The 2020 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 16 February 2020. It was the sixty-fifth New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event also served as the third race of the fifth round of the 2020 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series. The race was won by Igor Fraga, who also won the Toyota Racing Series championship in the process.
Report
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Team Time Grid 1 17 Igor Fraga M2 Competition 1:02.706 1 2 23 Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.710 2 3 1 Liam Lawson M2 Competition 1:02.724 3 4 43 Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport 1:02.752 4 5 5 Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport 1:02.768 5 6 9 Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.900 6 7 6 Ido Cohen M2 Competition 1:02.953 7 8 88 Lucas Petersson mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.962 8 9 33 Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 1:02.965 15 10 11 Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.984 9 11 26 Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport 1:03.030 10 12 10 Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:03.141 11 13 44 Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport 1:03.238 12 14 4 Henning Enqvist Giles Motorsport 1:03.300 13 15 13 Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport 1:03.317 14 16 21 Émilien Denner M2 Competition 1:03.363 16 17 7 Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport 1:03.430 17 18 99 Rui Andrade M2 Competition 1:03.452 18 - 49 Ken Smith Giles Motorsport No Time PL Source(s): Notes 1. – Tsunoda was given a six-place penalty for a practice start infringement.
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid 1 17 Igor Fraga M2 Competition 35 43min 38.279sec 1 2 43 Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 1.724 s 4 3 1 Liam Lawson M2 Competition 35 + 3.387 s 3 4 23 Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 3.737 s 2 5 9 Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 6.932 s 6 6 33 Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 35 + 8.463 s 15 7 5 Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 9.549 s 5 8 11 Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 13.087 s 10 9 26 Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport 35 + 13.594 s 11 10 88 Lucas Petersson mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 14.089 s 8 11 6 Ido Cohen M2 Competition 35 + 14.623 s 7 12 10 Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 15.856 s 12 13 44 Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport 35 + 16.076 s 13 14 7 Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 18.171 s 17 15 49 Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 35 + 25.584 s PL Ret 13 Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport 16 Spun off 15 Ret 21 Émilien Denner M2 Competition 12 Spun off 16 Ret 99 Rui Andrade M2 Competition 8 Retired 18 Ret 4 Henning Enqvist Giles Motorsport 1 Spun off 14 Source(s):
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