William Buller and Lucas Foresti along with Gabriel Dias to race British F3

Hitech Racing has revealed a three driver line-up for the 2010 Cooper Tires British F3 International Series season.

The team, now headed by former GT racer Ryan Sharp, will switch to Volkswagen engines for the year ahead with MSA Team UK driver Will Buller being teamed with 2009 National Class runner-up Gabriel Dias and fellow Brazilian Lucas Foresti.

Sharp, who has been involved with the team for a number of years, took control of the team over the course of the winter with the new look outfit being revealed for the first time in a launch at its Buckingham base over the weekend.

“This is a huge deal for me,” Sharp explained. “Racing has been my life since I was young, so if I was going to put my own racing to one side and do something else, it had to be a big opportunity. Hitech is that opportunity and I am 110 per cent committed to this programme, as is the whole team. It’s all or nothing when it comes to our plans as we have three young drivers to focus on and want to do the best we can for their careers. As a team, we have invested over the winter and will be coming out for 2010 bigger and stronger.

“Will and Gabriel signed up early for the programme and have shown their speed in the car already. They are working well within the team and I feel the work we are putting in will be to good use with them. We watched Lucas test with some other teams and he was very impressive in the wet when I saw him race at Interlagos. It is great for us to have him in the car.”

The switch to VW power sees Hitech become the third team to run the German powerplant this season – alongside rivals Carlin and T-Sport – with Sharp adding that the relationship was one he expected to blossom during the year ahead as the team looks to reclaim the title it won with Marko Asmer back in 2007.

“We saw how the VW progressed last season in British F3 and it was our idea to make the move over the winter,” he said. “The chance presented itself to do it for Macau and it was a big job to get ready, and while the event didn’t go to plan, it allowed us to learn a lot for the new season. VW share our passion and drive and it is important that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to our aims.

“We only go racing to win and we want to win races this season and fight for the title. We hope to carry on the work shown by the team last year and achieve the goal we have set; which is to bring the title back to Buckingham.”

The team is due to join its rivals on track for pre-season testing at Snetterton this week.

Qualifying
Qualifying went to plan but it was unusual because we had a massive tail wind down the front straight but a huge head wind down the back straight and it was interesting to see how this changed the characteristics of the car. We had a three session qualifying schedule and for the first session, the times were a bit off what we were doing in practice.

In the first session, I just grabbed pole by a few hundreds of a second.
For the second session, I visualized where I would go faster. I was happy with the car and it was up to me to put it all together. I smashed the lap record by about 4/10ths and it was nearly 4/10ths faster than the rest of the field. For the last session, all I needed to do was to put in a decent time, as the average of all three sessions would determine my grid spot for the GP. I managed to top the time sheets in all three sessions so this was a good start.

Race One
With Manfield’s weather, you never know what its going to do and a few races before mine it started to rain relatively hard. A quick setup change was done and then we were off. I didn’t get a good start and dropped back to 3rd. My visibility was nil because of the spray. Coming out of turn one around lap four I thought I was going in the right direction, but I obviously wasn’t because I dropped a wheel off the edge of the track and spun. I dropped right to the back but fortunately, there were a few safety cars and I was able to make my way up to 7th.

Race Two
This was a reverse top six and I had finished 7th so that’s where I started. My start wasn’t the best but I didn’t drop any places. I made my way through the messy carnage to finish a solid 4th. This was good for my championship points and I finished in front of my championship rivals.

Race Three
The NZGP is a race I have always looked up to and I would love to
have my name on the silverware that has such a huge history
behind it. I started on pole and got a clean start and a solid first
few laps to create a comfortable gap. Everything went to plan, I
had about a 1.8 second lead over Earl Bamber and Sten Pentus,
and my lap times were very consistent. With about ten laps to go Earl made his move to try to catch me but I had been conserving the car and the tyres so was able to step up the pace, setting faster times than Earl had just done. Earl’s fastest lap was on lap 24 and mine was on lap 25 so I believe I had the race under control.

With five laps remaining the safety car came out which bought us all back together. I got the limiter on the straight because I hit a bump that triggered it, so Bamber got a run on me. I defended, but he crossed me over and made contact with my right rear and that allowed him to gain more momentum and pass me. I lost aero because of being behind him so I dropped by a couple of tenths but I pushed to pass. I almost got through but had to settle for 2nd. I was disappointed not to win as I had lead for 30 of the 35 laps and had the pace over the rest of the field. However, although I missed out on the Grand Prix, we won the four round international part of the series and ultimately that is more important on my CV, as teams look at series wins over individual race wins.

Winning the international championship is a goal I can now tick off and overall, it was a great weekend. We can focus on going into the last round of the championship with a 36 point lead over the remaining competitors.

None of this would have been possible without the fantastic support of my sponsors – Wet & Forget, Giltrap City Toyota, Banklink, Gen-I and XT network and the Giles Motorsport team.

Hampton Downs was a real tough round for my team, but I pushed hard for some improvements and it all worked out pretty well for us at Manfeild.

For Manfeild I was able to bring in an extra person, and it was great to have Peter Cox on the team. Having worked with Peter before we were able to get straight into it and were making progress from the outset. Its tough operating as a single car team but I’m proving it can be done and remember we have built the team up from scratch so as well as having to be competitive on the track we need to be successful off the track in the way of operating efficiently and ensuring that our partners and sponsors expectations are being met at all times.

The new Michelin tyre that was introduced at this round looks like being a really good thing, but it was another component we had to get familiar with as we worked through improving the car in the practices on Thursday and Friday. We made a lot of changes to the car and I was thankful for my engineer Rob Ferguson, as he is so competent and efficient with the car.

By the time qually rolled around on Saturday we still had lots of things we wanted to try and while we had sorted out a really good qualifying strategy we were still not that confident that we had managed to achieve a good balance in the car. Not surprisingly I was only ninth quickest as we continued to make changes.

Race one of the weekend was the Dan Higgins Trophy a really iconic race that carries a lot of kudos among the single seater guy’s. A 20 lapper, timed to start at 5.45 pm. The clouds had been threatening for a few hours and sure enough just before we were due to hit the track the rain arrived.

My guy’s were brilliant and showed why we will be a force in the future. Starting from grid nine on wets, I did what I needed to and made a great start to be 5th as the field exited turn one. The conditions were really challenging but I was able to put a good race together and come home in 3rd place. It was cool to be on the podium again, as well as being a huge reward for my team.

For the reverse top six on Sunday morning I was to start out of grid 4 and the conditions were now dry and we were back to continuing to develop our race package for the Grand Prix. Not a great start, everywhere I looked to go I was ‘boxed in’ and I slipped back. I also needed to keep the car in one piece as there was only a couple of hours between this twelve lap sprint and the 35 lap Grand Prix, so it wasn’t really an option to get carried away with things. I think we finished 9th.

The New Zealand Grand Prix means a lot to my family. It’s almost like a reason for being. It’s pretty special to be waiting on the grid with my Dad and Jennah right there with me and Mum up in the Toyota suite watching. I wish my Grandparents were here to be part of this. I know how proud they would be and what my Dad must be thinking when he’s out on the grid with me waiting for the start. I can understand how important this event is to Ken Smith.

The team had made some changes before the start, as the feeling was that the car needed to be a bit tight at the start but that as the race progressed it would loosen up. Starting out of grid nine we needed a fair bit of luck on our side.

It turned out to be a battle from the moment the lights went out. The car was tight all the way, which by the end left us all a bit perplexed, but now we’ve had a bit of time to reflect on things I think we’ve got it figured out. As for the race all I could do was hang on and bring it home. A couple of guy’s fell out along the way and there were one or two behind me so to be honest it wasn’t one of my best results, 9th again, but we picked up the points and I’m still right in amongst the resident local drivers in the championship.

Now we’re looking forward to Taupo, 19-21 March.

See you there !

Race two I had to start off 12 because of my placing in the first race, the track was dry and I knew I would have to push hard to get up to a decent finishing position. After a hard fought race I managed to get into sixth place.

The third race and the most important, the New Zealand Grand Prix. I started fifth and spent the entire race chasing down Richie Stanaway. I slowly caught Richie and had a couple of goes at passing, but the safety car was deployed late in the race. Richie was slow off the start and blocked the inside so I couldn’t pass and Daniel Jilesen went around the outside of me down the straight so I ended up sixth for the race.

I’m really enjoying the series and learning heaps – each time out I am closer to the front. Aiming for a top 3 at Taupo!

Bamber, 21, went wheel to wheel with pole man Mitch Evans and pursued him throughout the first 28 laps of the race. He had slowly closed the gap but was never confident of overtaking the Auckland youngster.

“I was hunting him down but the race was close to ending and I didn’t think we’d have got it in the remaining laps.”

Instead, when Oakura driver Stefan Webling went off at Dunlop, Bamber was able to close the gap during the resulting safety car period while Webling’s car was recovered.

A lap later, Bamber pounced as the safety car returned to pit lane.

“I lined him up and the guys were on the radio from pit lane saying ‘get on that gearbox, get in close, go now!’ I went alongside at the end of the straight and Mitch was slow into the corner so we were side by side, we touched wheels briefly and then I was through, got the gap and went for the win,” he said.

Bamber said for the next five laps he was concentrating on his cornering lines and braking points and watching Evans in the mirror.

“I was counting down those final laps, wishing the race was just one more lap, not five, but it all came out perfectly at the end.”

Bamber said the Grand Prix win was “so special”.

“I think this is the greatest win of my race career so far. Now bring on Taupo and the Championship title!”

His win of the 55th New Zealand Grand Prix also nets him a cheque for $10,000 from Toyota New Zealand.

The winner of the Manfeild round, Tauranga’s Richie Stanaway, also becomes the inaugural winner of the Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup, a trophy donated by the famous motor racing family in memory of racer Ken Smith’s mother Dorothy who passed away during the Manfeild race weekend in 2009.

Though Bamber took the prestigious Grand Prix title, Evans could take solace from second place, valuable points adding to his Championship title pursuit. He also won the four round international component of the Toyota Racing Series and takes home a cheque for $5,000 and a Tissot watch.

Pentus holds the new TRS and outright lap record for Manfeild, a 1:03.801 set in race two today.

The final round of the 2009-2010 Toyota Racing Series takes place at the Taupo race track March 19-21.

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Results, 2010 New Zealand Grand Prix
Earl Bamber, Wanganui, 1
Mitch Evans, Auckland, 2
Sten Pentus, Estonia, 3
Richie Stanaway, Tauranga, 4
Daniel Jileson, Taumarunui, 5
Jamie McNee, Wellington, 6
Sam MacNeill, Palmerston North, 7
Andrew Eaite, Auckland, 8
Alastair Wootten, Auckland, 9
Ken Smith, Manurewa, 10
Stefan Webling, Oakura, 11

Did not finish: Lucas Foresti, Brazil, 1 lap

Points after four rounds of the 2010 Toyota Racing Series Mitch Evans 721 Earl Bamber 687 Sten Pentus 660 Andrew Waite 626 Lucas Foresti 536 Daniel Jileson 529 Alistair Wootten 494 Stefan Webling 448 Jamie McNee 369 Richie Stanaway 362 Nathan Morcom 219 Ken Smith 214 Sam MacNeill 156 Andy Knight 78 Chris Wootton 66

Grid for the Grand prix:
Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Foresti Webling Jilesen Wootten MacNeil Waite Smith
TRS released on formation lap – Race is green
Lap 1 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Wootten MacNeil Foresti Smith Waite Webling
Lap 2 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Wootten MacNeil Waite Foresti Smith Webling – Foresti slows, Foresti stopped and out of car
Lap 3 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Wootten MacNeil Waite Webling Smith
Lap 4 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Wootten Waite Webling Smith
Lap 5 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Wootten Waite Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.328
Lap 6 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Waite Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.238
Lap 7 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Waite Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.225
Lap 8 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Waite Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.260 Pentus close to Bamber
Lap 9 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Waite Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.218
Lap 10 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen MacNeil Waite Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.548
Lap 11 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.596
Lap 12 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.553
Lap 13 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.551
Lap 14 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.616
Lap 15 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Webling Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.527
Lap 16 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.649
Lap 17 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.688
Lap 18 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.567
Lap 19 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.827
Lap 20 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.984
Lap 21 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.904
Lap 22 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.581
Lap 23 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.136
Lap 24 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 0.885
Lap 25 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 0.943
Lap 26 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Webling Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 0.965
Lap 27 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.029 Webling off
Lap 28 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 1.092
Lap 29 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Smith – Gap Evans to Bamber 0.616 Webling mobile returns to pits
Lap 30 Evans Bamber Pentus Stanaway McNee Jilesen Waite MacNeil Wootten Smith Webling- Race is Green Bamber past Evans
Lap 31 Bamber Evans Pentus Stanaway Jilesen McNee Waite MacNeil Wootten Smith Webling
Lap 32 Bamber Evans Pentus Stanaway Jilesen McNee MacNeil Waite Wootten Smith Webling
Lap 33 Bamber Evans Pentus Stanaway Jilesen McNee MacNeil Waite Wootten Smith Webling
Lap 34 Bamber Evans Pentus Stanaway Jilesen McNee MacNeil Waite Wootten Smith Webling
Lap 35 Bamber Evans Pentus Stanaway Jilesen McNee MacNeil Waite Wootten Smith Webling
Chequered flag

Bamber wins 55th New Zealand Grand Prix!

Aucklander Andrew Waite made sure of victory in race two for the Toyota Racing Series this morning at Manfeild.

His win was almost an exact duplicate of his race two performance at Hampton Downs a week ago. There, Waite found himself on pole as a result of the top six reverse grid format, and led from flag to flag.

This time was slightly more challenging. The blond Aucklander was on the outside of the front row alongside pole man Lucas Foresti of Brazil.

At race start, he judged his launch perfectly to put the Tyre Plus Toyota ahead of Foresti and then moved cleanly across going into the first right hand corner.

Sam MacNeill started from second row on the grid, right behind Foresti, and moved through to hold second place, demoting the Brazilian to third where he came under attack from Daniel Jileson who had made a blinding start from row four of the grid alongside Mitch Evans.

By the third lap, Waite had a two second lead over local driver MacNeill.

Estonian Sten Pentus shared the Championship points lead with Aucklander Mitch Evans going into the race, and had moved up to shadow Foresti.

In Dunlop, the long right hand corner that leads onto the start finish straight, the two cars came together and both international drivers went off the track. Pentus rejoined without his front wing, while Foresti’s car was bellied in the gravel trap.

The incident brought out the safety car, bunching up the field behind waite and wiping out his early lead.

The leading group, Waite, MacNeill, Daniel jileson, Richie Stanaway and Mitch Evans, stayed close together as the safety car re-entered pit lane and racing resumed.

Wanganui’s Earl Bamber, third on points in the Championship, was also looking to move up the standings. He got a run on Evans in the infield turns, drew alongside down the back straight and then made a clean outbraking pass going into Dunlop.

Tauranga’s Richie Stanaway had moved through to third, putting Daniel Jileson next in line for Bamber.

A racing incident between Bamber and Jilesen resulted in Jilesen spinning broadside off the track at high speed. The damage to Bamber’s car included a flattened front wing end plate, forcing the Wanganui driver to slow and putting an end to his charge through the field.

Jileson regained the track in last place.

Webling sliped past Bamber  but then pulled across on Bamber on the front straight heading into turn 1 and as a result received a drive through penalty and a further 50 second penalty for not completing the drive through before the chequered flag.

The front three remained unchallenged. Waite had pulled out a 1.5 second lead again, while Stanaway moved past MacNeill to be second.

Mitch Evans overtook Bamber, making the most of the latter’s damaged car to take a strategically important track position.

The following lap, desperate to re-take position, Bamber found himself on the grass on the front straight, part of a three-wide fight for the advantage at Toyota corner with Jamie McNee and Evans.

Sten Pentus, who had received a drive-through penalty for his tangle with Foresti was later excluded from the race.

Pentus had the consolation of setting a new TRS and outright lap record of
1:03.801 at an average speed of 140.441 km/h.

The weekend’s feature race, the 35 lap New Zealand Grand Prix, starts at 2.20 pm this afternoon with Mitch Evans on pole and Earl Bamber alongside him. By 3.00 pm the newest name to be inscribed on this historic trophy will be known.

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Grid is Foresti Waite MacNeil Wootten Pentus Stanaway Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee

11:40 Race is green
Lap 1 Waite MacNeil Jilesen Foresti Pentus Stanaway Evans Webling Bamber Wootten McNee Smith, Foresti and Pentus off on entry to front straight, Pentus continues, Foresti OK – Safety car
Lap 2 Waite MacNeil Jilesen Stanaway Evans Bamber Webling McNee Wootten Smith Pentus
Lap 3 Waite MacNeil Jilesen Stanaway Evans Bamber Webling McNee Wootten Smith Pentus, Foresti continues
Lap 4 Waite MacNeil Jilesen Stanaway Evans Bamber Webling McNee Wootten Smith (Pentus in pits to replace wing) Foresti
Lap 5 Race is Green – Waite MacNeil Jilesen Stanaway Evans Bamber Webling McNee Wootten Smith Pentus Foresti – Drive through penalty for Pentus (Pentus has taken driver through)
Lap 6 Waite MacNeil Jilesen Stanaway Bamber Evans Webling McNee Wootten Smith Pentus Foresti
Lap 7 Waite MacNeil Stanaway Bamber Webling Evans McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Pentus Foresti (Jilesen Bamber made contact)
Lap 8 Waite Stanaway MacNeil Webling Bamber Evans McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Pentus Foresti
Lap 9 Waite Stanaway MacNeil Webling Evans Bamber McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Pentus (1 lap down) Foresti (3 laps down)
Lap 10 Waite Stanaway MacNeil Evans Webling Bamber McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Pentus (1 lap down) Foresti (drive through penalty for Webling)
Lap 11 Waite Stanaway MacNeil Evans Webling Bamber McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Pentus (1 lap down) Foresti (4 laps down)
Lap 12 Waite Stanaway MacNeil Evans Bamber McNee Wootten Smith Jilesen Webling Pentus (1 lap down) Foresti (4 laps down)
Chequered Flag

Webling incurred a 50 second penalty for failing to complete the driver through before the chequered flag.
Pentus excluded from race as the car involved in the incident he was deemed to have caused did not finish as he did not complete sufficient laps.

Pentus unoffocial lap record 1:03.801
Interesting fact: Mitch Evans made 558 gears changes during the race

A wet track and wheelspin off the line ruined Auckland schoolboy racer Mitch Evans’ perfect weekend as the Dan Higgins Trophy race got under way this afternoon at Manfeild near Palmerston North.

Evans had qualified on pole for the race, but Earl Bamber had the better start and swept into the lead with Estonian driver Sten Pentus snatching second and forcing Evans back to third heading into the first corner.

Columns of spray whipped up by the cars’ heavily treaded wet tyres meant most of the field entered the corner driving “blind” behind the first two cars.

Evans had no answer to the speed of Pentus and Bamber in front of him as the field headed into the second lap. Daniel Jilesen speared off the track at Higgins, the right hand corner that leads onto the back straight, but was able to recover and continue.

Then on the next lap Evans lost grip on the exit of Toyota, spun sideways and stalled broadside across the track. He rejoined in last place. In the same lap, Pentus went off at Higgins, recovering one place down.

Bamber retained the lead and had pulled slightly clear of the pack when Jamie McNee went off at the same part of the Higgins corner that had already claimed Pentus and Jilesen. He was not able to regain the track, bringing the safety car out while marshals extracted his car from the gravel trap.

As the safety car left the track, Bamber found himself under attack from Pentus, Stefan Webling and Richie Stanaway.

He held the lead down the front straight, through Toyota and the infield “esses”, then left the track at Higgins.

Webling took the lead ahead of Stanaway and Pentus, but the safety car was sent out again and slowed the field once more. A lap later, it was Webling’s turn to feel the pressure of the pack behind him, and he went off at Toyota, handing Richie Stanaway the lead.

Stanaway stretched out a two second lead over second-placed Sten Pentus and Alistair Wootten.

Andrew Waite followed in fourth place; with local driver Sam MacNeill fifth.

Wootton, Waite and MacNeill had all benefited from the series of off-track excursions that played out in front of them, and made no similar mistakes as the race progressed.

Stanaway held on for the race win with Pentus second, Wootten third, Sam MacNeill fourth and a recovering Earl Bamber fifth.

The Dan Higgins Trophy is named after the founder of the earthmoving company, a long-time supporter of Manfeild. It carries a prize purse across the top finishers of $5,000.
First awarded in 1975, it has been part of the Toyota Racing Series since the series began.

The first driver to win the Dan Higgins Trophy, in 1975, was Brett Riley.
Other famous names on the trophy include Scott Dixon, Brady Kennett, and current Red Bull/Toro Rosso Formula One reserve driver Brendon Hartley who has won the trophy twice, in 2003 and 2006.

Current TRS competitor Ken Smith won the trophy in 1994 and 1995 and is the only former holder of the trophy racing this weekend.

On Sunday, the on-track action starts at 11.40 with a 12 lap race, followed in the afternoon at 2.20 pm by the New Zealand Grand Prix. By 3.00 pm the newest name to be inscribed on this historic trophy will be known.

17:41 currently damp with strong winds
Grid is Evans Bamber Pentus McNee Stanaway Webling Foresti Jilesen Wootten MacNeil Waite Smith
17:54 Race green
Lap 1 Bamber Pentus Evans Webling Jilesen McNee Wootten MacNeill Stanaway Waite Foresti Smith
Lap 2 Bamber Pentus Evans Webling McNee Wootten Stanaway MacNeill Waite Foresti Smith Jilesen
Lap 3 Bamber Webling Pentus Wootten Stanaway MacNeill Waite Foresti Jilesen Smith Evans McNee off track at higgins safety car deployed
Lap 4 Bamber Webling Pentus Stanaway Wootten Waite MacNeill Foresti Jilesen Smith Evans – safety car
Lap 5 Race Green
Lap 6 Bamber off at higgins safety car again
Lap 7 Webling Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith McNee
Lap 8 Race Green Webling Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith McNee Bamber car off at turn 1 safety car again, Webling off at turn 1
Lap 9 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith McNee Bamber – Green
Lap 10 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling McNee Bamber
Lap 11 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 12 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 13 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 14 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 15 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Jilesen Evans Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 16 Stanaway Pentus Wootten Waite MacNeil Foresti Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 17 Stanaway Pentus Wootten MacNeil Waite Foresti Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 18 Stanaway Pentus Wootten MacNeil Waite Foresti Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 19 Stanaway Pentus Wootten MacNeil Waite Foresti Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Lap 20 Stanaway Pentus Wootten MacNeil Waite Foresti Evans Jilesen Smith Webling Bamber McNee
Chequered flag