BMW Festival added Esport Lockdown Challenge
Another event has been added to MotorSport New Zealand Esport Lockdown Challenge, this time celebrating the popular BMW Race Driver Series. Competitors will race the BMW M4 GT4 around the famed Oulton Park International circuit in a festival type format where 62 competitors will be narrowed...
2KCUP Shield car on offer for Sunday 6 Hour Enduro winner
After two race car tests have been given away in the opening MotorSport New Zealand Esport Lockdown Challenge events, it's now time for a RACE CAR to be awarded to the winner of the final of the three events. The 2KCUP Sunday 6 Hour Enduro will see...
Formula Ford test added to Esport Lockdown Challenge prize pool
The winner of tonights Esport Lockdown Challenge Formula Vee Festival will now receive a test in the North Island Formula Ford 'Have a Go' car. Announced late Wednesday evening, the Esport Lockdown Challenge is a series of three iRacing events taking place to cure the boredom...
Best Bars Toyota 86 test on the line in Esport Lockdown Challenge
Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand have got behind the MotorSport New Zealand Esport Lockdown Challenge and will provide a free Best Bars Toyota 86 test to one lucky competitor. Announced late Wednesday evening, the Esport Lockdown Challenge is a series of three iRacing events taking place...
MotorSport New Zealand launches ‘Esport Lockdown Challenge’
MotorSport New Zealand will hold a series of esport events as part of their new Esport Lockdown Challenge. The challenge will take place initially from Friday through to Sunday with the possibility of more events being added should COVID-19 Alert Level 4 be extended. The first...
Be New Zealand’s first esports Olympian thanks to MotorSport New Zealand and LetsPlay.Live
Australasia’s leading esports media and tournament provider LetsPlay.Live have partnered with MotorSport New Zealand and the New Zealand Esports Federation to help find the nation’s first sim-racing motorsport Olympian. Announced earlier this year by the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Virtual Series invites budding esports athletes...
Motorsport joins Olympic Virtual Series
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have joined forces to introduce a motorsport discipline to the inaugural Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first-ever Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports. As part of its build-up to the Olympic Games,...
Finalists confirmed for inaugural MotorSport New Zealand eRace Series Grand Final
The finalists have been confirmed for the first-ever MotorSport New Zealand eRace Series Grand Final. After four weeks of intense racing which saw 100 entrants compete across different splits on a new car and track every week, it has come down to the final 28 who...
MotorSport New Zealand partners with NZ Esports Federation
MotorSport New Zealand and the New Zealand Esports Federation (NZESF) have joined forces to continue the growth of the emerging digital motorsport discipline. Both MotorSport New Zealand and motorsport’s world governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), have moved to officially adopt esport as a...
eRace Series calendar tweaked
The inaugural MotorSport New Zealand eRace Series has been delayed by one week, meaning round one will now take place on Thursday night. The eRace Series, which is the first officially sanctioned esport racing series in New Zealand, was forced to delay its commencement after issues...