Colapinto joins Kiwi Motorsport for TRS campaign
Argentinian racer and Spanish Formula 4 champion Franco Colapinto will begin his 2020 racing season with a campaign in New Zealand’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The sixteen-year-old from Buenos Aires was the sensation of the Spanish championship this year, winning 11 races plus taking 13 podium...
Packages for George Begg celebrations available now
A legend is coming home. Invercargill has a thing with wheels – and New Zealand’s premier destination for petrolheads is set to add another jewel to the crown. Southlander George Begg has been dubbed motorsport’s equivalent to Enzo Ferrari, and a city-wide celebration of the legendary engineer...
Formula 4 champion joins world’s best young guns in TRS for 2020
2018 German ADAC Formula 4 Champion and Sauber Junior Team driver Lirim Zendeli is the latest up and coming racer to confirm his entry into the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The Bochum, Germany-based Zendeli competed in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship as part of...
Paddon ready to headline Highlands Rush Hour
World championship rally winner Hayden Paddon has confirmed his entry for the Rush Hour race at Highlands Motorsport Park next month, in what will be his New Zealand circuit racing debut. With the introduction of the TCR class delayed, Paddon will be one of a pack...
Dylan Thomson announces new co-driver for 2020
Thomson announces new co-driver for 2020 Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson is pleased to announce he will work with co-driver Kieran Anstis for his 2020 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. Thomson has worked with partner Amy Hudson since making his rallying debut in 2016...
FIA increases Super Licence points for New Zealand’s TRS series
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series this week received a welcome upgrade to its world status with news that the FIA had decided to increase the Super Licence points available for the five round, all-New Zealand series that takes place each January and February. At the World...
Japan’s rising star Tsunoda heading to New Zealand
Japanese hot prospect Yuki Tsunoda will begin his 2020 racing season with a title challenge in New Zealand in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The 19-year-old 2018 Japanese F4 champion is – like Kiwi Liam Lawson who will defend his TRS title this coming season –...
Liam Lawson back to defend TRS title in 2020
A year racing on the Grand Prix circuits of Europe this year has given Liam Lawson the opportunity to race in two cars that were completely new to him, and now he's returned home to do it again. The defending Toyota Racing Series champion is home...
Paddon: ‘I’m not giving up’
New Zealand’s most successful rally driver Hayden Paddon has put a ‘rain-check’ on his WRC career and is taking a fresh focus on building his own New Zealand-based team to take into international competition by 2025. Keeping their minds open to various possibilities, Paddon and...
Big guns eyeing up Rush Hour
Just days since live television coverage was confirmed for a 20 car Rush Hour field at two South and two North Island events, promoter Speed Works has already received a number of entries, with some of the fastest and coolest cars in New Zealand set...