The 2023 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in northern Waikato on 5 February 2023. It was the sixty-seventh New Zealand Grand Prix and utilised Formula Regional cars. The event also served as the third race of the fourth round of the 2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship. This marked the Grand Prix's return after the 2022 iteration was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the first to feature international drivers since 2020.
Dutch driver Laurens van Hoepen produced a victory in his debut weekend in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship. He won from the highly-fancied Louis Foster, with series leader Callum Hedge rounding out the podium.
Entry list All drivers compete with identical Tatuus FT-60 chassis cars powered by 2.0L turbocharged Toyota engines. After the 2021 Grand Prix was run without any officially recognized teams, the event returned to a team-based format. TeamNo.Driver Hamilton Motorsport Ltd. 4 Billy Frazer 84 Chris van der Drift Kiwi Motorsport 5 Lucas Fecury 8 Tom McLennan 21 Josh Mason 51 Jacob Abel 86 Brendon Leitch 98 James Penrose M2 Competition 7 Charlie Wurz 17 Callum Hedge 18 Laurens van Hoepen 23 Liam Sceats 77 David Morales 101 Ryder Quinn Giles Motorsport 15 Kaleb Ngatoa 26 Louis Foster 36 Adam Fitzgerald 55 Breanna Morris 66 Ryan Shehan 88 Chloe Chambers
Qualifying Qualifying classification DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3 1 18 Laurens van Hoepen M2 Competition 1:30.240 1:30.389 1:29.819 1 2 26 Louis Foster Giles Motorsport 1:30.474 1:30.465 1:29.863 2 3 15 Kaleb Ngatoa Giles Motorsport 1:30.340 1:30.461 1:29.978 3 4 17 Callum Hedge M2 Competition 1:30.401 1:30.540 1:30.003 4 5 7 Charlie Wurz M2 Competition 1:30.552 1:30.449 1:30.097 5 6 23 Liam Sceats M2 Competition 1:30.545 1:30.631 1:30.133 6 7 51 Jacob Abel Kiwi Motorsport 1:30.785 1:30.667 1:30.313 7 8 77 David Morales M2 Competition 1:30.685 1:30.620 1:30.362 8 9 84 Chris van der Drift Hamilton Motorsport 1:30.738 1:30.684N/A 9 10 21 Josh Mason Kiwi Motorsport 1:30.903 1:30.693N/A 10 11 66 Ryan Shehan Giles Motorsport 1:30.894 1:30.698N/A 11 12 36 Adam Fitzgerald Giles Motorsport 1:30.523 1:30.821N/A 12 13 86 Brendon Leitch Kiwi Motorsport 1:30.723 1:30.834N/A 13 14 101 Ryder Quinn M2 Competition 1:30.688 1:30.942N/A 14 15 98 James Penrose Kiwi Motorsport 1:31.108N/AN/A 15 16 88 Chloe Chambers Giles Motorsport 1:31.290N/AN/A 16 17 5 Lucas Fecury Kiwi Motorsport 1:31.329N/AN/A 17 18 4 Billy Frazer Hamilton Motorsport 1:31.708N/AN/A 18 19 55 Breanna Morris Giles Motorsport 1:31.793N/AN/A 19 - 8 Tom McLennan Kiwi Motorsport no timeN/AN/A -107% time: 1:36.557Source:
Race Race classification DriverTeamsLapsTime/Retired 1 18 Laurens van Hoepen M2 Competition 28 42min 16.570sec 1 2 26 Louis Foster Giles Motorsport 28 + 0.846 s 2 3 17 Callum Hedge M2 Competition 28 + 12.329 s 4 4 84 Chris van der Drift Hamilton Motorsport 28 + 12.673 s 9 5 15 Kaleb Ngatoa Giles Motorsport 28 + 14.923 s 3 6 23 Liam Sceats M2 Competition 28 + 15.525 s 6 7 7 Charlie Wurz M2 Competition 28 + 16.173 s 5 8 51 Jacob Abel Kiwi Motorsport 28 + 16.604 s 7 9 77 David Morales M2 Competition 28 + 17.499 s 8 10 101 Ryder Quinn M2 Competition 28 + 18.051 s 14 11 66 Ryan Shehan Giles Motorsport 28 + 23.107 s 11 12 21 Josh Mason Kiwi Motorsport 28 + 24.859 s 10 13 98 James Penrose Kiwi Motorsport 28 + 26.756 s 15 14 86 Brendon Leitch Kiwi Motorsport 28 + 28.049 s 13 15 4 Billy Frazer Hamilton Motorsport 28 + 32.652 s 18 16 36 Adam Fitzgerald Giles Motorsport 28 + 35.056 s 12 17 88 Chloe Chambers Giles Motorsport 28 + 36.342 s 16 18 55 Breanna Morris Giles Motorsport 28 + 47.490 s 19 19 5 Lucas Fecury Kiwi Motorsport 28 + 48.132 s 17 WD 8 Tom McLennan Kiwi Motorsport 0 Withdrew Fastest lap: Laurens van Hoepen (M2 Competition) – 1:30.061 (lap 10)Source:
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