2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship

2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Arvid Lindblad
Rookie Champion:
Zack Scoular
Tasman Cup Winner:
Zack Scoular
Teams' Champion
M2 Competition

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The 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship was the third season of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, and the twentieth running of the premier open-wheel motorsport category formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series It was held in New Zealand over five consecutive weekends in January and February 2025.

The highest placed Australian or Kiwi driver after the first two rounds was awarded the Tasman Cup. Zack Scoular, driving for mtec Motorsport, was second overall after the second round, thereby claiming that title.

Scoular then also went on to win the Rookie Championship at the penultimate round of the season, before Arvid Lindblad, driving for M2 Competition, took the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare and his team took the Teams' Championship at the same race.

Entry list

All drivers competed with identical Tatuus FT-60 chassis cars powered by 2.0L turbocharged Toyota engines running on 100% fossil-free fuel. ^{[1] [2]}

Team No. Driver Status Rounds mtec Motorsport 3 Zack Scoular [3] R All 5 Patrick Heuzenroeder [4] All 9 Nicholas Monteiro [5] All 14 Josh Pierson [6] 1–4 32 Shawn Rashid [7] All 93 Broc Feeney [8] 5 M2 Competition 4 Arvid Lindblad [9] All 8 Matías Zagazeta [10] All 17 Nikita Johnson [11] All 23 Michael Shin [12] All 69 Sebastian Manson [13] All 77 Enzo Yeh [14] R All Giles Motorsport 13 Barrett Wolfe [15] R All 16 Tommy Smith [16] 3–4 41 Alex Crosbie [17] All 87 Will Brown [18] 1–2, 5 Kiwi Motorsport 15 Nicolas Stati [19] R All 22 Jett Bowling [20] All 88 James Lawley [21] All

Icon Status R Rookie G Guest driver

Race calendar

The 2025 race calendar was announced in July 2024. ^[22] The championship again consisted of five weekends. Highlands Motorsport Park was intended to leave the calendar and be replaced by Teretonga Park, which returned after a one-year absence. However, on 2 September 2024, it was announced that the 69th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix would be held at Highlands Motorsport Park instead of at Euromarque Motorsport Park, so the latter left the calendar instead. ^[23]

Round		Circuit	Date	Feature race	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Taupo International Motorsport Park (Taupō, Waikato)	11 January	Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy	Taupo Historic Grand Prix Formula Atlantic NZ Historic Historic Saloons, Sports and GTs F5000 Tasman Cup Revival	Taupo Manfeild Hampton Downs Highlands Teretonga
	R2		12 January
	R3
2	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, North Waikato)	18 January	Dorothy Smith Memorial Trophy	Toyota GR86 Championship Super V8 Series GT New Zealand Championship TA2 New Zealand
	R2		19 January
	R3
3	R1	Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon (Feilding, Manawatū District)	25 January	Dan Higgins Trophy	NextGen NZ Championship Manfeild International GT Racing New Zealand
	R2		26 January
	R3
4	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland District)	1 February	Spirit of a Nation Cup	Toyota GR86 Championship GT New Zealand Championship Mazda Racing Series NZ Championship Pirelli Porsche Race Series
	R2		2 February
	R3
5	R1	Highlands Motorsport Park (Cromwell, Otago)	8 February	New Zealand Grand Prix	Toyota GR86 Championship GT New Zealand Championship Mazda Racing Series NZ Championship Pirelli Porsche Race Series
	R2		9 February
	R3

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Taupo International Motorsport Park	Zack Scoular	Zack Scoular	Zack Scoular	mtec Motorsport
	R2			Michael Shin	Matías Zagazeta	M2 Competition
	R3		Arvid Lindblad	Will Brown	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
2	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Arvid Lindblad	Josh Pierson	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
	R2			Arvid Lindblad	Sebastian Manson	M2 Competition
	R3		Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
3	R1	Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
	R2			Zack Scoular	Zack Scoular	mtec Motorsport
	R3		Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
4	R1	Teretonga Park	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Matías Zagazeta	M2 Competition
	R2			Josh Pierson	Sebastian Manson	M2 Competition
	R3		Matías Zagazeta	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	M2 Competition
5	R1	Highlands Motorsport Park	Patrick Heuzenroeder	Patrick Heuzenroeder	Patrick Heuzenroeder	mtec Motorsport
	R2			Nikita Johnson	Nikita Johnson	M2 Competition
	R3		Broc Feeney	Matías Zagazeta	Will Brown	Giles Motorsport

Season report

First half

The first round of the season was held at Taupo International Motorsport Park. Mtec Motorsport’s Zack Scoular secured his first pole position on his Formula Regional debut, ^[24] and converted it into his first single-seater race win later on in the day. Giles Motorsport’s Will Brown remained in second for the duration of the race but was unable to overtake the leader, while M2 Competition’s Arvid Lindblad, who started fourth, took third at the start and also finished there. ^[25] Race two began chaotically as a slow start by Mtec Motorsport’s pole-sitter Josh Pierson disrupted others and allowed M2 Competition’s Matías Zagazeta to take the race lead. His teammate Enzo Yeh initially secured second before a penalty dropped him to fourth behind Pierson and Lindblad. ^[26] The latter started the third race from pole position, ^[27] but Zagazeta made a better start, and the pair dueled through the opening corners before Lindblad regained the lead. He led Zagazeta and Scoular to the finish, ending the first round with a five-point championship lead. ^[28]

Round two at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park began with Lindblad taking pole position for the opening race. ^[29] He converted that into a lights-to-flag victory that mirrored the season opener, with Scoular maintaining second place from start to finish and Brown holding third after taking it from Pierson at the start. ^[30] The second race saw Johnson start from pole position, but M2’s Sebastian Manson made a stronger start from second place and immediately took the lead, while mtec’s Patrick Heuzenroeder moved into third place. Behind the top two, Lindblad progressed through the field, engaging in a three-lap battle with Heuzenroeder before passing him to secure third place. ^[31] In the third race, Lindblad and Scoular resumed their earlier contest. Once again starting from pole position, ^[32] Lindblad withstood multiple attacks before creating a gap thanks to a tire advantage to secure another victory, with Pierson finishing third. After six races, Lindblad held a 25-point lead in the standings ahead of newly crowned Tasman Cup winner Scoular. ^[33]

Lindblad remained the fastest driver in qualifying at Circuit Chris Amon to claim his fourth successive pole position. ^[34] Race one saw him then take an unchallenged victory as Johnson in second had to keep Giles Motorsport’s series returnee Tommy Smith behind him at the start. Once repelled, Smith dropped back, allowing Heuzenroeder into third. ^[35] Rain then began to fall, and the second race saw some drivers opt for wet-weather tires. That proved to be the right decision: Scoular claimed the lead and led Johnson and Pierson as the drivers on dry tires faded. Championship leader Lindblad was among them and finished the race 14th. ^[36] Once he had tires fit for the conditions, Lindblad returned to his previous form and took pole position for the third race. ^[37] Heavy rain saw proceedings get aborted initially, but when it resumed, Lindblad and Johnson quickly gapped Heuzenroeder and the rest of the field. Safety car phases further interrupted the race, but Lindblad held on to win and extend his championship lead to 40 points over Johnson. ^[38]

Second half

Teretonga Park hosted round four, and the first qualifying session brought no new face at the front as Lindblad was fastest once again. ^[39] Zagazeta had the better start to the first race, however, and quickly moved past Lindblad. With overtaking proving difficult, Zagazeta led Lindblad and Johnson home before a red flag after a crash for M2’s Michael Shin ended the race prematurely. ^[40] Yeh started race two from pole position, but had a bad getaway and dropped to fourth behind Manson, Scoular and Heuzenroeder, before a crash caused a stoppage. The positions at the front remained static afterwards, awarding Manson his second win of the year. ^[41] Qualifying for race three saw Zagazeta break Lindblad’s streak of pole positions, ^[42] but once again the pole sitter was unable to hold the lead as Lindblad took first and converted that into his fourth feature race win. Zagazeta looked set for second before a mistake demoted him to third behind Shin. Ahead of the final weekend and with 90 points still on offer, Lindblad’s lead stood at 59 points over Johnson. ^[43]

Championship standings

Scoring system

No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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 HMP MAN TER HIG Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Arvid Lindblad 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 14 1 2 6 1 2 Ret 3 370 2 Zack Scoular 1 10 3 2 7 2 8 1 8 5 2 8 5 4 2 314 3 Nikita Johnson 4 5 5 8 2 4 2 2 2 3 8 5 8 1 8 305 4 Patrick Heuzenroeder 9 8 4 5 4 6 3 7 3 4 3 4 1 Ret Ret 264 5 Matías Zagazeta 5 1 2 16 11 5 12 13 5 1 7 3 4 6 Ret 244 6 Sebastian Manson 10 7 9 7 1 10 6 Ret 4 7 1 7 9 5 9 225 7 Josh Pierson 8 2 6 4 6 3 5 3 9 6 5 6 219 8 Michael Shin 6 6 7 9 9 7 11 15 10 Ret 9 2 3 Ret 5 197 9 Shawn Rashid 15 13 10 6 8 9 13 8 11 14 13 11 6 3 4 169 10 Will Brown 2 9 8 3 5 8 11 12 1 158 11 Enzo Yeh 7 4 16 13 13 11 14 4 6 8 4 14 13 11 Ret 149 12 Nicholas Monteiro 12 11 13 DSQ 14 14 9 5 13 11 12 13 7 2 12 132 13 Alex Crosbie 11 15 11 10 DSQ 12 7 16 15 10 10 10 16 10 10 118 14 Jett Bowling 14 12 12 11 10 15 15 9 12 13 Ret Ret 12 14 7 108 15 Nicolas Stati 13 Ret 14 12 12 13 10 10 14 12 Ret 12 14 7 11 105 16 Tommy Smith 4 6 7 9 11 9 85 17 Barrett Wolfe 16 14 15 14 15 17 17 12 16 15 14 16 17 9 13 71 18 James Lawley 17 16 17 15 DSQ 16 16 11 Ret 16 Ret 15 15 8 Ret 54 19 Broc Feeney 10 13 6 35 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points TAU HMP MAN TER HIG

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

Teams' Championship

Each team counted its two best results of every race.

Pos.	Team	TAU			HMP			MAN			TER			HIG			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	M2 Competition	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	772
		4	3	2	7	2	4	2	4	2	2	4	2	3	5	5
2	mtec motorsport	1	2	3	2	4	2	3	1	3	4	2	4	1	2	2	653
		8	8	4	4	6	3	5	3	8	5	3	6	4	3	4
3	Giles Motorsport	2	9	8	3	5	8	4	6	7	9	10	9	11	9	1	371
		11	14	11	10	15	12	7	12	15	10	11	10	16	10	10
4	Kiwi Motorsport	13	12	12	11	10	13	10	9	12	12	Ret	12	12	7	7	218
		14	16	14	12	12	15	15	10	14	13	Ret	15	14	8	11
Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
		TAU			HMP			MAN			RUA			HIG

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External links

• Official website of Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship certified by FIA