The 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship will be the second season of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, and the nineteenth running of the premier open-wheel motorsport category formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand. It is scheduled to be held over five consecutive weekends in January and February of 2024.

Entry list

All drivers will compete with identical Tatuus FT-60 chassis cars powered by 2.0L turbocharged Toyota engines.[1] The series will switch its tyre supplier from Hankook to Pirelli because of a fire at Hankook's factory in Daejeon that caused widespread supply issues.[2] The series will supply all cars with 100% fossil-free fuel, becoming the first Formula Regional championship to take this sustainability step.[3]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
M2 Competition 4 Poland Roman Bilinski[4] TBC
7 Italy Nicola Lacorte[5] R TBC
16 South Korea Michael Shin[6] TBC
23 New Zealand Liam Sceats[7] TBC
39 Hong Kong Gerrard Xie[8] TBC
mtec Motorsport 5 Brazil Lucas Fecury[9] TBC
6 Australia Tommy Smith[10] TBC
19 Australia Elliott Cleary[11] R TBC
48 New Zealand Kaden Probst[12] R TBC
Kiwi Motorsport 14 Canada Patrick Woods-Toth[13] R TBC
20 United States Jake Bonilla[14] R TBC
22 United States Jett Bowling[15] R TBC
31 United States Titus Sherlock[16] R TBC
Giles Motorsport 15 New Zealand Kaleb Ngatoa[17] TBC
41 New Zealand Alex Crosbie[18] R TBC
71 Australia Christian Mansell[19] TBC
739 United States Landan Matriano Lim[20] R TBC
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest driver

Race calendar

Even before the 2023 season had begun, New Zealand's national motorsport governing body had already announced the 2024 calendar. The championship will again consist of five weekends. The round at Teretonga Park will be dropped, instead the series will return to Euromarque Motorsport Park for the first time since 2018.[21]

The 68th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix will be held as the final race of the season, at Highlands Motorsport Park.[22]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Waikato)		 20 January Taupo Historic Grand Prix
Historic Touring Cars NZ
Formula Junior NZ
NZ Historic Muscle & Saloon Cars
R2 21 January
R3
2 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
(Feilding, Manawatū District)		 26–28 January New Zealand GT Championship
TGR 86 Series NZ
Super V8 Series
TA2 New Zealand
R2
R3
3 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato)		 2–4 February New Zealand Porsche Series Championship
GT Racing New Zealand
NZ Formula First Championship
Superkart Drivers Club Series
R2
R3
4 R1 Euromarque Motorsport Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury)		 9–11 February Lady Wigram Trophy
Trans-Tasman Challenge
New Zealand GT Championship
TGR 86 Series NZ
R2
R3
5 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
(Cromwell, Otago)		 16–18 February New Zealand Grand Prix
Trans-Tasman Challenge
New Zealand GT Championship
TGR 86 Series NZ
R2
R3

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Taupo International Motorsport Park
R2
R3
2 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
R2
R3
3 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
R2
R3
4 R1 Euromarque Motorsport Park
R2
R3
5 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
R2
R3

Championship standings

Scoring system

Race (starting grid from qualifying)
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points 35 31 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Reversed grid race
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver TAU MAN HMP RUA HIG Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Poland Roman Bilinski
Italy Nicola Lacorte
South Korea Michael Shin
New Zealand Liam Sceats
Hong Kong Gerrard Xie
Brazil Lucas Fecury
Australia Tommy Smith
Australia Elliott Cleary
New Zealand Kaden Probst
Canada Patrick Woods-Toth
United States Jake Bonilla
United States Jett Bowling
United States Titus Sherlock
New Zealand Kaleb Ngatoa
New Zealand Alex Crosbie
Australia Christian Mansell
United States Landan Matriano Lim
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points
TAU MAN HMP RUA HIG
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (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. ↑ "The Car". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Championship makes Pirelli switch". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "NZ leads the way as Oceania series is first FIA Formula Regional championship to use fossil free fuel". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bilinski aiming to put Formula Regional experience to good use in NZ". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "New Alpine Academy junior Lacorte heading to New Zealand". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand season next for Michael Shin". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sceats set to mount Castrol Toyota FR Oceania championship attack". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "2022 Chinese Formula 4 Champion Xie heading for NZ aiming to win in first FR season". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Fecury heading back to NZ for second Castrol Toyota FR Oceania campaign". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Aussie Smith signs for part season in NZ with mtec Motorsport". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Cleary ready to step up to NZ Formula Regional campaign in 2024". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kiwi racer Probst steps up to FR Oceania campaign". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "F4 US champion joins Castrol Toyota FR Oceania grid". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Bonilla heading to NZ to begin 2024 season". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Kiwi Motorsport to field Bowling in New Zealand". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Kiwi Motorsport secures top F4 runner for CTFROC". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Ngatoa focused on home win in Australasia's top single seater championship". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Crosbie on the grid for Castrol Toyota FR Oceania Championship". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Aussie star Mansell heading for New Zealand". Toyota GAZOO Racing NZ. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  20. ↑ "Matriano makes it four F4 United States graduates heading to NZ". Toyota NZ. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  21. ↑ Wood, Ida (5 December 2022). "W Series' Chloe Chambers to race in Toyota Racing Series". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  22. ↑ "Super Sprint NZ: 2024 Series Calendar Announced". Oversteer TV. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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