Hampton Downs

Drivers headed to F1 go to New Zealand each January for the Toyota Racing Series. Ida Wood explores what makes the series so special for teams and drivers alike

Marcus Armstrong won the New Zealand Motor Cup in a lights-to-flag display at Hampton Downs, as rival Liam Lawson crashed out and conceded the championship lead

Liam Lawson snatched victory from Esteban Muth on the final lap of the second reversed grid race at Hampton Downs to take his third Toyota Racing Series win

Marcus Armstrong narrowly beat M2 Competition team-mate Lucas Auer to pole for the final Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs

Marcus Armstrong took a lights-to-flag victory at Hampton Downs, becoming the first man to convert pole position into victory in the 2019 Toyota Racing Series

Nearly half a day after it finished, the winner of the first Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs has been declared

A two lap dash to the finish was reduced to a few yards when race long leader Cameron Das and Liam Lawson collided on the final restart of a hectic opening Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs.

Richard Verschoor won the final Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs, earning himself the New Zealand Motor Cup in the process.

Clement Novalak won a closely fought second Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs, marking his second career win in car racing.

Richard Verschoor kept his Toyota Racing Series title hopes alive by winning the first race at Hampton Downs, assisted by engine issues for championship leader Marcus Armstrong.

Richard Verschoor took pole for the first and third Toyota Racing Series races at Hampton Downs, with championship leader Marcus Armstrong lining up in third and second.

Pedro Piquet converted his pole position into winning the final Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs as well as clinching New Zealand Motor Cup title.

Ferrari Driver Academy member Guan Yu Zhou scored his maiden Toyota Racing Series victory in the second Hampton Downs race.

Lando Norris claimed a confident victory in the first Toyota Racing Series race at Hampton Downs to extends his championship lead.

Lando Norris and Pedro Piquet took pole positions for Race 1 and 3 at Hampton Downs, maintaining M2 Competition’s qualifying dominance in Toyota Racing Series.

Scotsman Sam MacLeod reigned supreme in the final race of the Hampton Downs round of the Toyota Racing Series.

Victory Motor Racing’s Ferdinand Habsburg will get to add a second Toyota Racing Series podium to his CV after all, having successfully appealed against his penalty in race two at Hampton Downs.

Brandon Maisano claimed his second victory of the Toyota Racing Series campaign in a wet race two at Hampton Downs.

M2 Competition’s Arjun Maini took his first victory of the Toyota Racing Series campaign in a chaotic opening race at Hampton Downs.

Arjun Maini became the fifth different pole winner in the fifth qualifying of the 2015 TRS season at Hampton Downs, while Brandon Maisano took his second pole of the campaign in the session after that.