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Champion
Matthew Payne with the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy.
Picture Bruce Jenkins
In the
process he added his name to an impressive list of former
TRS champions. An impressive 25% of the current F1 field are
TRS graduates and the FIA F2 and F3 championships are also
bristling with racers who’ve competed and won in TRS.
Matthew Payne could well be another significant graduate and
champion in years to come based on his dominance in
2021.
Payne has won five TRS races since Shane van
Gisbergen’s famous New Zealand Grand Prix victory at
Hampton Downs and is the most dominant champion in several
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 2:08 pm
The 2021 Castrol Toyota Series will be remembered
as being unique in the COVID-19 world, but it has also seen
the emergence of a major new Kiwi racing talent in Matthew
Payne.
Against a field of established stars
at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Payne made his mark with a
trifecta of third place finishes. He went even better the
following weekend with two race wins from the two races
securing the Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup in the feature
race.
Matthew Payne leads the
TRS title chase with four races left.
Picture Bruce
Jenkins
It’s that startling form that sees the
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Tourists swimming in the sea next to the Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Mexico on December 4, 2020. | Credit: Marc Guitard/Getty Images
It was a particularly cold October night when I decided I would relocate to Tulum. Like every other human in the world, my 2020 had not gone according to plan. I had intended to spend it traveling through Southeast Asia, working as a freelance journalist and photographer at the same time, but in March, I found myself back on a flight to New York with no idea how long I would be stuck stateside.
I knew some destinations had reopened, but I had heard Tulum was becoming a hot spot for digital nomads, promising decent Wi-Fi and phenomenal beaches. Pre-pandemic remote workers were accustomed to a lifestyle that meant changing countries every few months, but suddenly, all the doors were closed. When Mexico reopened, the digital noma
Shane van Gisbergen showed once again that he can seemingly drive anything, anywhere at the top level on Sunday by winning the 66th New Zealand Grand Prix - after starting at the back of the grid from pit lane.
Van Gisbergen accidentally set the fire extinguisher off in his car as the field set out on the formation lap prior to the fans grid walk. That meant a hasty return to the pits to clean out the car, his overalls, his boots and a replacement extinguisher. When the race got under way he had to start from pit lane, at the back of the field.