2006 New Zealand Grand Prix
| 2006 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3, Round 3 of 8 of the 2006 Toyota Racing Series | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 January 2006 | ||
| Official name | LI New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Teretonga Park, Feilding, New Zealand | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.57 km (1.59 miles) | ||
| Distance | 34 laps, 87.38 km (54.06 miles) | ||
| Weather | Fine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mark Petch Motorsport | ||
| Time | 0:55.432 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Andy Knight | Knight Motorsport | |
| Time | 1:01.545 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Team Meritus | ||
| Second | International Motorsport | ||
| Third | Victory Motorsport | ||
The 2006 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Teretonga Park, near Invercargill on 15 January 2006.
It was the fifty first 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 2005–06 Toyota Racing Series.
Classification
[edit]Results as follows:[1]
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 |  Hamad Al Fardan
|
Team Meritus | 34 | 48min 21.566sec |
| 2 | 47 | Daniel Gaunt
|
International Motorsport | 34 | + 1.154 s |
| 3 | 28 | Brendon Hartley
|
Victory Motorsport | 34 | + 1.406 s |
| 4 | 20 | Daynom Templeman
|
Kiwi American Racing | 34 | + 1.764 s |
| 5 | 5 | Marc Doran
|
Auto Motion | 34 | + 4.152 s |
| 6 | 87 | Ben Crighton
|
Ben Crighton Racing | 34 | + 6.446 s |
| 7 | 9 | Matthew Hamilton
|
Karcher Racing | 34 | + 7.034 s |
| 8 | 15 | Marc Williams
|
Victory Motorsport | 34 | + 13.975 s |
| 9 | 4 | Andrew Higgins
|
Motorsport Solutions | 34 | + 14.184 s |
| 10 | 76 | Duane Spurdle
|
Spurdle Motorsport | 34 | + 18.312 s |
| 11 | 55 | Christina Orr
|
Mark Petch Motorsport | 34 | + 18.760 s |
| 12 | 66 | Hamish Cross
|
ESWA Racing | 34 | + 45.230 s |
| 13 | 7 | Ben Harford
|
Cobra Vehicle Security | 33 | + 1 lap |
| 14 | 48 | Dale Williams
|
International Motorsport | 33 | + 1 lap |
| Ret | 6 | Jayant Singh
|
Jayant Singh Motorsport | 15 | Retired |
| Ret | 40 | Mark Munro
|
Auto Motion | 9 | Retired |
| Ret | 22 |  Jay Howard
|
Mark Petch Motorsport | 8 | Retired |
| Ret | 70 | Chris van der Drift
|
International Motorsport | 8 | Retired |
| Ret | 11 | Ken Smith
|
Ken Smith Racing | 0 | Retired |
| DSQ | 97 | Andy Knight
|
Knight Motorsport | 34 | Disqualified |
Notes
[edit]- Pole position: Jay Howard – 0'55.432
- Fastest lap: Andy Knight – 1'01.545
References
[edit]- ^ AMB Identification and Timing. "MyLaps.com || Race and practice results powered by AMB i.t. transponders". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2009.