User Guide: MotorSport New Zealand website
MotorSport New Zealand launched their new-look website on Thursday, 23 December. The new design gives the website a much-needed facelift and mobile device capability. The menus have also been streamlined to make navigating through information easier. For regular users of the website, you will notice...
Five round championship plus Supercars weekend for GR86 season
GAZOO Racing New Zealand has revealed details of its 2026-2027 Bridgestone GR86 Championship, and the five round season looks set to be another highly competitive one bristling with the sport’s top young NZ talent. Five championship weekends will be bookmarked with a sixth non-championship round supporting...
Young stars impress at Rodin UK F4 test on ‘Formula Ford to F1 Pathway’ visit
Two of Australasia's brightest young motor racing stars made big impressions during recent tests with Rodin Motorsport in the UK. New Zealand teenager Marco Manson and younger Australian driver Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi travelled to Surrey as part of Rodin's 'Formula Ford to Formula 1 Pathway' programme to...
Paddon and Kennard earn hard-fought second place in WRC Paraguay
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, New Zealand’s most successful rally pairing, have added a second place podium position in WRC Rally del Paraguay to their long list of achievements with Hyundai on the world’s sporting stage. Running 28 to 31 August, the Paraguayan round of...
Team Kiwi Racing confirms Brendon Leitch for Bathurst
Team Kiwi Racing can confirm New Zealander Brendon Leitch will race in the Dunlop Super2 Series at Mount Panorama as part of the Repco Bathurst 1000 weekend on October 8-11. Leitch will drive a Holden ZB Commodore carrying the Kiwi team’s iconic black and white livery...
Rally Hawke’s Bay win sharpens Paddon for WRC Paraguay
Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon took advantage of the opportunity to contest Rally Hawke’s Bay on 22 August as part of his preparation for his last outing in the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship. Competing with Jared Hudson as his co-driver in the PRG-run Hyundai...
Hawkeswood dominates NZRC in Hawke’s Bay to rein in Stokes
Jack Hawkeswood has slashed Jack Stokes’ lead in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship to a solitary point after a dramatic Rally Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Hawkeswood, who has now split round victories two apiece with Stokes, led from start to finish in...
We’re Hiring – Join the MotorSport New Zealand Team
MotorSport New Zealand is entering an exciting new chapter, and we're looking for talented people to be part of it. Following a strategic restructure, we're recruiting across six roles - from commercial leadership and technical leads, to marketing, operations, and front-line member services. Whether you come...
Restructure positions MotorSport New Zealand for improved service delivery and growth
MotorSport New Zealand is making changes to its office structure to strengthen the way we support our Member Clubs, competitors, officials and wider motorsport community, while positioning the organisation for future growth. As part of this restructure, four existing positions have been disestablished and a new...
Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Gen2 racer revealed
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8rCVleVEZk[/embed] The next generation Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Trophy car – the GRF-70 – has been officially unveiled at GAZOO Racing New Zealand’s headquarters at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The new car is based on the FIA Formula Regional Gen 2 T‑326 Tatuus chassis, as used in...
GT New Zealand confirms returning major partner, tyre plans for 2026-27 season
Summerset Retirement Villages will continue their partnership with New Zealand’s premier GT racing category across the 2026-27 racing season, confirming their ongoing partnership as title partner of the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship. It will mark the fourth year of partnership between Summerset and the GT...