Igor Fraga takes dominant New Zealand Grand Prix victory to claim Toyota Racing Series title

Igor Fraga has won the 2020 New Zealand Grand Prix, followed by Franco Colapinto and Liam Lawson.

Igor Fraga got away well from pole, with Caio Collet falling in behind the eSports champion into second place.

Liam Lawson immediately mounted a challenge on Collet, and the two were glued together through the opening lap.

After a few hairy moments, the race was disrupted as Henning Enqvist buried his FT-60 in the barriers, and the surprising order behind the safety car was Fraga, Lawson, then Collet.

A review of the footage found that Lawson had passed the Brazilian an instant before the yellow flag came out for Enqvist's incident, and the scene was set for a 30-lap showdown between the two championship leaders.

Lawson was on a charge after Fraga, but the Gran Turismo-sponsored driver was able to match everything the young kiwi could throw at him, holding steady in the lead.

Emilien Denner spun off backwards into Turn 1, bringing out the Safety Car for a second time, neutralising the battle for the title and bringing Lawson ever closer to Fraga ahead.

Fraga held the pack back right up until the start line, with Lawson stuck to his gearbox. Before the duel could get underway again, Tijmen van der Helm skidded off the track at Turn 1, bringing out the Safety Car for a third time.

Fraga went quickly at the restart, and was matched by Lawson, who braked incredibly late and the two drivers went side-by-side around Turn 1. Lawson outbraked himself, under-steering out of the corner and losing valuable ground in the championship duel.

With the battle for the lead going briefly quiet, all eyes turned to the tight battle between Gregoire Saucy and Yuki Tsunoda for fifth. The Japanese driver caught his Swiss rival on the pit straight, and the pair went wheel-to-wheel through Turn 1. Saucy pulled in too eagerly to defend, and was clipped by Tsunoda, pushing him to the outside line and falling back through the field to ninth place.

Liam Lawson suddenly decelerated, and was caught by Franco Colapinto, falling into third.

Fraga's final laps then became a coronation, as he cruised towards victory in the New Zealand Grand Prix, winning the 2020 Toyota Racing Series title.

Aussie Jackson Walls finished in P8, sealing tenth in the championship.