2015 New Zealand Grand Prix
2015 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
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Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2015 Toyota Racing Series | |||
Race details[1] | |||
Date | 15 February 2015 | ||
Official name | LX New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
Location | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.033 km (1.885 miles) | ||
Distance | 35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 miles) | ||
Weather | Fine | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | M2 Competition | ||
Time | 1:02.343 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Brandon Maïsano | M2 Competition | |
Time | 1:02.845 on lap 16 | ||
Podium | |||
First | M2 Competition | ||
Second | M2 Competition | ||
Third | M2 Competition |
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 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 |
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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):[2][3] |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | Grid |
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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):[4] |
References
- ^ "Mylaps.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Qualify 6". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Qualify 7". Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Race 21 - Grand Prix". Retrieved 7 June 2022.