Zagazeta holds on for famous Peruvian first
Matias Zagazeta gave Peru its first victory in New Zealand’s premier single seater championship with a fine drive at the Taupo International Motorsport Park today. The 21-year-old M2 Competition driver made a great start on old tyres to leap up from fourth on the grid and...
Scoular schools CTFROC field at Taupo with perfect debut
Seventeen-year-old Zack Scoular may not be the best known Kiwi single seater racing driver currently, but he put his name firmly among New Zealand’s rising stars with a near-perfect performance at Taupo to win the first race of the 2025 Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship. ...
Handkerchief finish to Saturday F5000 race
Today’s second of two races for the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series being held at the Taupō International Motorsport Park delivered a near handkerchief sized close-call finish as three of the top cars crossed less than 0.4 second apart. Rotorua’s Brett...
Inaugural Toyota 86 Trophy Series reveals 2025 dates
Dates for the inaugural Toyota 86 Trophy Series have been confirmed and the first year will see the inclusion of a mini-enduro race, giving drivers and teams a taste of racing other than sprints. The series has been designed to provide a sustainable professional and competitive...
Leitch to start new season with 24 Hours of Dubai
Brendon Leitch will kick off his 2025 campaign with one of the world’s most well-known endurance races, the 24 Hours of Dubai. The race at the Dubai Autodrome on January 10-12 is the first long-form race of the year and marks the start of a blockbuster...
Jones learns a lot from Japanese Rally shootout experience
Kiwi rally star Zeal Jones says he took some valuable lessons from his experience in the final shootout for the 2024 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC Challenge in Finland. Zeal fought his way through two rounds of gruelling testing in Japan to make the final...
Baker’s Dozen to Battle at Taupō in F5000 Revival Series
The SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series roars back into action this weekend with a grid of 13 thunderous V8-powered open-wheelers set to grace Taupō International Motorsport Park during the Taupō Historic GP from 10-12 January. Resuming the six-round New Zealand touring...
Formula 1 star Liam Lawson to attend Taupō Historic GP
Newly signed Oracle Red Bull Racing driver Liam Lawson will attend the 2025 Sixt Rent a Car Taupo Historic GP, held over the weekend of January 10-12. Lawson will attend the event on Sunday, January 12th, as a guest of the Tony Quinn Foundation, where he...
Lindblad looking to continue winning form with FR Oceania title challenge
Britain’s Arvid Lindblad – one of single seater racing’s most outstanding young prospects – will make his New Zealand and Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship debut at the Taupo Motorsport Park next month. Red Bull F1 team junior Lindblad is a big-name addition to the 2025...
Shin back to NZ for CTFROC title bid
Twenty year old South Korean Michael Shin will be looking to build on fourth place overall and one win when he returns to New Zealand in January for a second shot at the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Shin impressed in his first season in...