2017 Hampton Downs TRS round

The 2017 Hampton Downs TRS round was the third round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, in North Waikato, New Zealand from 28 to 29 January 2017.

Race details
Date 28–29 January 2017
Official name Hampton Downs TRS round
Location Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato
Course Permanent road course
2.570 km (1.597 mi)
Overall results
Podium
FirstBrazil Pedro PiquetM2 Competition
SecondAustralia Thomas RandleVictory Motor Racing
ThirdUnited Kingdom Enaam AhmedGiles Motorsport

Background

Heading into the weekend, Richard Verschoor leads the championship by an extensive margin. Strong, consistent performances from the young Dutchman meant he was the man to beat. Other strong performances in the field included the likes of Thomas Randle, who was a constant front runner in the first two rounds of the championship.

Report

Practice

Thomas Randle demonstrated his pace early on by taking out four out of the five practice sessions and broke the track record in the process. Pedro Piquet took out the second practice session, narrowly beating out Randle.

Session Day Fastest lap
No. Driver Team Time
Practice 1 Thursday 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:00.975
Practice 2 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 1:00.561
Practice 3 Friday 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:00.361
Practice 4 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:00.393
Practice 5 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:00.109

Qualifying

Randle dominated qualifying by taking pole position by nearly two-tenths of a second over Jehan Daruvala. They were followed by Armstrong, Leitch and Piquet.

Pos No Driver Team Lap Grid
1 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 0:59.636 1
2 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 0:59.801 2
3 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 0:59.846 3
4 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 0:59.944 4
5 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 0:59.983 5
6 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 1:00.055 6
7 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 1:00.147 7
8 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 1:00.164 8
9 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 1:00.284 9
10 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 1:00.302 10
11 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 1:00.337 11
12 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 1:00.408 12
13 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 1:00.502 13
14 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 1:00.532 14
15 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 1:00.532 15
16 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 1:00.626 16
17 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 1:00.634 17
18 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 1:00.684 18
19 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 1:00.726 19
20 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 1:00.900 20
Source(s): [1]

Race

After a chaotic start which saw Leitch and Daruvala tumbling down the order, Marcus Armstrong came through to win his second race of the year. An early red flag saw the race restarted with a shortened distance. After losing out the lead,

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 15 16min 34.701sec 3
2 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15 + 0.334 s 5
3 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 15 + 0.677 s 1
4 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 15 + 4.457 s 7
5 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 15 + 4.972 s 9
6 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 15 + 5.756 s 14
7 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15 + 8.838 s 8
8 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 15 + 9.100 s 12
9 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 15 + 9.500 s 6
10 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 15 + 15.261 s 13
11 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 15 + 15.537 s 18
12 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 + 17.748 s 4
13 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 15 + 19.435 s 11
14 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 15 + 19.604 s 2
15 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 15 + 24.979 s 10
16 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 15 + 24.993 s 19
17 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 15 + 29.430 s 20
18 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 14 + 1 lap 15
Ret 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 0 Retired 17
Ret 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 0 Retired 16
Fastest Lap: Thomas Randle (Victory Motor Racing) – 1:00.694
Source(s): [2]

Race 2
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 15 16min sec
2 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 15 + 2.436 s
3 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15 + 3.661 s
4 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 15 + 6.128 s
5 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 15 + 11.686 s
6 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15 + 12.064 s
7 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 15 + 12.900 s
8 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 15 + 14.900 s
9 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 15 + 16.407 s
10 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 15 + 16.493 s
11 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 15 + 17.178 s
12 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 15 + 23.410 s
13 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 15 + 23.710 s
14 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 15 + 23.809 s
15 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 15 + 26.252 s
16 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 + 26.641 s
17 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 15 + 30.953 s
18 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 15 + 36.576 s
19 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 14 + 1 lap
Ret 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 2 Retired
Fastest Lap: Enaam Ahmed (Giles Motorsport) – 0:59.636
Source(s): [3]

Qualifying

Randle once again snatched pole position, though this time with a narrow margin over Daruvala. They were followed by Piquet, Verschoor and Armstrong.

Pos No Driver Team Lap Grid
1 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 0:59.333 1
2 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 0:59.402 2
3 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 0:59.467 3
4 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 0:59.624 4
5 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 0:59.770 5
6 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 0:59.846 6
7 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 0:59.852 7
8 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 0:59.872 8
9 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 0:59.908 9
10 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 0:59.949 10
11 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 1:00.064 11
12 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 1:00.072 12
13 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:00.073 13
14 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 1:00.085 14
15 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 1:00.184 15
16 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 1:00.197 16
17 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 1:00.238 17
18 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 1:00.294 18
19 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 1:00.325 19
20 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 1:00.565 20
Source(s): [4]

Race

After a chaotic start which saw Leitch and Daruvala tumbling down the order, Marcus Armstrong came through to win his second race of the year. An early red flag saw the race restarted with a shortened distance. After losing out the lead,

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 20 24min 37.172sec
2 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 20 + 3.362 s
3 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 20 + 4.751 s
4 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 20 + 6.154 s
5 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 20 + 7.554 s
6 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 20 + 8.584 s
7 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 20 + 10.503 s
8 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 20 + 10.765 s
9 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 20 + 11.276 s
10 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 20 + 11.833 s
11 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 20 + 12.352 s
12 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 20 + 12.879 s
13 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 20 + 14.316 s
14 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 20 + 14.316 s
15 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 20 + 19.373 s
16 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 20 + 20.345 s
17 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 17 + 3 laps
18 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 + 5 laps
Ret 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 7 Retired
Ret 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 1 Retired
Fastest Lap: Thomas Randle (Victory Motor Racing) – 01:00.526
Source(s): [5]

References
  1. "Toyota Racing Series 2017 : Hampton Downs Motorsport Park". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. "Toyota Racing Series 2017 : Hampton Downs Motorsport Park". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. "Toyota Racing Series 2017 : Hampton Downs Motorsport Park". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. "Toyota Racing Series 2017 : Hampton Downs Motorsport Park". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. "Toyota Racing Series 2017 : Hampton Downs Motorsport Park". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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