Marcus Armstrong takes his first win of FIA F2’s 2022 season
He lost radio communications with his pit at race start, but New Zealand race driver Marcus Armstrong has swept from P2 to the lead and won the sprint race at Imola, taking his first victory of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 season. The New Zealand driver...
Rowan Shepherd overcomes the odds to retain Toyota 86 Championship
A season packed with drama ended with an ailing Rowan Shepherd in a fight for survival to retain his Toyota 86 Championship title, but the Christchurch Action Motorsports ace came through to be the only driver in the category’s history to mount a successful championship...
Chris Symon consummates Formula First champion-elect status with race victory
Chris Symon has cruised to victory in the penultimate race of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. After amassing an unassailable points lead in Saturday’s opening race, Symon consummated his second-tittle with victory at a slippery Hampton Downs. Dylan Grant struggled off the line,...
Allan wins but Shepherd one step closer to title with third
Rookie Hugo Allan took his second win of the season in the Toyota 86 Championship with a commanding win in the first race of three at the season finale at Hampton Downs today. Starting from pole position, The Heart of Racing ace made the perfect getaway...
Chris Symon wins the battle and the war in Hampton Downs opener
Chris Symon is now the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Champion-elect after taking victory in the opening race of the season finale at Hampton Downs. Symon’s victory gives him a 163-point lead over Dylan Grant (who finished second) and with only 150-points available in the...
Young guns star as Hugo Allan wins Toyota 86 pole position
Heart of Racing rising star Hugo Allan continued his rich vein of form with pole position at Hampton Downs at the final round of the 2022 Toyota 86 Championship. The championship's up and coming stars maintained their pace from the previous round at Taupo with Allan,...
Dylan Grant fastest in final qualifying session
Dylan Grant has topped the final qualifying session of the 2021-22 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. Grant, the clear favourite based on form at Hampton Downs, has given himself the best chance to chase down his 155-point deficit to championship leader Chris Symon. Chris Symon...
Details emerge of TR86 champion’s Triple Eight Supercar test
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand and the Tony Quinn Foundation have revealed more details of the unique prize awaiting the winner of this season's closely contested Toyota 86 Championship – which concludes this weekend. The Supercar test with Triple Eight Race Engineering has been the talk...
Youth shining at ClubSport in Southland
Drivers as young as twelve years old can compete in entry level motorsport and once again this season several youngsters have demonstrated extraordinary talent during the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport season at Teretonga Park. The latest was Nieko Scoles who competed in the recent ClubSport Triathlon at...
Seven drivers in with a shot of Toyota 86 Championship
Despite there being just three races to run at the final round from the 19 that made up the season, there are no less than seven drivers in with a mathematical shot at lifting the title and the Supercars test prize as the teams and...