2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 3 of 7 of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date 13 January 2008
Official name LIII 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)
Pole position
Driver
  • New Zealand Andy Knight
 Knight Motorsport
Time 1:04.489
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing
Time 1:04.167 on lap 15
Podium
First
  • New Zealand Andy Knight
 Knight Motorsport
Second
Triple X Motorsport
Third
  • New Zealand Ben Harford
 NZ Motorsport Trust

The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.

It was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Grid
1 5 New Zealand Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 1:04.533 1:04.094 1:04.489 1
2 3 New Zealand Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 1:04.178 1:03.928 1:04.556 2
3 1 New Zealand Earl Bamber International Motorsport 1:04.383 1:03.867 1:04.596 3
4 9 New Zealand Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 1:04.768 1:04.515 1:04.633 4
5 28 New Zealand Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 1:04.312 1:04.160 1:04.706 5
6 27 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 1:04.330 1:04.037 1:04.798 6
7 47 Australia Nathan Antunes European Technique 1:04.928 1:04.545 1:04.879 7
8 7 New Zealand Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 1:04.471 1:04.438 1:04.962 8
9 10 New Zealand Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 1:04.411 1:04.266 1:06.295 9
10 74 New Zealand Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 1:04.340 1:03.937 1:10.269 10
11 6 New Zealand Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 1:05.030 1:04.553 11
12 55 New Zealand Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 1:05.171 1:04.554 12
13 2 New Zealand Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 1:04.736 1:04.797 13
14 87 New Zealand Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Motorsport 1:05.147 1:04.763 14
15 19 New Zealand Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 1:05.347 1:04.937 15
16 20 New Zealand Daynom Templeman 1:05.384 1:05.128 16
17 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 1:05.391 1:05.220 17
18 44 Iceland Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 1:06.072 1:05.419 18
Source(s):[1]

Grand Prix

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTimeGrid
1 5 New Zealand Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 35 43min 15.936sec 1
2 3 New Zealand Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 35 + 0.136 s 2
3 7 New Zealand Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 35 + 0.553 s 8
4 10 New Zealand Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 1.022 s 9
5 1 New Zealand Earl Bamber International Motorsport 35 + 1.655 s 3
6 20 New Zealand Daynom Templeman 35 + 3.228 s 16
7 55 New Zealand Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 35 + 4.216 s 12
8 74 New Zealand Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 35 + 4.933 s 10
9 6 New Zealand Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 35 + 5.123 s 11
10 87 New Zealand Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Racing 35 + 6.969 s 14
11 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 7.741 s 17
12 2 New Zealand Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 35 + 11.769 s 13
13 44 Iceland Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 35 + 12.587 s 18
14 19 New Zealand Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 35 + 17.607 s 15
15 47 Australia Nathan Antunes European Technique 35 + 18.511 s 7
Ret 27 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 28 Retired 6
Ret 28 New Zealand Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 27 Retired 5
Ret 9 New Zealand Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 16 Retired 4
Source(s):[2]

References

  1. ↑ "TRS best lap times in 1st 2 qualifyings for "Top 10 Shootout" for "Q8"". Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "R21 - TRS - NZ Grand Prix (3) - Grid from top 10 shootout". Retrieved 6 June 2022.


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