2009 New Zealand Grand Prix

  2009 New Zealand Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3, Round 5 of 6 of the 2008-09 Toyota Racing Series
Date	1 March 2009
Official name	LIV New Zealand Grand Prix
Location	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.033 km (1.885 mi)
Distance	35 laps, 106.16 km (65.96 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Gaunt	Triple X Motorsport
Time	1:09.713
Fastest lap
Driver	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber Racing
Time	1:09.502
Podium
First	Daniel Gaunt	Triple X Motorsport
Second	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber Racing
Third	Sam MacNeill	Motorsport Solutions

The 2009 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 1 March 2009.

It was the fifty-fourth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula Three regulations). The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series. Daniel Gaunt won his second New Zealand Grand Prix in three years, reclaiming the honours from Andy Knight.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	47	Daniel Gaunt	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 35.667s
2	2	Earl Bamber	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 38.716s
3	19	Sam MacNeill	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 46.867s
4	89	John Whelan	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 50.247s
5	5	Scott Pye	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 50.564s
6	74	Michael Burdett	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 51.113s
7	11	Ken Smith	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	45m 53.651s
8	14	Keeley Pudney	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	35	46m 18.604s
9	4	Mitch Evans	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota Lites	35	46m 45.629s
10	12	Chris Cox	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota Lites	34	+ 1 lap
11	48	Andrew Waite	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	33	+ 2 laps
12	69	Alastair Wootten	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	32	+ 3 laps
13	32	Mitch Cunningham	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	31	+ 4 laps
Ret	9	Daniel Jilesen	Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota	28

Notes

• Pole position: Daniel Gaunt – 1'09.713
• Fastest lap: Earl Bamber – 1'09.502

References

External links

• Toyota Racing Series