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Liam Lawson celebrating first 2023 Super Formula victory
11 April 2023

Win for Lawson on first Super Formula outing

Liam Lawson has already proved himself victorious after winning the first race of the 2023 Super Formula Championship over the Easter weekend. The race pace shown by the Kiwi was a level above the field, with Lawson taking the lead on lap 23 and putting a massive gap over his teammate Tomoki Nojiri in the laps that followed. A late
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10 April 2022
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Evans conquers Rome

Mitch Evans resurrected his Formula E title hopes, claiming his third career win in Rome overnight. It was a dominant, emphatic victory, especially given Evans only qualified ninth....
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9 April 2022
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Van Gisbergen takes Melbourne victory

Shane van Gisbergen won the second race of the weekend at Albert Park, while Chaz Mostert and James Courtney had a last-lap battle for the final spot on...
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8 April 2022
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Van Gisbergen comes all the way back from 23rd to claim podium in Melbourne

Chaz Mostert won the first race of the weekend at Albert Park, as Shane van Gisbergen climbed from 23rd to third.  David Reynolds led the field away from...
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7 April 2022
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Keeping up with the Kiwis, your guide to the action: April 8-10

See if you can tell where I fall asleep during this one because this list is long… (Yes, I do these intro thingys last.) Supercars contingent What: Supercars Where: Melbourne,...
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4 April 2022
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Van Gisbergen finishes second in Australian rally debut

Shane van Gisbergen picked up a pair of stage wins and finished second overall in the National Capital Rally in Canberra. The Kiwi drove his Red Bull Racing-clad...
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4 April 2022
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Van Gisbergen finishes second in Australian rally debut

Shane van Gisbergen picked up a pair of stage wins and finished second overall in the National Capital Rally in Canberra. The Kiwi drove his Red Bull Racing-clad...
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28 March 2022
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Paddon ready to show the rest of the rallying world the Kiwi way

It’s easy to sense Hayden Paddon’s excitement when he talks about his all-Kiwi WRC2 ambitions. Yeah, Paddon has a well documented rocky career on the global rally scene....
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28 March 2022
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Trifecta: Van Gisbergen takes a clean sweep of wins in Tasmania

Shane van Gisbergen has taken a third win in Tasmania to take a clean sweep of the race wins in the second round of the championship.  After receiving...
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28 March 2022
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Verstappen beats Leclerc in Saudi thriller

Max Verstappen overtook Charles Leclerc with four laps remaining before fending off a last-gasp attack by his Ferrari foe to win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The two...
2 October 2025
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IndyCar’s Marcus Armstrong is racing on home soil soon

Kiwi Marcus Armstrong, of IndyCar Series fame, is coming home to race for the first time since 2019. He is teaming up with his father Rick in the South Island Endurance Series finale. They will co-drive a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at Highlands Motorsport Park on October 17-18. It is a three-hour endurance race. Rick has been a regular
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29 September 2025
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SVG quietly getting to grips with oval tracks

Towards the end of his rookie season in Nascar, SVG has recorded his best finish yet at an oval circuit. He registered tenth place in the latest Nascar Cup Series, despite starting dead last. And the reason he started at the tail of the field was for ‘unapproved adjustments’ post inspection. For that his crew chief was ejected from the
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26 September 2025
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Kiwis in Global Motorsport Action This Weekend

It is a quieter upcoming weekend for New Zealanders in race action overseas. The next F1 race takes place on Oct 6 at the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore.  Meantime, Shane van Gisbergen continues with NASCAR Cup duties, competing at the Kansas Speedway this weekend.  The 1.5-mile tri-oval (above) offers a different challenge compared with the short tracks and road
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24 September 2025
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Hayden Paddon Takes Sixth Ashley Forest Rallysprint 

New Zealand rally star Hayden Paddon has continued on his winning way at the Ashley Forest Rallysprint. The latest running is the sixth time he has won the event.   The Hyundai i20 AP4++ once again proved its worth, with Paddon setting a winning time of 52.62 seconds in the final top-two shootout. That run placed him six-tenths of a second
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