# 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.
It was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
| 1 | 5 | Andy Knight | Knight Motorsport | 1:04.533 | 1:04.094 | 1:04.489 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Matt Halliday | Triple X Motorsport | 1:04.178 | 1:03.928 | 1:04.556 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Earl Bamber | International Motorsport | 1:04.383 | 1:03.867 | 1:04.596 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | Nic Jordan | Motorsport Solutions | 1:04.768 | 1:04.515 | 1:04.633 | 4 |
| 5 | 28 | Nelson Hartley | Victory Motor Racing | 1:04.312 | 1:04.160 | 1:04.706 | 5 |
| 6 | 27 | Daniel Gaunt | International Motorsport | 1:04.330 | 1:04.037 | 1:04.798 | 6 |
| 7 | 47 | Nathan Antunes | European Technique | 1:04.928 | 1:04.545 | 1:04.879 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | Ben Harford | NZ Motorsport Trust | 1:04.471 | 1:04.438 | 1:04.962 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Dominic Storey | Ken Smith Motorsport | 1:04.411 | 1:04.266 | 1:06.295 | 9 |
| 10 | 74 | Michael Burdett | Motorsport Solutions | 1:04.340 | 1:03.937 | 1:10.269 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | Hamish Cross | Scorpion Racing | 1:05.030 | 1:04.553 | | 11 |
| 12 | 55 | Christina Orr | Mark Petch Motorsport | 1:05.171 | 1:04.554 | | 12 |
| 13 | 2 | Mitch Cunningham | International Motorsport | 1:04.736 | 1:04.797 | | 13 |
| 14 | 87 | Ben Crighton | Ben Crighton Motorsport | 1:05.147 | 1:04.763 | | 14 |
| 15 | 19 | Michael Pickens | Knight Motorsport | 1:05.347 | 1:04.937 | | 15 |
| 16 | 20 | Daynom Templeman | | 1:05.384 | 1:05.128 | | 16 |
| 17 | 11 | Ken Smith | Ken Smith Motorsport | 1:05.391 | 1:05.220 | | 17 |
| 18 | 44 | Kristján Einar | Triple X Motorsport | 1:06.072 | 1:05.419 | | 18 |
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### Grand Prix

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Grid |
| 1 | 5 | Andy Knight | Knight Motorsport | 35 | 43min 15.936sec | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Matt Halliday | Triple X Motorsport | 35 | + 0.136 s | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | Ben Harford | NZ Motorsport Trust | 35 | + 0.553 s | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | Dominic Storey | Ken Smith Motorsport | 35 | + 1.022 s | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | Earl Bamber | International Motorsport | 35 | + 1.655 s | 3 |
| 6 | 20 | Daynom Templeman | | 35 | + 3.228 s | 16 |
| 7 | 55 | Christina Orr | Mark Petch Motorsport | 35 | + 4.216 s | 12 |
| 8 | 74 | Michael Burdett | Motorsport Solutions | 35 | + 4.933 s | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | Hamish Cross | Scorpion Racing | 35 | + 5.123 s | 11 |
| 10 | 87 | Ben Crighton | Ben Crighton Racing | 35 | + 6.969 s | 14 |
| 11 | 11 | Ken Smith | Ken Smith Motorsport | 35 | + 7.741 s | 17 |
| 12 | 2 | Mitch Cunningham | International Motorsport | 35 | + 11.769 s | 13 |
| 13 | 44 | Kristján Einar | Triple X Motorsport | 35 | + 12.587 s | 18 |
| 14 | 19 | Michael Pickens | Knight Motorsport | 35 | + 17.607 s | 15 |
| 15 | 47 | Nathan Antunes | European Technique | 35 | + 18.511 s | 7 |
| Ret | 27 | Daniel Gaunt | International Motorsport | 28 | Retired | 6 |
| Ret | 28 | Nelson Hartley | Victory Motor Racing | 27 | Retired | 5 |
| Ret | 9 | Nic Jordan | Motorsport Solutions | 16 | Retired | 4 |
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