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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 will join a small and select group of racers who have won the famous trophy three times. All three �...

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 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 will join a small and select group of racers who have won the

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. He's tested both the current Toyota FT60 car at Hampton Downs and the earlier FT50 extensively at Hampton and Manfeild and although he hasn’t raced on the full international track at Hampton Downs, he's aiming to be amon...

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 Pista that it inherits its powertrain from. Which, in case you weren’t paying attention, means it...

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 Billy Frazer to name a few have cut their teeth in the category. NIFF and 15 investors, supported b...