Liam Lawson confirmed for F2 dual-program with Red Bull
Red Bull Motorsports today confirmed the young Kiwi driver will drive for the global energy drink company in Formula 2 this season. The announcement follows on from news last week that the soon to be 19-year-old will also race in DTM in a yet to named...
Plenty of positives in a weird 2020 for Jordan Michels
Despite the fact he describes 2020 as a “weird” year, young Southland racing driver Jordan Michels has taken plenty of positives from 2020, a year in which he won his third New Zealand title in two years. Going into the year, Michels was looking forward...
Chris van der Drift and Tasman Motorsports Group back for NZGP
With multiple international championship wins to his name, single seater and GT specialist Chris van der Drift will line up for the 66th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix at Hampton Downs in January as a potential winner. The entry will be underpinned by...
Billy Frazer secures his spot for full TRS season
Pukekohe racer and King’s College Auckland student Billy Frazer is the latest driver confirmed for the 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The up and coming racer is aiming to continue an impressive record of motorsport success as he steps up to New Zealand’s premier single...
Shane van Gisbergen confirmed for NZGP
Bathurst winner and 2016 Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen is the first big name wildcard driver secured for next month’s New Zealand Grand Prix at Hampton Downs. A test in the current FT60 car was organised for the 31 year old Aucklander by Hampton Downs and...
Marcus Armstrong wraps rookie year in Formula 2
Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong is counting the positives of the strangest year of competition ever. In an un-naturally compressed, Covid 19 affected FIA Formula 2 Championship, grappling with a car capable of speeds close to those in Formula One and in the first year...
International drivers get green light for Castrol Toyota Racing Series
International drivers will be allowed to enter New Zealand for the three-round 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. Confirmation was given to TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand today following lengthy consultation and discussion with MotorSport New Zealand, MBIE and New Zealand Immigration. Drivers will still have to quarantine...
New Zealand Supercars round confirmed for 2021
The MotorSport New Zealand team is excited that the Repco Supercars Championship will visit New Zealand for a round of their 2021 championship. The New Zealand round of the Supercars championship, also the country’s largest annual sporting event, was set to take place in 2020 before...
Marcus Armstrong on the pace in F2 at Sakhir
Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong has finished in the points twice and narrowly missed a podium in the second of two races at the penultimate round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship. With a long late-season break from the previous round in September at...
Points finish reward for Marcus Armstrong at Sakhir
Locked in the centre of the battle for the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong has secured his third points finish of the season. As the championship enters its penultimate round in Bahrain, Armstrong has dramatically reversed his form in the championship,...