Callum Crawley has won the 2018/19 North Island Formula Ford Series in his rookie season. The 2017/18 NZ Formula First champion and 2018/19 NZ Formula
McLaughlin shadows Urban for 2NZ on KartSport return
April 22, 2019
Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin was kept busy signing autographs and engaging with the thousands of motorsport fans who descended on KartSport Hamilton’s Porter Group Raceway
Robert Shwartzman was fastest on Day 2 of the Final FIA Formula 3 pre-season tests in Budapest, Hungary. The rampant Russian set the best time
McLaughlin pipped for pole on NZ Karting return
April 19, 2019
Young Auckland karter Josh Richmond was the star performer on the first day of competition at this year’s Porter Group KartSport NZ National Sprint Championship
Garry Rogers Motorsport is ready to start production of the locally-designed and developed production components for the new S5000 category after a successful test day
F1 looking to add a street race in China
April 18, 2019
Formula 1 could have two races in China in the coming years with Liberty Media talking with six cities about the possibility of a street race. At
Record 62 Cars Now Confirmed for Le Mans 24 Hours
April 17, 2019
The grid for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been expanded to a record 62 cars with the addition of an entry each for
Paddon sends WRC message
April 17, 2019
WRC DRIVERS HAYDEN PADDON AND MADS ØSTBERG STARRED ON LAST WEEKEND’S OTAGO RALLY IN NEW ZEALAND. Both are battling to return to full-time WRC programmes
Kiwis fly on Oz debut
April 16, 2019
New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship racers Jaden Ransley and Peter Vodanovich turned more than a few heads at the first round of the Australian Toyota
Karters from all over New Zealand – plus special guest driver Scott McLaughlin who is flying in from Australia – are making their way to
Displays of complete and total dominance are relatively rare in the current IndyCar era. Sunday’s contest on the streets of Long Beach served up little
Suzuki rider Alex Rins beat Valentino Rossi to score his first MotoGP win, after Marc Marquez’s unbeaten Austin run ended with a crash while holding
A post-race penalty for the No. 17 Honda crew saw Takuya Izawa and Tomoki Nojiri inherit victory in a rain-shortened Japanese Super GT season-opener at
Clark dominates on debut in China
April 15, 2019
Taupō motor racing driver Conrad Clark has dominated on debut in the Chinese Formula 4 Championship. Racing at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix event
Hendl-Cox seals NZ Formula First Championship
April 14, 2019
After a season of close, exciting and dynamic racing, Whakatane’s Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has won the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. The final
Coulthard beats McLaughlin at Phillip Island
April 14, 2019
Fabian Coulthard claimed his first Supercars victory in 11 months, beating Shell V-Power Racing team-mate Scott McLaughlin in the second leg of the WD-40 Phillip
Lewis Hamilton won a processional 2019 Chinese Grand Prix for the Mercedes Formula 1 team ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Ferrari’s challenge faded with
Paddon and Kennard dominate Otago Rally
April 14, 2019
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have completed a near perfect two days of rallying in their Hyundai i20 AP4, winning Rally Otago outright and getting
Callum Crawley has won the 2018/19 North Island Formula Ford Series in his rookie season. The 2017/18 NZ Formula First champion and 2018/19 NZ Formula 1600 Rookie of the Year finished his first season in Formula Ford racing in style, claiming three wins from three races aboard his Spectrum 016 at Taupo last weekend. Leading
Hendl-Cox seals NZ Formula First Championship
April 14, 2019
After a season of close, exciting and dynamic racing, Whakatane’s Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has won the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship. The final round of the season took place at the weekend at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. It was another weekend of domination for Hendl-Cox. The eventual champion claimed pole position
MotorSport New Zealand has reached an agreement with WSC Ltd, the global rights holders of Touring Car Racing (TCR), to introduce a national TCR series in New Zealand in 2020. The TCR concept was developed by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti in 2014 as a cost-effective touring car racing alternative. Since its
MotorSport NZ completes race strategy review
April 3, 2019
MotorSport New Zealand has recently completed a comprehensive review of its strategy for top-level saloon car race categories in New Zealand. “The review sets in place a strategic direction for top-level circuit racing for the immediate and medium future,” says MotorSport NZ President Wayne Christie, who has just announced that the fast-growing global Touring Car
Whakatane’s Reece Hendl-Cox, 19, has put on another dominant display in the 2018/19 Hi-Q Components NZ Formula First Championship, this time at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. The event marked round seven and the penultimate round of the championship, making it a crucial round for those vying for higher positions in the championship. Hendl-Cox
There was a poignant moment at the final round of the 2018/19 SAS Autoparts/MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series at the big Legends of Speed meeting at Hampton Downs today, as the winner of the final race of the season, Ken Smith, was presented with his trophy by fellow category original Graham McRae. ‘It’s
Hedge wins final race and Toyota 86 title
March 11, 2019
Callum Hedge is the 2018/2019 Toyota 86 Champion after a commanding win in the final race of the season sealed the title for the CareVets Scholarship racer. Hedge took the points lead on Saturday from Jaden Ransley and never looked back, with a second place in Sunday morning’s race and a win on Sunday afternoon
Spratt seals V8 Utes title with champion’s drive
March 11, 2019
Matthew Spratt put in his best drive of the season in the second race at Hampton Downs to seal the 2018-2019 V8 Utes title in winning style. Spratt – starting from fifth on the grid – scythed his way to the front before unleashing a series of blistering laps in the Primogrow Ford Falcon FG
Formula 1’s history resonates with a significance rivalled by few other motorsport disciplines. Everything can be traced back to the Old Country, as it were; those halcyon days of the 50s and 60s and tales of derring-do and otherworldly heroics. PHOTOS Brabham understands this. The fabled former F1 team is as storied as the best of
2018 Toyota Festival dates confirmed
February 27, 2018
Kicking off on the Friday evening at the National Motorsport Museum, ‘Talks with Toyota’ gives attendees the chance to meet Toyota ambassadors including Marc Ellis, Dave Dobbyn and Dr Michelle Dickenson, Co-founder and CTO of Nanogirl Labs. “Each year we have seen more people and their vehicles attend the Festival,” said Andrew Davis, the General
Meet the new world order
September 19, 2017
Ford and Mahindra have today announced a cooperation agreement. While on the face of it there is nothing outstanding in that agreement but it represents a giant stride forward in the established order of vehicle manufacturing. One of the world’s oldest most established brands leaps into bed with one of the newest brands. On the
Ford announce Raptor version of Ranger
September 11, 2017
The purpose-built, desert-racing inspired pickup truck joins the Ford Performance family, carrying the name ‘Ford Ranger Raptor’. Designed and engineered to deliver an adrenaline pumping experience, Ford Ranger Raptor sports a head-turning exterior look that exudes toughness as well as a level of capability and off-road performance never before seen in the mid-size pickup truck
Toyota launches Limited Edition Chris Amon Edition 86
September 8, 2017
Toyota New Zealand has built on the driving pleasure of its 86 sports coupé with a limited-edition ‘Chris Amon Edition’ GT86 which is available in a unique Solar Flare exterior colour. “Just ten of the bright orange, limited-edition vehicles are available,” says Toyota New Zealand’s General Manager of Product, Spencer Morris. “The updated Brembo brakes
AMG celebrates 50 years
August 31, 2017
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach – the high-performance arm of Mercedes-Benz better known as Mercedes-AMG – special ‘Edition 50’ versions of the newly arrived AMG GT C Coupé and Roadster have been created. The Edition 50 AMG GT C Coupé and Roadster deliver an impressive 410kW output
BMW to launch electric mini
August 30, 2017
MINI is using the Frankfurt car show to showcase its MINI Electric Concept. Designed for use in urban areas, this concept car offers a window into how pure-electric day-to-day mobility might look in the years ahead. MINI Electric Concept also brings the iconic design, city-dwelling heritage and customary go-kart feeling of the MINI brand
OTT Mercedes Maybach
August 23, 2017
At this year’s gathering of the most magnificent classic cars at Pebble Beach in California, Mercedes-Benz is once again set to present a highlight: the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet is a car which, with its sensual, emotionally appealing design and innovative technical concept solutions, defines the ultimate in luxury of the future. At the same
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