2016 New Zealand Grand Prix
# 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 14 February 2016. It was the sixty-first New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2016 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.

Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old Briton Lando Norris who became the fourth teenager in as many years to claim the Grand Prix after Mitch Evans, Nick Cassidy and Lance Stroll.

Norris took pole position and won the race from Russian Artem Markelov and Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg; Habsburg also achieved the fastest lap of the race.

## Classification

### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Qualifying 1 | Qualifying 2 | Gap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 31 | Lando Norris | M2 Competition | 1:02.522 | 1:02.145 | |
| 2 | 5 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 1:02.554 | 1:02.162 | + 0.017 s |
| 3 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala | M2 Competition | 1:02.492 | 1:02.162 | + 0.017 s |
| 4 | 10 | Artem Markelov | M2 Competition | 1:02.800 | 1:02.276 | + 0.131 s |
| 5 | 40 | James Munro | Giles Motorsport | 1:02.751 | 1:02.416 | + 0.271 s |
| 6 | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Giles Motorsport | 1:02.767 | 1:02.505 | + 0.360 s |
| 7 | 15 | Kami Laliberté | M2 Competition | 1:03.016 | 1:02.533 | + 0.388 s |
| 8 | 49 | Thomas Randle | Victory Motor Racing | No Time | 1:02.576 | + 0.431 s |
| 9 | 11 | Taylor Cockerton | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.025 | 1:02.659 | + 0.514 s |
| 10 | 17 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.041 | 1:02.660 | + 0.515 s |
| 11 | 25 | Bruno Baptista | Victory Motor Racing | 1:03.146 | 1:02.681 | + 0.536 s |
| 12 | 33 | Guanyu Zhou | M2 Competition | 1:03.089 | 1:02.732 | + 0.587 s |
| 13 | 86 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 1:03.159 | 1:02.740 | + 0.595 s |
| 14 | 67 | Antoni Ptak | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.185 | 1:02.768 | + 0.623 s |
| 15 | 18 | Julian Hanses | Victory Motor Racing | 1:03.109 | 1:02.830 | + 0.685 s |
| 16 | 26 | Timothé Buret | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.238 | 1:02.998 | + 0.853 s |
| 17 | 23 | Will Owen | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.509 | 1:03.097 | + 0.952 s |
| 18 | 13 | Rodrigo Baptista | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.750 | 1:03.118 | + 0.973 s |
| 19 | 21 | Nicolas Dapero | Giles Motorsport | 1:03.621 | 1:03.166 | + 1.021 s |
| 20 | 4 | Theo Bean | ETEC Motorsport | 1:03.566 | 1:03.197 | + 1.052 s |
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### Race 1

Daruvala started from pole, but Norris shot into the lead. A battle ensued between Markelov and Piquet, with them eventually making contact, putting Piquet out of the race. Markelov would later be excluded from the race as a result. On the restart, Munro moved up into second, with Habsburg in third. Another driver would find himself excluded after an incident between Theo Bean and Nicolas Dapero. The stewards had determined that Dapero did not leave enough room on exit and subsequently excluded him from the race. On the second restart, Habsburg made a brilliant move to put himself in the lead, with Norris in second and Munro third. The two Kiwi's, Leitch and Cockerton, were fighting it out for a top five finish whilst Habsburg began to pull out a lead over Norris. After a mistake from Norris, Munro passed him for second, allowing the young Kiwi to pursue Habsburg. Guanyu Zhou retired three laps from the end with terminal problems, denting his championship hopes, but out in front it was Ferdiand Habsburg who would take the win, with James Munro in second and Lando Norris in third.

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Giles Motorsport | 20 | 25min 35.551sec | 5 |
| 2 | 40 | James Munro | Giles Motorsport | 20 | + 1.003 s | 4 |
| 3 | 31 | Lando Norris | M2 Competition | 20 | + 2.844 s | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala | M2 Competition | 20 | + 4.333 s | 1 |
| 5 | 86 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 20 | + 5.736 s | 13 |
| 6 | 11 | Taylor Cockerton | ETEC Motorsport | 20 | + 6.083 s | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Giles Motorsport | 20 | + 9.844 s | 9 |
| 8 | 67 | Antoni Ptak | Giles Motorsport | 20 | + 10.420 s | 14 |
| 9 | 25 | Bruno Baptista | Victory Motor Racing | 20 | + 13.249 s | 12 |
| 10 | 26 | Timothe Buret | ETEC Motorsport | 20 | + 14.721 s | 15 |
| 11 | 13 | Rodrigo Baptista | ETEC Motorsport | 20 | + 15.242 s | 19 |
| 12 | 49 | Thomas Randle | Victory Motor Racing | 20 | + 16.507 s | 20 |
| 13 | 18 | Julian Hanses | Victory Motor Racing | 20 | + 20.637 s | 11 |
| 14 | 23 | Will Owen | Giles Motorsport | 20 | + 26.260 s | 16 |
| 15 | 15 | Kami Laliberté | M2 Competition | 19 | + 1 lap | 7 |
| Ret | 33 | Guanyu Zhou | M2 Competition | 17 | Retired | 10 |
| Ret | 4 | Theo Bean | ETEC Motorsport | 8 | Retired | 17 |
| Ret | 5 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 3 | Retired | 3 |
| DSQ | 10 | Artem Markelov | M2 Competition | 20 | Disqualified | 6 |
| DSQ | 21 | Nicolas Dapero | Giles Motorsport | 19 | Disqualified | 18 |
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### Race 2

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 86 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 15 | 16min 51.966sec | 4 |
| 2 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala | M2 Competition | 15 | + 0.978 s | 5 |
| 3 | 67 | Antoni Ptak | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 2.154 s | 1 |
| 4 | 31 | Lando Norris | M2 Competition | 15 | + 2.512 s | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | Taylor Cockerton | ETEC Motorsport | 15 | + 2.993 s | 3 |
| 6 | 40 | James Munro | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 4.147 s | 7 |
| 7 | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 5.750 s | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 15 | + 6.064 s | 18 |
| 9 | 17 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 6.613 s | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Guanyu Zhou | M2 Competition | 15 | + 7.865 s | 16 |
| 11 | 10 | Artem Markelov | M2 Competition | 15 | + 11.040 s | 19 |
| 12 | 26 | Timothe Buret | ETEC Motorsport | 15 | + 13.187 s | 10 |
| 13 | 15 | Kami Laliberté | M2 Competition | 15 | + 13.580 s | 15 |
| 14 | 21 | Nicolas Dapero | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 14.083 s | 20 |
| 15 | 23 | Will Owen | Giles Motorsport | 15 | + 16.450 s | 14 |
| 16 | 4 | Theo Bean | ETEC Motorsport | 15 | + 17.092 s | 17 |
| 17 | 18 | Julian Hanses | Victory Motor Racing | 15 | + 18.449 s | 13 |
| 18 | 49 | Thomas Randle | Victory Motor Racing | 15 | + 19.788 s | 12 |
| 19 | 25 | Bruno Baptista | Victory Motor Racing | 15 | + 39.836 s | 9 |
| 20 | 13 | Rodrigo Baptista | ETEC Motorsport | 15 | + 45.700 s | 11 |
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### Race 3 (Grand Prix)

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Gap | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 31 | Lando Norris | M2 Competition | 35 | 39min 43.893sec | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | Artem Markelov | M2 Competition | 35 | + 2.167 s | 4 |
| 3 | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 2.598 s | 6 |
| 4 | 40 | James Munro | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 4.741 s | 5 |
| 5 | 49 | Thomas Randle | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 5.236 s | 8 |
| 6 | 11 | Taylor Cockerton | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 7.101 s | 9 |
| 7 | 6 | Jehan Daruvala | M2 Competition | 35 | + 11.225 s | 3 |
| 8 | 15 | Kami Laliberté | M2 Competition | 35 | + 12.160 s | 7 |
| 9 | 25 | Bruno Baptista | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 16.611 s | 11 |
| 10 | 86 | Brendon Leitch | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 20.411 s | 13 |
| 11 | 13 | Rodrigo Baptista | ETEC Motorsport | 35 | + 20.568 s | 18 |
| 12 | 18 | Julian Hanses | Victory Motor Racing | 35 | + 21.961 s | 15 |
| 13 | 17 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 22.501 s | 10 |
| 14 | 23 | Will Owen | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 23.837 s | 17 |
| 15 | 5 | Pedro Piquet | M2 Competition | 35 | + 31.830 s | 2 |
| 16 | 21 | Nicolas Dapero | Giles Motorsport | 35 | + 32.387 s | 19 |
| 17 | 33 | Guanyu Zhou | M2 Competition | 34 | + 1 Lap | 12 |
| 18 | 26 | Timothe Buret | ETEC Motorsport | 34 | + 1 Lap | 16 |
| Ret | 4 | Theo Bean | ETEC Motorsport | 30 | Retired | 20 |
| Ret | 67 | Antoni Ptak | Giles Motorsport | 6 | Retired | 14 |
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