Lawson is F1 hot property – Caillol
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand motorsport manager Nicolas Caillol, who saw Liam Lawson’s skills evolve in two seasons of the domestic Castrol Toyota Racing Series, says it’s going to be hard for any F1 team manager not to be talking about an F1 future for...
Lawson scores first world championship points in Singapore
Liam Lawson's incredible Formula 1 debut reached another high in Singapore overnight when he claimed his first world championship points to become just the sixth New Zealand driver in history to do so. In only his third-ever Formula 1 start Lawson began the weekend with...
Exton back and aiming for top three in Toyota 86 Championship
Blenheim’s William Exton is confirmed for a second season in the Toyota 86 Championship and the 19 year old former karting champion is aiming high. Exton’s first season in cars saw him running consistently in the top ten from his first championship weekend through the...
Leitch aiming to extend lead in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship in Valencia
Having taken his maiden victory at the last round of the 2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship in Germany, Kiwi driver Brendon Leitch is hungry for more heading to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste (Spain) this weekend. Leitch currently leads the series with the...
Rooney wants rookie honours – and more
Hot on the heels of his big win in the Hampton Downs Academy Shootout last week, Hawke’s Bay driver Jackson Rooney has today confirmed his first season in cars will be in the 2023-2024 Toyota 86 Championship. The 19-year-old heavy transport engineer has been karting...
Dixon Overcomes Chaos To Win Wild Laguna Seca Finale
When the going gets most chaotic, nobody in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES finds a smooth path to Victory Lane better than Scott Dixon. Dixon did it again Sunday, overcoming a starting grid penalty and an early on-track penalty and adapting strategy to multiple caution periods to...
2024 Team Porsche New Zealand scholarship applications open
Team Porsche New Zealand (TPNZ) is opening the application process for its scholarship programme to support a young Kiwi motorsport talent to drive in the 2024 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia series. This will be the fourth year that Porsche New Zealand is running the scholarship...
Rooney wins the TQF Toyota 86 shoot-out
A 19-year-old heavy transport engineer from Hawkes Bay has won one of New Zealand motor racing's most prestigious prizes, the Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy's Toyota 86 shoot-out. Jackson Rooney outclassed three other finalists for the $37,500 cash prize from the Tony Quinn Foundation towards racing...
Bryant first off the mark for Toyota 86 in 2024
The race for the 2024 Toyota 86 Championship has begun with drivers already signing up and aiming to put their names on one of the country’s most sought after motorsport trophies. First off the mark for the 2024 season is the experienced Tayler Bryant,...
Summerset Backs GT New Zealand Championship
Summerset Retirement Villages has been announced as the naming rights partner for the GT New Zealand Championship which kicks off at Taupo Motorsport Park in November. “We’re thrilled to have a company like Summerset lend its support and engage with the GT New Zealand Championship,” says...