2020 New Zealand Grand Prix

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.[1]

2020 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 3, Round 5 of 5 of the 2020 Toyota Racing Series
Race details
Date 16 February 2020
Official name LXV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.033 km (1.885 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 106.155 km (65.975 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver
M2 Competition
Time 1:02.706
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport
Time 1:03.737 on lap 27
Podium
First
M2 Competition
Second
  • Argentina Franco Colapinto
 Kiwi Motorsport
Third
M2 Competition

Report

Qualifying
Pos No Driver Team Time Grid
1 17 Brazil Igor Fraga M2 Competition 1:02.706 1
2 23 Brazil Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.710 2
3 1 New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition 1:02.724 3
4 43 Argentina Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport 1:02.752 4
5 5 United States Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport 1:02.768 5
6 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.900 6
7 6 Israel Ido Cohen M2 Competition 1:02.953 7
8 88 Sweden Lucas Petersson mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.962 8
9 33 Japan Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 1:02.965 151
10 11 Australia Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:02.984 9
11 26 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport 1:03.030 10
12 10 Denmark Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 1:03.141 11
13 44 Germany Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport 1:03.238 12
14 4 Sweden Henning Enqvist Giles Motorsport 1:03.300 13
15 13 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport 1:03.317 14
16 21 France Émilien Denner M2 Competition 1:03.363 16
17 7 Switzerland Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport 1:03.430 17
18 99 Angola Rui Andrade M2 Competition 1:03.452 18
- 49 New Zealand Ken Smith Giles Motorsport No Time PL
Source(s): [2]

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 Brazil Igor Fraga M2 Competition 35 43min 38.279sec 1
2 43 Argentina Franco Colapinto Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 1.724 s 4
3 1 New Zealand Liam Lawson M2 Competition 35 + 3.387 s 3
4 23 Brazil Caio Collet mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 3.737 s 2
5 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 6.932 s 6
6 33 Japan Yuki Tsunoda M2 Competition 35 + 8.463 s 15
7 5 United States Spike Kohlbecker Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 9.549 s 5
8 11 Australia Jackson Walls mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 13.087 s 10
9 26 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy Giles Motorsport 35 + 13.594 s 11
10 88 Sweden Lucas Petersson mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 14.089 s 8
11 6 Israel Ido Cohen M2 Competition 35 + 14.623 s 7
12 10 Denmark Oliver Rasmussen mtec Motorsport w/ R-ace GP 35 + 15.856 s 12
13 44 Germany Lirim Zendeli Giles Motorsport 35 + 16.076 s 13
14 7 Switzerland Axel Gnos Kiwi Motorsport 35 + 18.171 s 17
15 49 New Zealand Ken Smith Giles Motorsport 35 + 25.584 s PL
Ret 13 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport 16 Spun off 15
Ret 21 France Émilien Denner M2 Competition 12 Spun off 16
Ret 99 Angola Rui Andrade M2 Competition 8 Retired 18
Ret 4 Sweden Henning Enqvist Giles Motorsport 1 Spun off 14
Source(s): [3]

References
  1. Chapman, Simon (16 February 2020). "Fantastic Fraga wins NZGP and TRS titles". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "2020 New Zealand Grand Prix - Qualifying 10". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. "Race 28 New Zealand Grand Prix 35 Laps". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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