2013 New Zealand Grand Prix

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.

2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date	10 February 2013
Official name	LVIII 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	Lucas Auer	Giles Motorsport
Time	1:03.472
Fastest lap
Driver	Nick Cassidy	M2 Competition
Time	1:04.631 on lap 26
Podium
First	Nick Cassidy	M2 Competition
Second	Alex Lynn	M2 Competition
Third	Steijn Schothorst	M2 Competition

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
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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
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External links

• Toyota Racing Series