2025–26 Toyota GR86 Championship

The 2025-26 Bridgestone Toyota GR86 Championship is the thirteenth running of the one-make sports car racing series, the second using the newer Toyota GR86 model following its debut in the 2024–25 season.[1]

The championship is scheduled to be 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.

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 Hugo Allan [3] 1–5
Right Karts by M2 Competition 7 Thomas Mallard 2
32 Josh Bethune [4] 1–5
42 Simon Hunter [5] 1–4
43 Cameron Hill [6] 1–5
186 Cooper Barnes [7] 1–5
Mackenzie Motorsport 10 Ajay Giddy [8] 1–5
50 Nathan Grammer R 5
73 Harry Townshend [9] 1–5
90 Zach Blincoe [10] 1–5
222 Arthur Broughan [11] 1–5
861 Nieko Scoles R 4
CareVets Racing 22 Lee Zeltwanger [12] R 1–5
James Marshall Motorsport 25 Lucas McGill [13] R 1–5
Action Motorsport 39 Jack Szewczuk 3–4
Syndicate Motorsport 81 Cormac Murphy [14] 1–2
99 Justin Allen [15] 1–5
Neale Motorsport 88 Chris White [16] 1–5
92 Mac Templeton [17] R 1–5

Race calendar

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

Round Circuit Date
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
R3 12 April 2026

Race results

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

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 R3
1 Chris White 6 5 4 2 3 1 1 6 1 3 5 3 2 9 4 871
2 Zach Blincoe 3 1 5 3 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 7 6 2 6 825
3 Hugo Allan 7 6 2 4 15 7 4 7 3 1 7 4 1 5 1 798
4 Josh Bethune 2 8 3 1 7 3 8 3 13 8 1 6 3 7 7 771
5 Arthur Broughan 1 15 1 7 14 2 15 11 4 2 8 1 4 3 3 766
6 Ajay Giddy 4 4 9 5 2 6 2 5 2 Ret 11 8 8 6 2 708
7 Cooper Barnes 8 2 8 8 1 8 14 8 7 6 3 2 10 8 10 680
8 Lee Zeltwanger 5 3 7 9 8 10 9 10 9 7 2 9 5 4 5 661
9 Justin Allen 13 12 10 10 9 12 5 1 8 4 6 5 7 1 8 651
10 Harry Townshend 10 7 6 6 10 4 13 12 10 14 10 11 9 11 9 528
11 Cameron Hill 11 11 14 13 16 13 10 9 6 13 9 13 12 10 12 447
12 Mac Templeton 14 10 13 12 6 9 6 Ret 15 9 14 12 14 14 11 425
13 Simon Hunter 9 13 12 11 5 11 7 4 14 10 DNS 10 385
14 Lucas McGill 15 14 15 16 13 16 11 DSQ 11 Ret DNS DNS 13 13 14 270
15 Cormac Murphy 12 9 11 14 12 14 170
16 Jack Szewczuk 12 13 12 11 12 15 162
17 Nathan Grammer 11 12 13 84
18 Nieko Scoles 12 13 14 78
19 Thomas Mallard 15 11 15 74
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points
HMP1 HMP2 TER HIG MAN TAU
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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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