2025–26 Toyota GR86 Championship

The 2025–26 GR86 Championship New Zealand (known for commercial reasons as the 2025–26 Bridgestone GR86 Championship New Zealand) was the thirteenth running of the one-make sports car racing series and the second using the newer Toyota GR86 model following its debut in the 2024–25 season.[1] The championship was held in New Zealand over six weekends, starting at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in October 2025, going through to Taupo International Motorsport Park in April 2026.

The championship was won by Chris White while rookie of the year honours went to Lee Zeltwanger.

Entry list

All drivers compete with identical Toyota GR86 cars on the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS tyres.[2]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
iMac Engineering 1 New Zealand Hugo Allan [3] All
Right Karts by M2 Competition 7 New Zealand Thomas Mallard 2
32 New Zealand Josh Bethune [4] All
42 New Zealand Simon Hunter [5] 1–4
43 New Zealand Cameron Hill [6] All
186 Australia Cooper Barnes [7] All
Mackenzie Motorsport 10 New Zealand Ajay Giddy [8] All
50 New Zealand Nathan Grammer R 5–6
73 New Zealand Harry Townshend [9] All
90 New Zealand Zach Blincoe [10] All
222 New Zealand Arthur Broughan [11] All
861 New Zealand Nieko Scoles R 4
Action Motorsport 18 Australia Conley Webley R 6
39 Australia Jack Szewczuk 3–4
CareVets Racing 22 New Zealand Lee Zeltwanger [12] R All
James Marshall Motorsport 25 New Zealand Lucas McGill [13] R All
SkunkWorks Racing 63 New Zealand Cooper Cooley R 6
Syndicate Motorsport 81 New Zealand Cormac Murphy [14] 1–2
99 New Zealand Justin Allen [15] All
Neale Motorsport 88 New Zealand Chris White [16] All
92 New Zealand Mac Templeton [17] R All

Race calendar

The 2025–26 season takes place across six rounds visiting five circuits across New Zealand [18]

Round Circuit Date Map
1 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park 1 November 2025
R2 2 November 2025
R3
2 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park 10 January 2026
R2 11 January 2026
R3
3 R1 Teretonga Park 24 January 2026
R2 25 January 2026
R3
4 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park 31 January 2026
R2 1 February 2026
R3
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon 28 February 2026
R2 1 March 2026
R3
6 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park 10 April 2026
R2 11 April 2026

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park New Zealand Chris White New Zealand Chris White New Zealand Arthur Broughan Mackenzie Motorsport
R2 New Zealand Chris White New Zealand Zach Blincoe Mackenzie Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Arthur Broughan Mackenzie Motorsport
2 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park New Zealand Chris White New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition
R2 New Zealand Mac Templeton Australia Cooper Barnes Right Karts by M2 Competition
R3 New Zealand Chris White New Zealand Josh Bethune New Zealand Chris White Neale Motorsport
3 R1 Teretonga Park New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Chris White Neale Motorsport
R2 New Zealand Zach Blincoe New Zealand Justin Allen Syndicate Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Josh Bethune New Zealand Chris White Neale Motorsport
4 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park New Zealand Hugo Allan New Zealand Hugo Allan New Zealand Hugo Allan iMac Engineering
R2 New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition
R3 New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Mac Templeton New Zealand Arthur Broughan Mackenzie Motorsport
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Hugo Allan New Zealand Hugo Allan iMac Engineering
R2 New Zealand Lee Zeltwanger New Zealand Justin Allen Syndicate Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Arthur Broughan New Zealand Hugo Allan iMac Engineering
6 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park New Zealand Hugo Allan New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Hugo Allan iMac Engineering
R2 New Zealand Ajay Giddy New Zealand Cameron Hill Right Karts by M2 Competition

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver HMP1 HMP2 TER HIG MAN TAU Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 New Zealand Chris White 6 5 4 2 3 1 1 6 1 3 5 3 2 9 4 7 2 980
2 New Zealand Zach Blincoe 3 1 5 3 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 7 6 2 6 3 5 934
3 New Zealand Hugo Allan 7 6 2 4 15 7 4 7 3 1 7 4 1 5 1 1 7 915
4 New Zealand Josh Bethune 2 8 3 1 7 3 8 3 13 8 1 6 3 7 7 5 4 874
5 New Zealand Arthur Broughan 1 15 1 7 14 2 15 11 4 2 8 1 4 3 3 4 8 859
6 New Zealand Ajay Giddy 4 4 9 5 2 6 2 5 2 Ret 11 8 8 6 2 2 6 820
7 Australia Cooper Barnes 8 2 8 8 1 8 14 8 7 6 3 2 10 8 10 6 3 785
8 New Zealand Lee Zeltwanger 5 3 7 9 8 10 9 10 9 7 2 9 5 4 5 DSQ 11 691
9 New Zealand Justin Allen 13 12 10 10 9 12 5 1 8 4 6 5 7 1 8 9 Ret 687
10 New Zealand Harry Townshend 10 7 6 6 10 4 13 12 10 14 10 11 9 11 9 10 9 597
11 New Zealand Cameron Hill 11 11 14 13 16 13 10 9 6 13 9 13 12 10 12 8 1 561
12 New Zealand Mac Templeton 14 10 13 12 6 9 6 Ret 15 9 14 12 14 14 11 13 10 484
13 New Zealand Simon Hunter 9 13 12 11 5 11 7 4 14 10 DNS 10 385
14 New Zealand Lucas McGill 15 14 15 16 13 16 11 DSQ 11 Ret DNS DNS 13 13 14 11 13 326
15 New Zealand Cormac Murphy 12 9 11 14 12 14 170
16 Australia Jack Szewczuk 12 13 12 11 12 15 162
17 New Zealand Nathan Grammer 11 12 13 14 14 132
18 New Zealand Nieko Scoles 12 13 14 78
19 New Zealand Thomas Mallard 15 11 15 74
20 New Zealand Cooper Cooley 12 12 56
21 New Zealand Conley Webley 15 15 44
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Points
HMP1 HMP2 TER HIG MAN TAU
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookie

References

  1. ↑ "2025/26 Bridgestone GR86 Championship". Toyota NZ. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "GR86 Car". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Hugo Allan". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Josh Bethune". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Simon Hunter". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cameron Hill". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cooper Barnes". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Ajay Giddy". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Harry Townshend". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Zach Blincoe". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Arthur Boughan". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Lee Zeltwanger". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Lucas McGill". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Cormac Murphy". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Justin Allen". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Chris White". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  17. ↑ "Mac Templeton". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "2025-26 Calendar". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
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