2017 Lady Wigram Trophy

The 2017 Lady Wigram Trophy was the 56th running of the Lady Wigram Trophy and served as the first round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, in Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 15 January 2017.

Race details
Date 13-15 January 2017
Official name 56th Lady Wigram Trophy
Location Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch
Course Permanent road course
3.330 km (2.069 mi)
Overall results
Podium
FirstIndia Jehan DaruvalaM2 Competition
SecondUnited Kingdom Enaam AhmedGiles Motorsport
ThirdBrazil Pedro PiquetM2 Competition

The defending Lady Wigram Trophy winner was Force India protégé, Jehan Daruvala. He would repeat his feat by winning the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row.

Background

The 2017 Toyota Racing Series sees the highest number of returning drivers (Brendon Leitch, Thomas Randle, Pedro Piquet, Jehan Daruvala, Ferdinand Habsburg, Kami Laliberté and Taylor Cockerton) since 2013 with seven.

Defending champion, Lando Norris initially announced intentions to return to the series for 2017 to defend his title. However, he later announced his withdrawal. The vacant seat would be taken by Frenchman, Jean Baptiste Simmenauer.

Report

Practice

For the first practice session of the weekend, Enaam Ahmed achieved the fastest lap time with a 1:18.200, followed closely by Thomas Randle and Richard Verschoor. The session was relatively clean, with only two spins in the session (Andres and Laliberté). The second practice session was equally as uneventful with Thomas Randle lowering the best time down to a 1:18.147, with the closest two rivals being Shelby Blackstock and Jehan Daruvala. For the third and final practice session, several drivers broke into the 17's, with Taylor Cockerton being the fastest of all with a 1:17.383. He was followed by Thomas Randle and Enaam Ahmed.

Session Day Fastest lap
No. Driver Team Time
Practice 1 Friday 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 1:18.200
Practice 2 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:18.147
Practice 3 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 1:17.383

Qualifying

Jehan Daruvala continued his fine form at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park by grabbing the first pole position of the year with a 1:17.424.

Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 1:17.424 1
2 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 1:17.582 2
3 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 1:17.641 3
4 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 1:17.648 4
5 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:17.665 5
6 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 1:17.797 6
7 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 1:17.832 7
8 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 1:17.871 8
9 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 1:18.179 9
10 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 1:18.319 10
11 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 1:18.331 11
12 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 1:18.366 12
13 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:18.440 13
14 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 1:18.441 14
15 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 1:18.467 15
16 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 1:18.474 16
17 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 1:18.613 17
18 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 1:18.932 18
19 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin M2 Competition 1:19.013 19
20 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 1:19.485 20
Sources:[1]

Race

After a great start from Daruvala, a safety car caused by Enders stranded car closed the field up once again. On the restart, Armstrong got onto the gearbox of Daruvala, and committed to a brave move around the outside to take the lead and ultimately the win.

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 15 22min 12.255sec 2
2 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 15 + 0.851 s 1
3 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 15 + 1.921 s 4
4 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 15 + 2.512 s 5
5 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 15 + 5.398 s 6
6 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15 + 6.059 s 7
7 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 15 + 6.416 s 3
8 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 15 + 7.898 s 8
9 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 + 9.056 s 13
10 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15 + 10.055 s 11
11 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 15 + 11.637 s 12
12 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 15 + 13.232 s 9
13 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 15 + 17.042 s 10
14 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 15 + 17.388 s 15
15 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 15 + 18.025 s 16
16 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 15 + 18.414 s 18
17 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 15 + 19.324 s 17
18 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 15 + 35.660 s 20
19 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 14 + 1 lap 14
Ret 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 7 Retired 19
Fastest lap: Richard Verschoor (Giles Motorsport) - 1:18.237
Source(s):[2]

Race 2

In the reverse grid race, Thomas Randle took his first Toyota Racing Series win, followed by Verschoor and Armstrong. When crossing the line Taylor Cockerton was first, followed by Piquet and Randle. Cockerton and Piquet got a time penalty and therefore dropped in the race result.

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 15 19min 54.937sec 3
2 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 15 + 6.119 s 4
3 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 15 + 7.627 s 6
4 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 15 + 10.000 s 2
5 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 15 + 11.636 s 7
6 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 15 + 12.456 s 9
7 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 15 + 18.548 s 11
8 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 15 + 19.032 s 10
9 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 15 + 19.325 s 14
10 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 15 + 23.841 s 12
11 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 15 + 23.874 s 15
12 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 15 + 24.507 s 8
13 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 15 + 25.290 s 19
14 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 15 + 26.073 s 13
15 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 15 + 29.466 s 20
16 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 15 + 29.681 s 16
17 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 15 + 30.000 s 1
18 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 15 + 30.339 s 18
19 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 15 + 30.784 s 17
20 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 13 + 2 laps 5
Fastest lap: Taylor Cockerton (MTEC Motorsport) - 1:18.673
Source(s):[3]

Qualifying

Daruvala once again took the pole with a tight margin over Armstrong and Ahmed.

Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 1:16.800 1
2 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 1:16.801 2
3 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 1:16.866 3
4 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 1:17.067 4
5 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 1:17.070 5
6 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 1:17.072 6
7 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 1:17.164 7
8 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 1:17.471 8
9 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 1:17.536 9
10 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:17.549 10
11 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 1:17.614 11
12 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 1:17.638 12
13 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 1:17.669 13
14 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 1:17.685 14
15 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 1:17.707 15
16 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 1:18.014 16
17 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 1:18.021 17
18 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 1:18.023 18
19 24 India Ameya Vaidyanathan MTEC Motorsport 1:18.164 19
20 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 1:19.038 20
Sources:[2]

Race

In what was an incident-marred race, Daruvala took his second consecutive Lady Wigram Trophy with Ahmed and Piquet rounding out the podium.

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid
1 9 India Jehan Daruvala M2 Competition 20 37min 01.402sec 1
2 65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Giles Motorsport 20 + 0.915 s 3
3 5 Brazil Pedro Piquet M2 Competition 20 + 1.401 s 4
4 22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Giles Motorsport 20 + 1.703 s 6
5 49 Australia Thomas Randle Victory Motor Racing 20 + 2.124 s 7
6 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg M2 Competition 20 + 2.694 s 8
7 3 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 20 + 2.926 s 10
8 12 Brazil Christian Hahn Giles Motorsport 20 + 3.168 s 18
9 33 United States Kory Enders MTEC Motorsport 20 + 4.181 s 13
10 26 Australia Harry Hayek Giles Motorsport 20 + 5.045 s 14
11 83 Canada Kami Laliberté M2 Competition 20 + 5.923 s 12
12 11 New Zealand Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 20 + 8.145 s 5
13 96 Australia Luis Leeds Giles Motorsport 20 + 9.648 s 15
14 10 France Thomas Neubauer MTEC Motorsport 20 + 13.926 s 17
15 51 United States Shelby Blackstock Victory Motor Racing 18 + 2 laps 11
Ret 8 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong M2 Competition 16 Suspension 2
Ret 24 India Ameya Vaidyanatahan MTEC Motorsport 11 Retired 19
Ret 27 France Jean Baptiste Simmenauer M2 Competition 11 Spun off 20
Ret 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori Giles Motorsport 10 Spun off 9
Ret 80 Russia Nikita Lastochkin Victory Motor Racing 8 Spun off 16
Fastest lap: Jehan Daruvala (M2 Competition) - 1:19.499
Source(s):

Championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 181
2 Australia Thomas Randle 178
3 India Jehan Daruvala 142
4 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 136
5 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 135

References
  1. "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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