2023 NZ Rally Championship calendar locked in
The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will return to Coromandel and Bay of Plenty in 2023 with the calendar now confirmed. After a couple of seasons disrupted by COVID-19 and a 2022 season that featured a double-round at Repco Rally New Zealand, the...
75th Anniversary Gala cancelled
MotorSport New Zealand has made the difficult decision to cancel its 75th Anniversary Gala. The decision comes due to the rapidly rising costs of hosting large-scale events and the increasingly difficult logistics of gathering guests from overseas. Cancelling the event ensures we can preserve the prestige...
EOI: Structure of the Organisation working group
MotorSport New Zealand is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for additional members to join the Structure of the Organisation review working group. A workshop on this topic was first held at the 2021 MotorSport New Zealand Conference & AGM and those present agreed that a working group...
Landmark live TV deal confirmed as 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship takes shape
The 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship is quickly taking shape as the summer of racing approaches, with an exciting new live TV deal confirmed. “Super Sprint” has also been confirmed as the new name for the Motorsport New Zealand Premier Race Championship, with...
FIA Volunteer Awards 2022
The FIA celebrates the efforts of motorsport volunteers and officials around the world with awards that pay tribute to the essential role that they play across a wide spectrum of motorsport disciplines. 2021 saw the introduction by the FIA Volunteers & Officials Commission of the Lifetime...
NZ Formula First Championship celebrates 55 years of racing for 2022-23 season
The 2022-23 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship will mark 55 years of racing for the VW-based racing formula in New Zealand. On 25 November 1967, around six cars lined up at Levin for the first-ever Formula Vee race, as it was called back then,...
Wins for Grant as Sceats increases lead in North Island Formula Ford Series at Pukekohe
Dylan Grant may have come away from the third round of the 2022 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series with two wins from three races, however, current series leader Liam Sceats’ consistent performance has won him the round and extended his overall points lead. ...
Finalists confirmed for the 2023 Team Porsche New Zealand Scholarship
Team Porsche New Zealand (TPNZ) have announced their top five finalists in the application process for its 2023 Scholarship programme. The programme is designed to support a young kiwi talent to drive in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge...
‘Podium was the highlight in Barcelona’ says Leitch
Kiwi driver Brendon Leitch and German teammate Gerhard Watzinger have finished on the podium in the first of two 50-minute races at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain last weekend. Competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship, the pairing narrowly missed a podium...
WRC2 and NZRC honours for Paddon and Kennard at Rally New Zealand
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard won the FIA World Rally2 Championship category at this weekend’s Repco Rally New Zealand in their Hyundai i20 N Rally2, setting themselves up nicely for next year’s aim of competing in and winning the global WRC2...