• Latest
  • Trending

Three-hour strategy still up in the air

April 9, 2022

Van Gisbergen and McLaughlin race Legends at Charlotte Ahead of busy weekend

July 3, 2025

‘Fastest crash of my career’ — Buchanan survives 245km/h tangle with Nicola Carraro

July 2, 2025

Opinion: One Truth, Two Stories – Lawson’s rise & Red Bull’s excuses

July 2, 2025

Suárez and Trackhouse to part ways—What it means for Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR future

July 2, 2025

Strong Start, Bitter End: Quinn and McCutcheon’s promising weekend undone by engine woes at Queensland Raceway

July 1, 2025

Paddon and Hudson clinch strong second after thrilling battle in Ypres

July 1, 2025

Lawson returns to Silverstone with proven track record and momentum

July 1, 2025

Format changes set to rev up Toyota FR Oceania Trophy

July 1, 2025

Leitch scores double Pro-Am podiums in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Fuji round

June 30, 2025
Louis Sharp, Rodin Motorsport. FIA Formula 3 Championship - Round 6 - Spielberg, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria.

Tough Break: Louis Sharp endures first DNF of the season in chaotic F3 Sprint Race; finishes P18 in Feature

June 30, 2025

Lawson delivers standout drive in Austria with career-best P6 finish; surpasses Tsunoda in Driver’s Standings

June 30, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025
VelocityNews
Subscribe
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard
No Result
View All Result
VelocityNews
No Result
View All Result

Three-hour strategy still up in the air

by Zane Shackleton
April 9, 2022
in New Zealand, News, NIERDC
0

Most are expecting a two-stop, but no one quite knows what to expect heading into this afternoon’s three-hour national endurance championship race.

All eight GT3 cars (we’re calling the Renault R.S 01 a GT3 here) qualified within 1.5 seconds of each other.

But there is some nervousness up and down the paddock about how the race will unfold strategy-wise.

Talking with the drivers and teams, it’s clear no one quite has a set plan.

Most drivers anticipate a two-stop. Anthony Leighs, driving the No.28 Nissan GT-R with John McIntyre, expects to have to make a second splash of fuel at some point.

It means there will have to be some balance between how hard drivers push each stint and how often they back off.

In saying that, they are all race drivers at the end of the day.

“You only get one shot at it,” Leighs said.

Gene Rollinson is another driver predicting a minimum of two stops.

“Everyone will have to do two, I’d say.”

Greg Murphy will be the only Pro driver to start the race in the GT3 field. It’ll be intriguing to see how much of a gap he can establish, if he can establish, during the opening stint.

Leighs guesses Murphy will run away, leaving the profusion of Am drivers to scabble it out for early track position.

International Motorsport’s Andrew Waite is sharing an Audi R8 with Sam Fillmore. The pair start third, but Waite says the result won’t be determined until the final few laps, where differing strategies show their true colours.

Different teams are also using slightly different tyre compounds, which throws another spanner in the works. The full 4km Hampton Downs circuit can be brutal on the left-hand side if drivers don’t manage their rubber.

The championship race starts at 1.30 pm. Live TV coverage is found on Sky Sport 9.

Three-Hour starting grid:

  • Helms/Murphy
  • Foster/Reid
  • Fillmore/Waite
  • Gould/Rollinson
  • Fawcet/Gaunt
  • Hughes/van der Drift
  • Leighs/McIntyre
  • Pedersen/Pedersen
  • Brooks/Riding
  • Dovey/Dovey
  • Slight/Harrison
  • Coffin/Byers
  • Sargeant/Gibson
  • Cremer/Leifting
  • Williams/McIntyre
  • Pamenter/Brunton
  • Davies/Mitchell

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.

No Result
View All Result
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.