Conrad Clark records best ever finish despite mechanical dramas at Pittsburgh
Taupo teen Conrad Clark has recorded his best ever finish in the Formula 4 United States Championship at Pittsburgh despite battling with a mechanical issue. The 15-year-old was on the back foot from the start of the event after not taking part in the test day...
Lester Confirmed In D’station Racing Porsche Lineup For 47th Suzuka 10 Hours
. Kiwi Jono Lester will return to Japan for the 47th Suzuka 10 Hour Race, having signed with leading Japanese Porsche team D'station Racing for the Asian leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Lester impressed the D'station team with his performances in the 2017 Super GT...
Holder and Farmer ready for gravel of Portugal Rally
Kiwi rally pairing Dave Holder and Jason Farmer head to the testing gravel stages of Rally de Portugal, starting 17 May, with the odds slightly more in their favour. Holder and Farmer, from Mt Maunganui and Hamilton respectively, have always rallied on the gravel roads of...
Strong start for Armstrong in 2018 Formula Three Euro
Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong has started strongly – but with some frustration – in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship’s opening round over this weekend at Pau in France. Armstrong, 17, was fifth overall in the first race of the season, improved to a...
Sloan Cox races into third on international rallycross debut
Kiwi driver Sloan Cox showed he’s on the right track with his new rallycross endeavours, securing a well-deserved third place at his very first international rallycross event at the Höljes Motorstadion in Sweden on 6 May (CEST). Cox, from Rotorua, has joined the RX Academy for...
Paddon’s social media vision recognised by WRC peers
Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon was presented with the WRC.com Social Media Star of the Year award at the WRC Gala awards in Sydney on Monday 20 November. Paddon, the only New Zealander competing in the FIA World Rally Championship, has built a strong social media...
Hartley creating history for New Zealand motorsport
Kiwi racing star Brendon Hartley continues to make New Zealand motorsport history with confirmation that he will continue to drive for Formula 1 team Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2018 season. Having made his F1 debut with the team in the United States just over one...
Stellar year for Kiwi stars Hartley and Bamber
Kiwi racing stars Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber, with Porsche team-mate Timo Bernhard, secured the 2017 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship at the penultimate round in Shanghai over the weekend. The result adds to a stellar year for Hartley and Bamber, from Palmerston North...
50 years since Denny Hulme’s F1 Championship title
Sunday 22 October marks the 50th anniversary of Kiwi racing legend Denny Hulme winning the 1967 Formula 1 World Championship in Mexico. Hulme made history as the first – and only – New Zealander to have ever won the most prestigious motor racing championship in...
Hartley’s F1 news sensational for NZ motorsport
The announcement that Kiwi racing driver Brendon Hartley will race for Formula 1 team Scuderia Toro Rosso in America next weekend is a yet another major milestone in Hartley’s stellar career and for New Zealand motorsport as a whole. Hartley’s debut F1 race, the United States...