Friday, 8 January 2021, 5:04 pm
He’s
back and Brendon Leitch will start as one of the GP
favourites. Picture: Dayle ITM
Racing.
Invercargill s Brendon
Leitch will take the wheel of a Castrol Toyota Racing Series
car one more time when he steps aboard to try and add his
name to the New Zealand Grand Prix Trophy later this
month.
Twenty five year old Leitch is the most
experienced TRS racer in the world having competed in TRS
championships in the first generation FT40 car and the more
recent FT50. He has also tested the current FT60 car and has
extensive experience in the Tatuus chassis having raced last
Greg
Murphy has sampled the FT60 and will test again before the
GP.
Picture TGRNZ
Murphy, the
four-time Bathurst winner, took the chequered flag and
etched his name onto the famous New Zealand Grand Prix
trophy as a 21-year-old before going on to a successful
Supercars career.
He followed in the footsteps of
legendary world-renowned Formula 1 drivers like Sir Stirling
Moss, Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Jackie Stewart.
Kiwi
icons Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon also featured as winners
of the race before Murphy’s 1994 victory helped launch his
international career.
“It was obviously the most
significant thing that I had achieved in my career,” said
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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 – 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