Marcus Armstrong back on track in FIA Formula 2
After a lengthy late-season break, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong returns to the FIA Formula 2 Championship this weekend for the penultimate round at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Armstrong has spent the time between the previous round in September at Russia’s Sochi circuit training and...
Kiwi Mike Young and Beckwith come from behind to be crowned West Australian Rally Champions
Mike Young and Scott Beckwith have clinched their first Western Australian Rally Championship amidst a dramatic year of COVID-19, close finishes and last-minute entries. What began as a one-off event at the Forest Rally in September, quickly turned into a stunning championship-winning season. Young’s clean sweep...
Can Young Make it Three from Three?
After winning the last two rounds of the 2020 West Australian Rally Championship, New Zealander Mike Young enters this weekend’s (7th Nov) Safari Darling Rally in the Maximum Motorsport Subaru Impreza with an outside chance of being crowned the WA rally champion. “Things have to go...
PRG and Hayden Paddon reveals spectacular Hyundai EV rally car
One of the world’s first EV rally cars, based on the Hyundai Kona, has been revealed by Paddon Rallysport (PRG) at Hyundai Motors New Zealand in Auckland. Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon led the project to develop the 400+ kW electric-powered rally car, a project sparked...
Lawson just misses Super Licence qualification for Formula One
Liam Lawson should have qualified for a Formula One Super Licence but an administrative blunder has left him four points short. The European Formula Open championship he competed in last year has only recently been ruled out of qualification points. The Red Bull Junior...
Second Win in WA Championship for Young and Beckwith
New Zealander Mike Young and co-driver Scott Beckwith took their second win in a row at the 2020 West Australian Rally Championship Karri Rally driving a Maximum Motorsport Subaru Impreza. After winning the last round, the Forest Rally by just 0.5 seconds, this time it was...
Double for Hartley at Le Mans 24
Toyota GAZOO Racing made it three in a row with its win at Le Mans on Sunday while Toyota driver, New Zealander Brendon Hartley, added the title to his previous Le Mans win. Brendon Hartley, Sébastien Buemi, and Kazuki Nakajima completed over 5,000km of the gruelling...
Young takes Forest Rally win by 0.5 seconds!
Perth based New Zealander Mike Young has narrowly won the Forest Rally, round 2 of the West Australian Rally Championship. The Kiwi was in second place for much of the 135 kilometre event (13th September), but when his arch rival and rally-leader John O’Dowd had an...
Lights to flag victory for Liam Lawson in season finale
Liam Lawson saved his best performance for last when he scored a dominant lights to flag victory at Mugello in Italy in the final F3 race of the season. The victory was Lawson's third for the year and from the moment the lights went out for...
Young to Drive Maximum Subaru at Forest Rally
A year ago Mike Young was on top of the podium at the Japan round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) and he’s hoping to repeat that victory again at this weekend’s Forest Rally (12- 13th September), round two of the West Australian...