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 Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid 1 5 Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 1:04.533 1:04.094 1:04.489 1 2 3 Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 1:04.178 1:03.928 1:04.556 2 3 1 Earl Bamber International Motorsport 1:04.383 1:03.867 1:04.596 3 4 9 Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 1:04.768 1:04.515 1:04.633 4 5 28 Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 1:04.312 1:04.160 1:04.706 5 6 27 Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 1:04.330 1:04.037 1:04.798 6 7 47 Nathan Antunes European Technique 1:04.928 1:04.545 1:04.879 7 8 7 Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 1:04.471 1:04.438 1:04.962 8 9 10 Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 1:04.411 1:04.266 1:06.295 9 10 74 Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 1:04.340 1:03.937 1:10.269 10 11 6 Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 1:05.030 1:04.553 11 12 55 Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 1:05.171 1:04.554 12 13 2 Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 1:04.736 1:04.797 13 14 87 Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Motorsport 1:05.147 1:04.763 14 15 19 Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 1:05.347 1:04.937 15 16 20 Daynom Templeman 1:05.384 1:05.128 16 17 11 Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 1:05.391 1:05.220 17 18 44 Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 1:06.072 1:05.419 18 Source(s):
Grand Prix Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time Grid 1 5 Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 35 43min 15.936sec 1 2 3 Matt Halliday Triple X Motorsport 35 + 0.136 s 2 3 7 Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 35 + 0.553 s 8 4 10 Dominic Storey Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 1.022 s 9 5 1 Earl Bamber International Motorsport 35 + 1.655 s 3 6 20 Daynom Templeman 35 + 3.228 s 16 7 55 Christina Orr Mark Petch Motorsport 35 + 4.216 s 12 8 74 Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions 35 + 4.933 s 10 9 6 Hamish Cross Scorpion Racing 35 + 5.123 s 11 10 87 Ben Crighton Ben Crighton Racing 35 + 6.969 s 14 11 11 Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 7.741 s 17 12 2 Mitch Cunningham International Motorsport 35 + 11.769 s 13 13 44 Kristján Einar Triple X Motorsport 35 + 12.587 s 18 14 19 Michael Pickens Knight Motorsport 35 + 17.607 s 15 15 47 Nathan Antunes European Technique 35 + 18.511 s 7 Ret 27 Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 28 Retired 6 Ret 28 Nelson Hartley Victory Motor Racing 27 Retired 5 Ret 9 Nic Jordan Motorsport Solutions 16 Retired 4 Source(s):
References
External links Toyota Racing Series