Ruapuna TRS: Norris beats Piquet to win chaotic Race 2

The Briton, having started sixth after the top eight from Race 1 was reversed, slowly but surely worked his way up the order on the wet track.

Jehan Daruvala had started the race from pole alongside Piquet, but was down to ninth by the end of the opening lap - while Timothe Buret moved up from tenth to second.

With Piquet and Buret at the helm, the race was neutralised under safety car on Lap 3 as Theo Bean went off - albeit the American managed to carry on.

At the restart, Piquet held on to the lead, while Buret was swamped by James Munro, Norris and Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou.

And teammates Noris and Zhou would then move up a place when Munro went into the tyrewall at the hairpin, prompting another stoppage.

The race resumed once again with six laps to go, and while Piquet initially kept Norris behind, the Briton eventually snuck past when the Brazilian ran wide.

The battle for victory was over then and there as Norris pulled away, establishing a four-second lead by the chequered flag.

Piquet took second, ahead of Zhou and Artem Markelov, who made it a 1-2-3-4 for the M2 squad.

Mazda Road to Indy racer Will Owen stayed out of trouble to finish fifth, ahead of Antoni Ptak, who recovered from an early off, and Buret.

Race 1 winner Ferdinand Habsburg, Bruno Baptista and Brendon Leitch completed the top 10.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Delay
1	Lando Norris	M2	25:17.149
2	Pedro Piquet	M2	4.066
3	Guan Yu Zhou	M2	5.306
4	Artem Markelov	M2	6.122
5	Will Owen	Giles	12.426
6	Antoni Ptak	Giles	14.046
7	Timothe Buret	ETEC	15.459
8	Ferdinand Habsburg	Giles	15.799
9	Bruno Baptista	Victory	16.821
10	Brendon Leitch	Victory	17.148
11	Devlin DeFrancesco	Giles	17.978
12	Taylor Cockerton	ETEC	21.417
13	Jehan Daruvala	M2	22.611
14	Kami Laliberte	M2	23.543
15	Julian Hanses	Victory	25.162
16	Rodrigo Baptista	ETEC	42.292
17	Nicolas Dapero	Giles	1:12.472
18	Theo Bean	ETEC	1 Lap
Ret	James Munro	Giles