Paddon extends ERC lead with second place in Poland
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard continue to lead the 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) after securing a hard-fought second place at Rally Poland which ran 18-21 May. Paddon and Kennard, from Cromwell and Blenheim respectively, got off to a flying start...
Ronan Murphy takes first race win, Giltrap second round win in Tasmania
Son-of-a-gun Ronan Murphy has claimed his first win on Aussie soil after racing his way to the front in a 40-lap Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia showdown at Symmons Plains Raceway, while Marco Giltrap claimed his second round win in a row. Murphy started on the...
Another win puts Lawson in the lead of Super Formula
Liam Lawson snatched the lead of the Japanese Super Formula championship with an impressive win in Autopolis, his second in just four races. It was an outstanding drive after dropping to third from his front-row start, pitting the first of the front-runners for his compulsory...
Shane van Gisbergen inducted to MotorSport Wall of Fame
Reigning Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen has been inducted into New Zealand’s MotorSport Wall of Fame at the annual MotorSport New Zealand Awards Evening on Saturday night. The MotorSport Wall of Fame was established in 1994 and is a permanent reminder of the achievements of past...
Marco Giltrap doubles up in Kiwi 1-2 at Symmons Plains
MARCO GILTRAP led a Kiwi 1-2 in a pair of combative races that opened the second round of the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series at Symmons Plains Raceway. The 18-year-old Aucklander, who won the opening round of the series at Phillip Island, started from...
All boxes ticked at 12h of Spa for Brendon Leitch
Invercargill’s Brendon Leitch is more than satisfied after competing in the Hankook 12h race at Spa-Francorchamps, in Belgium over the weekend. Along with team-mates Kerong Li and Jean-Francos Brunot, the trio finished sixth in the GT3 AM category at the second round of...
Paddon leads ERC after Canary Islands rally
New Zealand rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard were delighted to secure second place at Rally Islas Canarias, which ran 4-6 May, to lead the 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) points-table after the first two ERC rounds before flying back to New Zealand...
Leitch to compete at 24H Spa-Francorchamps in June
Kiwi Brendon Leitch and his MOTUL-backed Leipert Motorsport team from Wegberg, Germany, have confirmed their entry to compete with the best GT3 teams in the top field of 72 named cars at the CrowdStrike 24h race at Spa-Francorchamps from 29 June – 2 July 2023. The...
Paddon to tackle tarmac of Canary Island rally
This weekend, New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard compete in Rally Islas Canarias, which is the second round of the 2023 FIA European Rally Championship (ERC). While Rally Islas Canarias was not originally on their schedule, Paddon and Italian team BRC agreed that it...
New Zealand Duo to Contest Lamborghini Series
Auckland, 2nd May 2023. New Zealand GT Champion Marco Giltrap and Chris van der Drift will line up at Malaysia's Sepang circuit later this week as the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series begins for 2023. Driving a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, Giltrap,...