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Press Release – Hampton Downs Team Two time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Daniel Gaunt will be on the grid for the 2021 event and intends to be a force to be reckoned with when the lights go out and the big race gets underway on January 24th around the Hampton Downs international circuit. This will be the 36 year old Aucklander’s seventh New Zealand Grand Prix in a career spanning more than 20 years. He’s already has two wins to his name – in 2007 and 2009 – and if he wins a third he ...

Friday, 18 December 2020, 7:00 pm Two time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Daniel Gaunt will be on the grid for the 2021 event and intends to be a force to be reckoned with when the lights go out and the big race gets underway on January 24th around the Hampton Downs international circuit. This will be the 36 year old Aucklanders seventh New Zealand Grand Prix in a career spanning more than 20 years. Hes already has two wins to his name - in 2007 and 2009 - and if he wins a third he will join a ...

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 3:00 pm Up and coming New Zealand single seater racer Kaleb Ngatoa is the latest driver to be confirmed for the 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The Marton-based racer will compete in the full three round 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, which will begin with the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix at Hampton Downs over the weekend of January 22-24. Hes tested both the current Toyota FT60 car at Hampton Downs and the earlier FT50 extensively at Hampton and Manfeild and ...

Chris Dillon/Stuff Those exhausts are quieter than you would really like a Ferrari to be, but still make a spectacular sound. Like the Tributo, the Spider packs the same 3.9-litre twin turbo V8 that produces 530kW of power and 770Nm of torque (as previously seen in the track-oriented 488 Pista) hooked up to a seven-speed dual clutch transmission that, of course, drives the rear wheels. At 1,400kg, the F8 Spider weighs 20kg less that the previous 488 Spider and 20kg more than the hotted-up 488...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 3:33 pm The North Island Formula Ford Racing group have purchased a car for aspiring drivers to hone their skills on and introduce themselves to high end motor racing in an initiative backed by Hampton Downs. Over the past half century some of the biggest names in New Zealand motorsport have got their start by racing in Formula Ford. David Oxton, Greg Murphy, Scott Dixon, Fabian Coulthard, Earl Bamber, Brendon Hartley, Shane van Gisbergen, Mitch Evans, Liam Lawson and...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 12:24 pm Though still only 17 Frazer, a graduate of the 2018 New Zealand Elite Motorsport Academy, has plenty of experience and success to bring to his first campaign in a high level, high performance single seater formulae. The 2020 NZ Formula Ford Champion, Billy started his motorsport journey in 2012 racing karts. He progressed through domestic junior karting classes, the highlight being representing New Zealand in the Rok Cup finals in Milan, Italy, before jumping ...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 3:33 pm | Hampton Downs The North Island Formula Ford Racing group have purchased a car for aspiring drivers to hone their skills on and introduce themselves to high end motor racing in an initiative backed by Hampton Downs. Over the past half century some of the biggest names in ... More >> Friday, 1 May 2020, 3:32 pm | Hampton Downs Mike Pero has confirmed his company’s ongoing commitment to motorcycle racing in New Zealand with the announcement today that bot...

Simon OConnor/Stuff The contents of 23-litre para kai/food scrap bins are still being trucked out of the district, as a stoush over resources consents heads to a hearing. (File Photo) A week-long hearing is the next step in an effort to resolve a stoush over resource consents which left New Plymouth districts food scraps being trucked 300 kilometres out of the city. Efforts to resolve opposition to Remediation (NZ) Ltds attempts to renew two resource consents necessary to run their Urutī-base...

Thursday, 10 December 2020, 12:02 pm Matthew Payne has tested FT50 and FT60 cars and is confirmed for the 2021 series Matthew Payne will be one to watch when the 2021 Castrol Toyota Racing Series blasts into action. The Kiwi karting sensation has today confirmed he will run in the three round championship which kicks off with the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix at the Hampton Downs International Circuit over the weekend of 23rd and 24th January. Only just turned 18 years old and relatively inexper...