Learning weekend for Jaxon Evans at Supercars opener
SCT Motorsport driver Jaxon Evans gained crucial experience and data at the Thrifty Bathurst 500 to begin his maiden season as a primary Supercars driver. Following a career racing primarily Porsche sports cars across the world, Evans returned this year to contest the Repco Supercars Championship,...
Jaxon Evans ready for Supercars solo debut at the Mountain
Following an impressive display in the Bathurst 12 Hour last weekend, Jaxon Evans will now switch focus to his solo Repco Supercars Championship debut at the Thrifty Bathurst 500 on February 23-25. An international GT gun for hire since winning the Porsche Junior Programme Shootout in...
Manson named in new G Force Driver Development Program
G Force Engineering, led by President and CEO Masaru Okazawa, is set to launch the G FORCE DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM aimed at nurturing junior drivers to hone their talents as racing drivers and step up to a higher level of international racing stage. In the 2024...
Victory and podium for Leitch’s Leipert Motorsport team at Asian Le Mans finale
Brendon Leitch and his Leipert Motorsport team are in celebration mode after first finishing second in the penultimate round and then winning the final round of the 2023/24 Asian Le Mans Series held in Abu Dhabi. Having struggled in the first three rounds, Leitch...
Leitch looking for two top results at the Asian Le Mans Series finale in Abu Dhabi
Brendon Leitch is looking for wins and podiums at the final two rounds of the 2023/24 Asian Le Mans Series this weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The opening three rounds continued to prove frustrating for Leitch and his Leipert Motorsport...
Nick Cassidy wins in Formula E in Saudi Arabia
Nick Cassidy of Jaguar TCS Racing claimed his first victory of Season 10 in Diriyah, marking his 50th Formula E race with a confident win and becoming the only driver to podium in all three races so far this season in the ABB FIA Formula...
Brendon Leitch primed for tough 24H Dubai race
Southland’s Brendon Leitch is more than ready to tackle the 2024 Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai endurance race this weekend along with his Leipert Motorsport teammates Gabriele Rindone, Marco Mapelli and Alban Varutti. Competing in the GT3 Pro/Am category, the team will be sharing...
Louis Sharp takes another step towards Formula 1 dream
Widely tipped as a future Formula 1 star, Louis Sharp steps up to the GB3 Championship in 2024. The impressive 16-year-old New Zealander confirmed his prominence as one of the sport’s most exciting young prospects by winning the 2023 ROKiT F4 British Championship. He...
Lawson F1 points and van Gisbergen NASCAR victory up for favourite sporting moment
Two motorsport achievements from 2023 will go to the vote for the title of “New Zealand’s Favourite Sporting Moment” at the annual Halberg Awards. Liam Lawson’s first career points finish in Formula 1 at the Singapore Grand Prix and Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR win on debut...
Shane van Gisbergen announced as finalist for 61st Halberg Awards
Reigning Bathurst 1000 champion Shane van Gisbergen has been announced as a finalist in the “Sportsman of the Year” category for the 61st Halberg Awards. The Halberg Awards is New Zealand's leading annual event to honour and celebrate New Zealand's sporting excellence. van Gisbergen’s third Supercars...