1999 New Zealand Grand Prix
| 1999 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 6 December 1999 | ||
| Official name | XLV New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Ruapana Park, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.841 km (1.765 miles) | ||
| Distance | 40 laps, 113.64 km (70.60 miles) | ||
| Weather | Fine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Birrana Racing | ||
| Time | 1:16.587 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Birrana Racing | ||
| Second | SH Racing | ||
| Third | Challenge Racing | ||
The 1999 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Ruapana Park near Christchurch on 6 December 1999. It was the forty-fifth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Holden cars.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Simon Wills | Birrana Racing | 1:16.587 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 9 |  Brenton Ramsay | Birrana Racing | 1:16.974 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 12 | Matt Halliday | Challenge Racing | 1:17.161 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Scott Dixon | SH Racing | 1:17.373 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 25 | Jason Liefting | NRC International | 1:17.428 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Andy Booth | Hocking Motorsport | 1:17.647 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Craig Lowndes | Challenge Racing | 1:17.933 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Paul Dumbrell | Wynns Racing | 1:17.985 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Kevin Bell | ENZED Racing | 1:18.793 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 74 |  Yudai Igarashi | Hocking Motorsport | 1:18.993 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 66 | Peter Hill | Greg Murphy Racing | 1:19.705 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 69 | Daynom Templeman | Greg Murphy Racing | 1:19.797 | 12 | ||
| Source(s):[1] | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Wills and Dixon fight on at Ruapana". Retrieved 8 June 2022.