2011 New Zealand Grand Prix

February 2022January 2024 CUST Race 3, Round 4 of 5 of the 2011 Toyota Racing Series New Zealand New Zealand Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand) clockwise short.svg 13 February, 2011 LVI New Zealand Grand Prix Permanent racing facility Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding, New Zealand 1.885 3.033 35 65.96 106.16 Fine Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:04.141 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:04.509 31 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport NZL Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor Racing RUS Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport AUSThe 2011 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 13 February 2011. It was the fifty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fourth round of the 2011 Toyota Racing Series. Sixteen Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by 16-year-old New Zealander Mitch Evans who became the youngest ever winner of the New Zealand Grand Prixhttp://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/evans-becomes-youngest-grand-prix-winner#more-5170 Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand and who is believed to have become the youngest driver to win an international grand prix anywhere in the world.https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2015/07/10/formula-ones-next-big-thing/#5799c652a8a0 Formula One's Next Big Thing Forbes 10 August 2016 The Giles Motorsport driver won by three seconds from another 16-year-old competitor, Russian Daniil Kvyat, of Victory Motor Racing. Australian ETEC Motorsport driver Scott Pye was third. Evans started from pole position alongside Nick Cassidyhttp://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/wp-content/themes/TRS/uploads/2010/12/R4-Qualifying-Session1.pdf Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand and won the drag race to the first corner. Evans, Cassidy, Kvyat and Pye quickly built a gap on the field. On lap 16 Cassidy spun, bringing to an end to the direct threat to the lead held by Evans who controlled the second half of the race from the front to win from Kvyat and Pye.http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/4651882/Mitch-Evans-youngest-NZ-Grand-Prix-winner Mitch Evans youngest NZ Grand Prix winner Martinez, Peter 13 February 2011 Stuff 15 September 2011 British driver and grandson of 1964 and 1965 NZ Grand Prix winner, Josh Hill finished fourth winning a battle for the position with Australian Nick Foster. German driver Mario Farnbacher was sixth also winning his position battle with Russian Ivan Lukashevich. Cassidy finished a disappointing eighth ahead of Kotaro Sakurai and Jordan Skinner. New Zealand open-wheel legend Ken Smith also completed full race distance. Jamie McNee was the only other driver to be classified. Defending race champion Earl Bamber, a late entry into the race, withdrew on lap 19. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 1 1 NZL Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 1:03.965 1 2 7 NZL Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport 1:04.131 2 3 19 AUS Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport 1:04.177 3 4 13 AUS Nick Foster Giles Motorsport 1:04.244 4 5 29 RUS Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor Racing 1:04.616 5 6 20 GBR Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport 1:04.660 6 7 36 GBR Alex Lynn Giles Motorsport 1:04.695 7 8 5 RUS Ivan Lukashevich M2 Competition 1:04.699 8 9 87 NZL Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1:04.788 9 10 48 DEU Mario Farnbacher Giles Motorsport 1:04.820 10 11 8 NZL Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport 1:04.898 11 12 17 NZL Alastair Wootten DART International 1:04.955 12 13 2 NZL Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Motorsport 1:04.999 13 14 4 JPN Kotaro Sakurai M2 Competition 1:05.228 14 - 11 NZL Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport no time PL - 22 AUS Jordan Skinner M2 Competition no time PL Source(s):https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Sessions/1782241 Q7c - TRS Qualifying session Super Pole 6 June 2022 Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Gap 1 1 New Zealand Mitch Evans Giles Motorsport 35 38min 55.818sec 1 2 29 Russia Daniil Kvyat Victory Motor Racing 35 + 3.229 s 5 3 19 Australia Scott Pye ETEC Motorsport 35 + 5.882 s 3 4 20 UK Josh Hill ETEC Motorsport 35 + 13.970 s 6 5 13 Australia Nick Foster Giles Motorsport 35 + 14.338 s 4 6 48 Germany Mario Farnbacher Giles Motorsport 35 + 16.463 s 10 7 5 Russia Ivan Lukashevich M2 Competition 35 + 16.870 s 8 8 7 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Giles Motorsport 35 + 21.363 s 2 9 4 Japan Kotaro Sakurai M2 Competition 35 + 24.581 s 14 10 22 Australia Jordan Skinner M2 Competition 35 + 26.444 s 16 11 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Ken Smith Motorsport 35 + 39.627 s 15 12 8 New Zealand Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport 32 + 3 laps 11 Ret 2 New Zealand Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Motorsport 18 Retired 13 Ret 17 New Zealand Alastair Wootten DART International 14 Retired 12 Ret 36 UK Alex Lynn Giles Motorsport 13 Retired 7 Ret 87 New Zealand Damon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 1 Retired 9 Source(s):https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Sessions/1782801 R20 - TRS (3) NZ Grand Prix 35 laps 6 June 2022 References External links Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Grand Prix 2010 New Zealand Grand Prix 2011 2012 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Toyota Racing Series Category:February 2011 sports events in New Zealand