Xie masters wet and dry qualifying for Hampton Downs pole
China’s Gerrard Xie showed impressive form in a challenging qualifying session at Hampton Downs to take pole position for the afternoon’s first race of the third round of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. The session became a balancing act for the drivers...
Sceats tops Hampton Downs testing
Kiwi Liam Sceats produced a blistering best time of the day in official testing ahead of the third round of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship at Hampton Downs today. Sceats’ lap of 1.29.150 was almost three quarters of a second inside Laurens...
Sebastian Manson ready for Grand Prix challenge
Rising single seater star Sebastian Manson is all set to make his international motorsport debut in the final round of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship – the 68th New Zealand Grand Prix. Manson tested successfully at Hampton Downs today – here the...
MotorSport New Zealand joins with EVolocity to bring STEM students to motorsport
MotorSport New Zealand has partnered with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) provider EVolocity to connect motorsport to the classroom through New Zealand. EVolocity is a nationwide STEM program for Year 7 to 13 students that facilitates the design, build and competition of two-to-four-wheeled electric vehicles....
Aron to begin 2024 by racing in the New Zealand Grand Prix
20-year-old American driver Bryce Aron will get an exciting 2024 underway by competing in the final two rounds of the FIA’s biggest Australasian category, the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. A Team USA scholarship award winner and INDY NXT driver for Andretti Global, Bryce...
F5000s race to the South Island for the Skope Classic this weekend
The thundering SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival series touches down in Christchurch for this weekend (2-4 February) running of the Skope Classic at the Euromarque Motorsport Park. Two weeks on from their showing at the Historic GP at Taupō the journey to...
NZ Hillclimb Championship set for 2024
The 2024 MotorSport New Zealand Gold Star Hillclimb Championship is set, with the return of the winner-takes-all, two-day event format confirmed for 23-24 March in Stratford, Taranaki. The NZ Hillclimb Championship is one of just a handful of prestigious Gold Star titles run under the...
Christian Mansell wins 2024 Tasman Cup
Australian driver Christian Mansell has won the 2024 Tasman Cup after being the highest-placed Antipodean driver in the first two rounds of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. The prestigious Tasman Cup, first awarded in 1974, was announced as part of the trophy lineup...
Bilinski walks on water to second Manfeild win
Roman Bilinski showed he is a master of the wet weather as well as the dry at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, dominating a shortened Dan Higgins Trophy race, the feature race of the second weekend of the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. It cemented...
Robb saves best to last to win 86 feature race
Hunter Robb saved his best to last with a fine win in the feature race at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon this afternoon. It was the first win of the weekend for the young racer and was enough to seal the round win after a...