Applications open for 2023 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand
Applications for the 2023 Elite MotorSport Academy of New Zealand are open. Young kiwi competitors who hold all types of competition licences with MotorSport New Zealand and its affiliates are encouraged to put their names forward for the renowned elite training academy International stars such as...
Liam Lawson back in AlphaTauri for FP1 at Mexico
Liam Lawson will have his second outing with the Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula 1 team this weekend when he takes part in Free Practice 1 at the Mexican Grand Prix. After making his debut in a weather affected session at Spa, Belgium in August, the 20-year-old...
Patron recalls beginnings as Teretonga celebrates 65th
Teretonga Park in Invercargill turns 65 years old next month and club patron Barry Keen has been there and seen it all from the beginning. The Southland Sports Car Club, which operates the circuit, celebrates its own milestone with a 75th anniversary next year and in...
Cromie Returns to Defend GT4 Title
Reigning GT4 Champion, Nigel Cromie is eager to strap back into his McLaren 570S when the GT New Zealand Championship gets underway at Cromwell’s Highlands Motorsport Park in January. Cromie was somewhat a revelation in 2022, with minimal circuit racing experience, he managed to clinch...
Wet Formula Ford Festival provides a challenge for James Penrose
The weather ultimately decided the outcome of the 2022 British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in the UK when heavy rain intervened and Stewards called the final 20 lap race after four laps and declared a result, as...
2023 NZ Rally Championship calendar locked in
The Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship will return to Coromandel and Bay of Plenty in 2023 with the calendar now confirmed. After a couple of seasons disrupted by COVID-19 and a 2022 season that featured a double-round at Repco Rally New Zealand, the...
Biggest ever screen audience likely for Toyota’s 2023 NZ championships
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ is hoping both its first post Covid pandemic international Castrol TRS championship and its Toyota 86 series will reach more global viewers than ever before. The 2023 TRS championship, which is already attracting some of the top names in junior formulae motorsport...
F4 star Shehan to step up to Castrol TRS for 2023
Multiple United States Formula 4 race winner and championship contender Ryan Shehan is the latest high quality rising star to be confirmed for the 2023 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The 17 year old driver from Austin currently sits fourth in the championship chase, having had a...
Landmark live TV deal confirmed as 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship takes shape
The 2023 Super Sprint MotorSport New Zealand Championship is quickly taking shape as the summer of racing approaches, with an exciting new live TV deal confirmed. “Super Sprint” has also been confirmed as the new name for the Motorsport New Zealand Premier Race Championship, with...
James Penrose set for BRSCC Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch
Winner of both the 2020/21 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship and the 2021 Formula Ford Festival, Christchurch’s James Penrose will this week take part in the British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in the UK. It’s the...