342 1:27.720 1 2 17 Callum Hedge mtec Motorsport 1:28.362 1:28.189 1:27.756 2 3 51 Jacob Abel mtec Motorsport 1:28.504 1:28.586 1:27.913 3 4 39 Gerrard Xie M2 Competition 1:28.607 1:28.246 1:28.013 4 5 41 Alex Crosbie Giles Motorsport 1:28.690 1:28.643 1:28.043 5 6 27 Bryce Aron M2 Competition 1:28.616 1:28.590 1:28.078 6 7 15 Kaleb Ngatoa Giles Motorsport 1:28.575 1:28.478 no time WD 8 16 Michael Shin M2 Competition 1:28.433 1:28.347 no time 7 9 19 Elliott Cleary mtec Motorsport 1:28.832 1:28.706N/A 8 10 101 Ryder Quinn M2 Competition 1:28.727 1:28.720N/A 9 11 14 Patrick Woods-Toth Kiwi Motorsport 1:28.942 1:28.826N/A 10 12 22 Jett Bowling Kiwi Motorsport 1:28.848 1:28.906N/A 11 13 4 Roman Bilinski M2 Competition 1:28.011 no timeN/A 12 14 69 Sebastian Manson Giles Motorsport 1:29.055N/AN/A 13 15 31 Titus Sherlock Kiwi Motorsport 1:29.254N/AN/A 14 16 5 Lucas Fecury mtec Motorsport 1:29.408N/AN/A 15 17 739 Landan Matriano Lim Giles Motorsport 1:29.744N/AN/A 16 18 20 Jake Bonilla Kiwi Motorsport 1:30.410N/AN/A 17107% time: 1:34.172Source:
Race Race classification
DriverTeamsLapsTime/Retired 1 23 Liam Sceats M2 Competition 27 40min 33.290sec 1 2 17 Callum Hedge mtec Motorsport 27 + 5.656 s 2 3 16 Michael Shin M2 Competition 27 + 6.069 s 7 4 51 Jacob Abel mtec Motorsport 27 + 7.237 s 3 5 4 Roman Bilinski M2 Competition 27 + 9.694 s 12 6 27 Bryce Aron M2 Competition 27 + 11.265 s 6 7 41 Alex Crosbie Giles Motorsport 27 + 11.266 s 5 8 101 Ryder Quinn M2 Competition 27 + 11.611 s 9 9 14 Patrick Woods-Toth Kiwi Motorsport 27 + 15.094 s 10 10 19 Elliott Cleary mtec Motorsport 27 + 16.874 s 8 11 22 Jett Bowling Kiwi Motorsport 27 + 19.332 s 11 12 69 Sebastian Manson Giles Motorsport 27 + 24.364 s 13 13 739 Landan Matriano Lim Giles Motorsport 27 + 29.935 s 16 14 5 Lucas Fecury mtec Motorsport 27 + 32.473 s 15 15 20 Jake Bonilla Kiwi Motorsport 27 + 38.866 s 17 16 39 Gerrard Xie M2 Competition 24 + 3 laps 4 Ret 31 Titus Sherlock Kiwi Motorsport 10 Retired 14 WD 15 Kaleb Ngatoa Giles Motorsport 0 Withdrew (Injury) Fastest lap: Roman Bilinski (M2 Competition) – 1:29.398 (lap 15)Source:
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