Lawson sixth and best Kiwi on final day of FIA F3 testing at Barcelona
Liam Lawson finished the final morning session of FIA F3 testing at Barcelona as the top Red Bull Junior Team driver and set the sixth fastest lap time. In the afternoon most teams worked on race runs and Lawson matched it with the fastest drivers until...
LATEST TARGA EVENT PROOF THAT TWO INTO ONE DOES GO!
The latest Targa tarmac rally event – next month’s three-day Targa Hawke’s Bay – is proof that two into one does go. Just ask the CEO and Event Director, Peter Martin, of the Ultimate Rally Group (URG), the company that owns and runs Targa events...
Former rally champ joins Rally Otago live-stream team
Well known former rally champion Ross Meekings will help anchor the MoMac live-stream coverage of Rally Otago this weekend, with a potential audience of over 130,000. Meekings, who won both the Group N title and the Tasman Cup in 1998 driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3,...
Hugely competitive 2019 NZRC season opens at Otago
The most open and competitive Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in recent history begins on the super-fast roads in Otago this weekend with any one of about 10 drivers staking a claim to become national champion this season. Subaru driver Ben Hunt finished...
Thomson excited by dream come true
Christchurch’s Dylan Thomson is excited by what he refers to as a dream come true when the Otago Rally gets underway this weekend to open the 2019 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. After three seasons in the front-wheel drive Ford Fiesta, Thomson will...
Lawson pipped in morning session, fastest Kiwi in the afternoon when FIA F3 tested at Barcelona overnight
Liam Lawson was second fastest in the morning of official testing for the new FIA F3 cars at Barcelona and then finished 7th after twice leading in a wet but quickly drying afternoon session. Lawson (MP Motorsport) set the benchmark with 30-minutes to go in the...
APRC focus for Paddon and Kennard at Otago
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard, New Zealand’s most successful rally pairing, are back together for this weekend’s Rally Otago in their Hyundai i20 AP4 rally car. The 12-14 April rally is the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and, for...
Leitch impresses twice over on Asian debut
New Zealand racing driver Brendon Leitch enjoyed a solid debut in Asia over the weekend, despite undertaking a busy programme racing in both a Lamborghini Huracán and an F3 single seater. Leitch's incredible weekend at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia saw him compete in both the...
GILLIES AND PILCHER CONFIRM FULL NZRC CAMPAIGN
Andy Gillies and co-driver Nathan Pilcher have announced they will undertake a full New Zealand Rally Championship campaign in an iconic rally car not seen on New Zealand stages for almost a decade. The pair - who made just two appearances together in 2018 - have...
Bethune seals second consecutive South Island F1600 Championship title
Auckland’s Josh Bethune (Mygale SJ08) has won his second consecutive South Island Formula 1600 Championship title, 35-points ahead of Southland’s Jordan Michels (Mygale SJ 13) with Christchurch’s James Penrose (Van Diemen RF93) third. Bethune went into the sixth and final round at Timaru International Raceway with...