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Rodin Cars and MotorSport New Zealand have joined forces to create an exciting new pathway to Formula 1 for aspiring Kiwi drivers through the well-established NZ Formula Ford Championship. The upcoming NZ Formula Ford Championship winner will be awarded a fully funded, career-defining opportunity courtesy of Rodin Cars, providing a launchpad for their journey to…

The 2022 NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship concluded last weekend (1 May 2022) with the overall title heading to Southland with 15-year-old Alex Crosbie winning the eight-race format over two rounds. This is off the back of a six-round Yokohama South Island Formula 1600 Championship (SIFF) and a five-round Giltrap Group North…

Fifteen-year-old Alex Crosbie has won the 2022 NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship after a dramatic day of racing at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch. Heading into the round, the Southland school student was third overall on the points table, 62 behind Auckland’s Liam Sceats with Cantabrian Zac Christensen second.  With…

Liam Sceats had the perfect opening round of the NAPA Auto Parts 2022 NZ Formula Ford Championship at the Taupo International Motorsport Park in Taupo over the weekend.  Having set fastest lap in qualifying, winning the $1,010 Hamptons Downs NZ Racing Academy cash prize, Sceats went on to win all four races to take a…

The competition in this season’s two-round NAPA Auto Parts 2022 NZ Formula Ford Championship is expected to be hot as drivers and teams converge on the Taupo International Motorsport Park this weekend.  Drivers are very much in race trim at the moment with South Island competitors having completed their six round series last weekend and…

The 2022 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship is set to get underway with the naming of a new category sponsor.  NAPA Auto Parts have come on board for the two-round championship to be known as the NAPA Auto Parts New Zealand Formula Ford Championship.   “NAPA are really proud to be supporting the Formula Ford…

The regulations for the upcoming NZ Formula Ford Championship have now been finalised. Linked below is the 2021-22 NZ Formula Ford Championship Articles and the 2021-22 Schedule F technical regulations. 2021-22 Formula Ford Articles 2021-22 Schedule F

MotorSport New Zealand has confirmed that the North Island Formula Ford and South Island Formula Ford clubs will jointly manage the NZ Formula Ford Championship for the next three seasons. A long-term agreement between the two clubs and MotorSport New Zealand has been signed. The agreement outlines the key roles and responsibilities for each of…

Practice for the final round of the ITM New Zealand Formula Ford Championship commences on Friday at Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch. The final round takes place as part of the Formula Ford Festival, which will see a huge entry list of nearly 70 drivers and cars take part in an action-packed day. Qualifying…

Matthew McCutcheon continued his winning ways in the NZ Formula Ford Championship with two more race wins, but he didn’t have it all his own way at Pukekohe Park. The second round, held at Pukekohe Park on the traditional long back straight layout, saw the NZ Formula Ford Championship field join the North Island Formula…