Kaleb Ngatoa confirmed for full CTFROC campaign
Kaleb Ngatoa will be aiming to win races and fight for the championship in the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. If he does, he’ll become the first Kiwi to win NZ’s premier single seater championship since it became an FIA junior category. The 2024...
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...
Kiwi racer Probst steps up to FR Oceania campaign
Kiwi Kaden Probst will compete in the forthcoming Castrol Toyota FR Oceania championship, stepping up from New Zealand’s top open formula championship to take on an international field. Probst – 18 - has been competing in the domestic based Formula Open New Zealand series, an...
Matriano makes it four F4 United States graduates heading to NZ
The Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship is proving popular as a season opener for graduates of the 2023 Formula 4 United States Championship. With confirmation that 21 year old Landan Matriano Lim will join Giles Motorsport for the forthcoming five round New Zealand based...
Update: Code of Practice – Fuel
MotorSport New Zealand would like to issue an update on the recent changes to the Code of Practice Fuel, commonly referred to as “Refuelling Regs” or “Fuel Regs”. We first want to acknowledge that there are some misunderstandings around the updates to the document and subsequent...
M2 Competition Eyes Australia F4 Championship
Multiple Formula Regional Championship winning team, M2 Competition is eyeing the newly launched Australia F4 Championship as another pathway to develop up and coming driver talent when the series gets underway at The Bend Motorsport Park in May. Dubbed as an “F1 talent factory”, M2 Competition...
Multiple internationals, local stars likely for Otago Rally challenge
Intentions to enter the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally are rolling in, with 17 internationals looking to challenge themselves on the Dunedin roads so far. Opened in September, many competitors have shared their intentions to compete in the event, with several in each of the relevant...
Aussie star Mansell heading for New Zealand for CTFROC
Junior formula specialist Christian Mansell is the latest to join the grid for the forthcoming 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Mansell (18) will join for at least the first two rounds of the championship, which will include the first round at the Taupo...
NZ leads the way as CTFROC the first FIA Formula Regional championship to use fossil free fuel
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has confirmed that its Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship fleet of Toyota FT60 cars will switch full-time to P1 Fuels synthetic fuel. A successful test programme means that all 20 cars in the forthcoming championship – which begins next...
MotorSport New Zealand partners with Trees That Count
MotorSport New Zealand will accelerate its sustainability goals through a new partnership with Trees That Count, a leading environmental organisation dedicated to native tree planting and carbon offset initiatives. This collaboration marks a significant step forward for the motorsport community's commitment to environmental sustainability. The partnership...