2026 New Zealand Grand Prix
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| 2026 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3, Round 4 of 4 of the 2026 Formula Regional Oceania Trophy | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 1 February 2026 | ||
| Official name | LXX New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, New Zealand | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.100 km (2.548 miles) | ||
| Distance | 27 laps, 114.8 km (71.3 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hitech TGR | ||
| Time | 1:28.339 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Zack Scoular | mtec Motorsport | |
| Time | 1:29.104 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | mtec Motorsport | ||
| Second | Hitech TGR | ||
| Third | Hitech TGR | ||
The 2026 New Zealand Grand Prix (officially known as the NAPA 70th New Zealand Grand Prix) was an event for open wheel racing cars held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Otago on 1 February 2026. It was the seventieth New Zealand Grand Prix and utilised Formula Regional cars. The event served as the final race of the 2026 Formula Regional Oceania Trophy.
The race was won by New Zealander Zack Scoular while Hitech TGR drivers Jin Nakamura and Kanato Le rounded out the podium. Nakamura achieved pole position earlier that weekend while Scoular took fastest lap honours during the race.
Elsewhere, Ugo Ugochukwu would take the 2026 Formula Regional Oceania Trophy title, becoming the first American in the series' history to do so.
The event was held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell for the third time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 30 January–1 February. The Grand Prix was the final race of the final round of the 2026 Formula Regional Oceania Trophy and the 70th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix.
Heading into the weekend, six drivers were in contention for the overall Formula Regional Oceania Trophy title. American Ugo Ugochukwu led the championship standings by 22 points over Audi Formula 1 junior driver, Freddie Slater.[1] Owing to inclement weather conditions in the final race of the previous round in Teretonga, an additional race was positioned on Friday. Slater took victory in said race, closing the points deficit to Ugochukwu by four points.[2]
Outside of the 19-driver contingent that competed throughout the FROT season, only one other driver (Liam Sceats) signed on to compete in the Grand Prix. Sceats had previously won the Grand Prix in the first iteration at Highlands in 2024.[3]
