Friday, 22 January 2021, 4:12 pm
Multiple
international champion and former Team New Zealand A1GP
driver Chris van der Drift fired the opening shot in the
first major practice session at the 66th New Zealand Grand
Prix at Hampton Downs this
afternoon.
He
waited until the second half of the session before posting a
flat 1 minute 31 second lap, which was enough to see him go
fastest overall by just over a tenth of a second.
With
most of the drivers opting to run on old tyres before
changing to new rubber, the session provided the first
glimpse of the likely pacesetters over the forthcoming Grand
Press Release – Hampton Downs Team
Two time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Daniel Gaunt will be on the grid for the 2021 event and intends to be a force to be reckoned with when the lights go out and the big race gets underway on January 24th around the Hampton Downs international circuit.
This will be the 36 year old Aucklander’s seventh New Zealand Grand Prix in a career spanning more than 20 years. He’s already has two wins to his name – in 2007 and 2009 – and if he wins a third he will join a small and select group of racers who have won the famous trophy three times. All three – Kenny Smith, Craig Baird and Nick Cassidy – are New Zealanders.
Friday, 18 December 2020, 7:00 pm
Two time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Daniel Gaunt will
be on the grid for the 2021 event and intends to be a force
to be reckoned with when the lights go out and the big race
gets underway on January 24th around the Hampton Downs
international circuit.
This will be the 36 year old
Aucklander s seventh New Zealand Grand Prix in a career
spanning more than 20 years. He s already has two wins to
his name - in 2007 and 2009 - and if he wins a third he will
join a small and select group of racers who have won the