The 2024–25 GR86 Championship New Zealand (known for commercial reasons as the 2024–25 Bridgestone GR86 Championship New Zealand) was the twelfth running of the one-make sports car racing series and the first using the newer Toyota GR86 model. 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 Hugo Allan.
Calendar The calendar for the season was announced in September 2024. The first round at Hampton Downs was held on the international layout whilst the second visit saw the championship run on the shorter national layout. Round Circuit Date Map 1 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 23 November 2024 R2 24 November 2024 R3 2 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 18 January 2025 R2 19 January 2025 R3 3 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 1 February 2025 R2 2 February 2025 R3 4 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park(Cromwell, Otago) 8 February 2025 R2 9 February 2025 R3 5 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 22 March 2025 R2 23 March 2025 R3 6 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 12 April 2025 R2 13 April 2025 R3
Teams and drivers All drivers compete with identical Toyota GR86 cars on the Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS tyres.
Team No. Driver Status Rounds Action Motorsport 4 Jack Westbury 5–6 22 John Penny 1–2, 6 24 Lachlan Evennett 2–4 30 Emerson Vincent All 37 Jett Murray All Race Lab Academy 5 Dion Pitt 3–4 8 Thomas Mallard All 42 Simon Hunter All 50 Alice Buckley 1–2 81 Cormac Murphy All Mackenzie Motorsport 10 Ajay Giddy All 20 Hayden Bakkerus All 73 Harry Townshend All 90 Zach Blincoe All 222 Arthur Broughan All 922 Cameron McLeod 6 iMac Engineering 11 Will Morton All CareVets Racing 17 Hugo Allan All Right Karts by M2 Competition 32 Josh Bethune All 35 Hayden Lines All 43 Cameron Hill All 186 Cooper Barnes All James Marshall Motorsport 33 Caleb Byers All 34 Raymond Mallin 1–4 76 Will Kitching 6 88 Chris White All 888 Blake Knowles 1–4 Syndicate Motorsport 47 Mason Potter All 99 Justin Allen All Dayle ITM Racing 55 Christina Orr-West All Neale Motorsport 92 Mac Templeton 5–6
Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park Hayden Bakkerus Josh Bethune Hayden Bakkerus Mackenzie Motorsport R2 Hayden Bakkerus Emerson Vincent Action Motorsport R3 Hayden Bakkerus Hayden Bakkerus Hugo Allan CareVets Racing 2 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Arthur Broughan Cameron Hill Justin Allen Syndicate Motorsport R2 Cooper Barnes Lachlan Evennett Action Motorsport R3 Arthur Broughan Hugo Allan Cameron Hill Right Karts by M2 Competition 3 R1 Teretonga Park Cooper Barnes Chris White Chris White James Marshall Motorsport R2 Justin Allen Cooper Barnes Right Karts by M2 Competition R3 Cooper Barnes Caleb Byers Justin Allen Syndicate Motorsport 4 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park Hugo Allan Hayden Bakkerus Hugo Allan CareVets Racing R2 Josh Bethune Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition R3 Hugo Allan Hayden Bakkerus Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition 5 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Josh Bethune Josh Bethune Justin Allen Syndicate Motorsport R2 Josh Bethune Chris White James Marshall Motorsport R3 Josh Bethune Cooper Barnes Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition 6 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park Josh Bethune Hugo Allan Josh Bethune Right Karts by M2 Competition R2 Ajay Giddy Hugo Allan CareVets Racing R3 Josh Bethune Chris White Hugo Allan CareVets Racing
Championship standings + Driver TAU1 HMP1 TER HIG HMP2 TAU2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Hugo Allan 2 2 1 6 4 3 13 11 7 1 7 3 4 4 4 6 1 1 974 2 Josh Bethune 8 3 DSQ 4 3 4 5 DSQ 14 10 1 1 3 3 1 1 5 5 904 3 Justin Allen 5 9 7 1 7 9 2 5 1 Ret 19 13 1 6 3 7 3 3 853 4 Hayden Bakkerus 1 6 2 11 6 5 4 2 3 2 3 2 7 5 21 Ret 15 7 846 5 Cooper Barnes 6 23 3 24 25 2 8 1 4 6 8 4 2 9 2 3 6 9 804 6 Chris White 3 8 23 4 5 12 1 18 6 3 4 5 9 1 5 5 16 6 803 7 Zach Blincoe 4 5 Ret 5 13 14 11 7 9 8 2 6 6 Ret 9 2 2 4 730 8 Arthur Broughan 12 10 4 7 8 10 21 9 5 12 6 19 8 7 8 10 13 17 588 9 Jett Murray 15 15 14 19 17 18 12 3 11 7 5 9 10 2 6 20 12 10 567 10 Cameron Hill 17 17 19 8 2 1 6 Ret 13 19 17 14 18 15 13 8 10 15 512 11 Harry Townshend 22 12 11 3 16 Ret 9 4 18 16 9 15 15 12 12 15 23 11 454 12 Simon Hunter 18 18 10 15 12 8 Ret Wth Wth 9 Ret 7 11 11 10 9 4 14 439 13 Emerson Vincent 9 1 16 9 11 7 DSQ 6 Ret Ret 13 21 22 10 23 17 9 25 395 14 Mason Potter 14 7 8 17 9 6 17 Ret DNS 13 21 16 5 Ret 19 11 Ret 8 390 15 Lachlan Evennett 10 1 11 3 14 2 4 Ret 8 382 16 Caleb Byers 20 11 12 14 DSQ 13 10 10 20 11 14 18 21 16 20 14 7 24 378 17 Cormac Murphy 13 Ret 6 25 15 21 7 17 Ret 5 22 DSQ 12 Ret 15 13 11 13 349 18 Ajay Giddy 21 22 21 23 23 Ret 18 Ret 8 23 20 12 16 17 16 4 21 2 322 19 Christina Orr-West 24 13 18 18 24 20 16 19 19 15 12 11 17 13 22 23 19 19 301 20 Thomas Mallard 11 21 13 13 22 15 19 13 12 20 DNS DNS 23 19 18 18 Ret 20 264 21 Hayden Lines 16 17 17 12 21 Ret Ret 15 16 21 15 17 19 14 14 24 20 22 261 22 Will Morton 23 20 20 20 20 17 20 16 15 17 16 Ret 20 18 17 22 17 18 255 23 Blake Knowles 19 16 15 16 10 Ret 15 8 10 22 18 20 225 24 John Penny 10 4 9 21 18 Ret 19 14 16 207 25 Raymond Mallin 25 14 22 26 19 16 22 Ret Ret 14 10 10 177 26 Jack Westbury 13 20 11 12 8 12 158 27 Alice Buckley 7 24 5 22 14 19 145 28 Mac Templeton 14 8 7 16 22 23 142 29 Dion Pitt 14 12 17 18 11 Ret 116 30 Will Kitching 21 18 21 36 31 Cameron McLeod Ret Wth Wth -15 Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts TAU1 HMP1 TER HIG HMP2 TAU2
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