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 – Kenny Smith, Craig Baird and Nick Cassidy – are New Zealanders.
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 amongst the front runners.
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 into single seaters for the first time in 2016 to
drive in Formula First. Billy took third in the National
Formula First Championship in 2018-2019.
His success
continued with a superb season in Formula Ford securing the
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