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SCEATS FINISHES P2, CLOSES IN ON CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD!

Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Sceats has finished second in the opening Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia race in Shanghai, stealing two vital points back in his pursuit of Championship leader William Tregurtha.

Starting from a season-best second position, Liam didn’t get the launch he would have wanted, slipping behind Tregurtha on the run to the opening corner. It wouldn’t take long for Liam to respond though, fighting his way back past the Championship leader at the start of Lap 2 to reclaim second position.

From there, Liam and race leader Titus Sherlock quickly pulled clear of the field, with both staying out as late as possible before making their mandatory stops with just over 20 minutes remaining.

There was a brief scare for Liam on pit entry as he had a bit of a Lewis Hamilton moment, running deep through the kink but managing to hold onto it before bringing the #6 VSR Lamborghini in and handing over to teammate Gustaw Wisniewski.

The #7 out front ultimately had too much pace for Gustaw to challenge for the win, but the Pole did a great job of his own over the closing stages, holding off a late charge from Jonathan Cecotto in the #3 to bring the #6 home in second.

More importantly, the result takes another two points out of Tregurtha’s Championship lead, keeping Liam and Gustaw in contention with three races remaining.

The second and final race in Shanghai will present a bigger challenge, with Liam and Gustaw starting fourth in class while Tregurtha and Cecotto line up on Pole.

There’s still plenty to fight for, so make sure you’re watching when the final race gets underway at 2:55pm NZT this afternoon, live and free on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel.

Well done on another ripper drive, Liam. Now let’s do it all again today!

TRAFFIC COSTS LIAM IN ITALY!

It definitely wasn’t the Qualifying Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Lawson would have been hoping for in Italy, with the Kiwi missing out on a tow for much of the session before traffic ruined his final flyer, leaving him out in Q2.

Liam was already facing an uphill battle before Qualifying even began, with the team confirming he would take engine penalties for the race and therefore start from the rear of the field regardless of Saturday’s result.

That may have taken away any chance of a strong starting position, but there was still every reason for Liam to push for the best Qualifying result possible. His opening two laps in Q1 proved competitive on the Medium Tyre before getting one final run on the Softs, doing enough without the benefit of a tow to safely make his way through to Q2.

It was a similar story early in Q2, with Liam leading teammate Max Verstappen out for the opening runs. Even without any assistance himself, he put together a strong lap to finish just two tenths shy of the World Champion.

The pair returned to the track late in the session, with Liam again giving Verstappen a tow on his opening flyer before finally getting one in return for the last push. Unfortunately, Liam then caught Oscar Piastri’s McLaren crawling through the opening chicane, costing him a significant amount of time.

Liam pushed hard through the final two sectors, but the time lost proved too much to recover, leaving him unable to progress into Q3.

Qualifying may not have gone his way, but there is still plenty to fight for in the Grand Prix. Liam showed extremely competitive long-run pace throughout Practice, which he’ll be hoping to put to good use as he works his way forward on Sunday.

If you want to tune in and follow Liam’s progress, the Italian Grand Prix gets underway at 1am NZT Monday morning.

Head up, Liam. You’ve worked your way through from the back before, let’s see another charge tomorrow!

FAST START FOR LIAM!

Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Lawson has started his Italian Grand Prix weekend in promising form, finishing the opening 60-minute Practice session in an impressive fourth position and within half a second of the pace-setting Ferraris.

Though Liam battled some instability aboard the RB22, particularly mid-corner, he still managed to put down some competitive times and even spent a period at the top of the timesheets as he and the team continued to fine-tune the Red Bull.

Needless to say, it’s only Free Practice, but there’s certainly nothing wrong with showing some strong pace right from the get-go!

Liam has one more 60-minute session to round out Friday’s running, with Practice 2 getting underway at 2:00am NZT Saturday morning.

Keep up the great work, Liam! 🇳🇿

After almost two months of waiting, Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Sceats is back behind the wheel this weekend, as the 20-year-old Kiwi heads to Shanghai International Circuit for the penultimate round of the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia season.

So far, Liam’s transition into tin-tops has been a successful one. With just four Lamborghini Super Trofeo events now under his belt, you’d be fooled into thinking Liam had been racing this style of machinery for years, such is how quickly he has taken to the very different challenge of GT competition.

That was evident from his very first weekend at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, where Liam secured his maiden Pro victory in just his second start. Alongside fellow young gun Gustaw Wisniewski, the pair have continued learning the ropes of GT racing together while punching well above their experience, regularly battling at the front of the field aboard the #6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini.

That strong form was rewarded with another trip to the top step last time out at Inje Speedium in South Korea, with the pair taking victory in the weekend finale to secure their second Pro win of the season. The result leaves Liam and Gustaw 22 points behind Championship leader William Tregurtha heading into the final two rounds, with another strong haul this weekend crucial to keeping themselves firmly in the fight ahead of the season finale at Monza.

Since the last round in mid-July, Liam has spent just over a month back home in New Zealand, making the most of the extended gap between events. Alongside physical training and plenty of hours on the simulator, the 20-year-old has also had a busy schedule of sponsor commitments, catching up with familiar faces and meeting plenty of new ones along the way.

There has been plenty happening on track as well, with Liam getting his first taste of the new GAZOO Racing New Zealand Formula Regional car during testing at Hampton Downs and Taupo. Across four days and hundreds of laps, Liam was able to play his part in the early development of the new car while getting some valuable miles under his belt ahead of this weekend.

After a productive few weeks in New Zealand, Liam is now back in Asia and ready to tackle Shanghai International Circuit for the first time. Racing at the 5.4km Formula One venue is an exciting prospect, with more than 50,000 fans expected each day as the China GT Championship headlines what shapes as one of the biggest events of the season.

Friday will give Liam and Gustaw two Practice sessions to get themselves comfortable around the circuit before focus shifts to Qualifying on Saturday. The pair will each get their own session to determine the starting position for one of the weekend’s two 50-minute races, with Race 1 set to get underway at 6:55pm NZT on Saturday evening before Race 2 follows at 2:55pm NZT on Sunday afternoon.

If you want to follow Liam’s progress throughout the weekend, both races will be streamed live and free on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel, with the full schedule attached below.

If you can’t catch the action live, be sure to keep an eye on our socials throughout the weekend for updates, followed by a full recap coming your way on Monday.

Best of luck this weekend Liam! Let’s keep the momentum rolling and close that gap to the top! 🇳🇿

Guess who’s back in the Red Bull for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix?!

That’s right! Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Lawson has secured another weekend in the RB22, with regular driver Isack Hadjar once again ruled out through injury.

It gives Liam another crack with the main team following his impressive performance at the Dutch Grand Prix last time out, where he made the most of his unexpected call-up with a superb seventh-place finish.

Make sure you check out our full event preview and schedule posted yesterday so you don’t miss a moment of what looks set to be another exciting weekend at Monza.

Best of luck this weekend, Liam. Let’s pick up where we left off! 🇳🇿

Two weeks on from his Super-Sub performance at the Dutch Grand Prix, Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Liam Lawson is back in action this weekend, as Formula One heads to the iconic Monza circuit for the Italian Grand Prix.

It’s been a pretty memorable couple of weeks for Liam, who made an unexpected return to Red Bull Racing at Zandvoort after a sudden injury to former teammate Isack Hadjar ruled him out of the weekend. The late call-up gave Liam another chance with the main team following his difficult two-race stint at the beginning of 2025, this time returning as a very different driver to the one who left just 18 months earlier.

Making the challenge even tougher, Zandvoort was hosting the Sprint format for the first time, leaving Liam with just one 60-minute Practice session to get himself accustomed to the RB22 before the competitive action began. Despite the limited preparation, he was quickly up to speed, narrowly missing SQ3 before finishing Saturday’s Sprint in 11th.

Grand Prix Qualifying later that day was where Liam really showed what he could do. He comfortably progressed through the opening two sessions before securing eighth in Q3, putting the Red Bull on the fourth row of the grid and finishing just over a tenth of a second behind teammate Max Verstappen.

A shower in the build-up left the circuit damp for the start of Sunday’s Grand Prix, although the entire field elected to start on slick tyres. Liam went wheel-to-wheel with Verstappen through the opening sector before eventually slotting in behind, only for the Dutchman to lose control at the final corner later in the lap and crash heavily. Liam narrowly avoided the incident and moved into seventh before the race was red flagged.

Following the restart, Liam soon found himself in a race of his own. While the Red Bull didn’t quite have the pace to challenge the leading three teams, he continued to stretch his advantage over the cars behind, eventually securing seventh as the final car on the lead lap to round out an impressive return to the main team.

The result also saw Liam strengthen his grip on ninth in the Drivers’ Championship, moving to 49 points and five clear of Pierre Gasly as he continues to lead the midfield battle heading into the final 11 Grands Prix of the season.

Focus now shifts to Monza and the 77th running of the Italian Grand Prix, with Liam still waiting for confirmation on exactly where he’ll be racing this weekend. That decision rests on the fitness of Isack Hadjar, with an update expected later today to determine which of the two Red Bull-supported teams Liam will line up for in Italy.

Though Racing Bulls will certainly be eager to have Liam back in the car after Zandvoort marked its first pointless Grand Prix since Miami. Just three points separate the team from its nearest rival in the battle for fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, making every result increasingly important as the season heads towards its closing stages.

Whichever car Liam ends up in, he’ll have no shortage of experience to draw on around Monza, having first raced at the famous Italian circuit during his maiden FIA Formula 3 campaign in 2019. He charged from 14th to seventh in the Feature Race before finishing a career-best second in the Sprint, then returned just a month later for the Euroformula Open finale, where victory in the final race secured him second in the Championship.

Another FIA Formula 3 appearance followed in 2020, where Liam secured the sole F3 Pole Position of his career, although mechanical trouble, contact and a post-race penalty prevented him from turning that speed into a podium across the two races.

His next trip to Monza came in very different machinery, with the circuit hosting Liam’s DTM debut aboard a Ferrari 488 GT3 in 2021. It didn’t take him long to make an impression, pulling off a bold move for the lead in the opener before clearing out to claim a sensational victory on debut.

Only a few months later, Liam returned to Monza, this time in Formula 2, qualifying on the second row and finishing inside the Top 5 in both Sprint races before a bizarre incident brought his Feature Race to an early end, when a piece of tyre debris struck the fire extinguisher button and forced him to retire while running strongly.

He was back with F2 the following year and narrowly missed Pole Position, qualifying second before climbing from ninth to sixth in the Sprint. Liam then took the lead of the Feature Race and looked in contention for victory, only for a badly timed Safety Car to turn his afternoon on its head and leave him outside the points.

Then came his first Italian Grand Prix appearance in 2023, just one week after being thrown into Formula One as an injury replacement for Daniel Ricciardo. Liam qualified a strong 12th alongside experienced teammate Yuki Tsunoda before narrowly missing his first Formula One points, crossing the line 11th for what was then the best result of his young Grand Prix career.

Liam returned to Monza last year, although it proved a much tougher weekend for Racing Bulls. His final lap in Q1 was deleted, leaving him towards the rear of the grid, while teammate Hadjar was also eliminated in the opening part of Qualifying.

The team rolled the dice on Sunday, with Liam the only driver on the grid to start on the Soft tyre in an attempt to move forward. Unfortunately, the gamble didn’t pay off and he eventually brought the car home 14th, leaving Liam with some unfinished business when he returns to Monza this weekend.

Unlike Zandvoort, Liam will have considerably more track time to prepare this weekend, with the Italian Grand Prix returning to the traditional Formula One format. Three 60-minute Practice sessions across Friday and Saturday will give him plenty of time to get settled before attention turns to Qualifying.

The all-important Qualifying session gets underway at 2:00am NZT on Sunday morning, before the 53-lap Italian Grand Prix goes green at 1:00am NZT on Monday.

Every session will be shown live on Sky Sport and the F1TV App, with the full weekend schedule in our graphic below.

If you can’t tune in to support Liam live, be sure to keep an eye on our socials throughout the weekend for updates, followed by our full recap on Monday afternoon.

Best of luck this weekend Liam. Whichever car you end up racing, we’re sure you’ll be right in the hunt for points!

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Alongside TQF trustee Greg Murphy, our TQF ambassadors Ryan Wood and Louis Sharp feature in this look at what it really takes to make it in motorsport, from the financial challenges and setbacks to the relentless pursuit of performance on and off the track.

Their season racing in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy, part of the NextGen NZ Championship, is part of this story.

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It wasn’t the end to the Supercars Sprint Cup Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador Ryan Wood would have been hoping for, with the Kiwi forced to work his way forward from outside the Top 10 in all three races at Queensland Raceway. Despite the challenging weekend, Ryan still came away with some valuable points towards his Finals hopes. Let’s take a look at how it all unfolded.

Heading into the weekend, Ryan was focused on banking as many points as possible before the Endurance Cup got underway. And with a return to a circuit where he had shown great form last season, expectations were high for another competitive showing.

Ryan’s first opportunity to get a feel for the #2 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supra came during Friday afternoon’s back-to-back 30-minute Practice sessions. The opening session proved tricky, with Ryan spending much of the running outside the Top 10 as he looked to find more speed around the Ipswich circuit.

A best lap of 1:10.132 would eventually leave him 17th, although such was the competitiveness of the field, he remained within half a second of the fastest time.

Following a brief break, the field returned for Practice 2, where there were some encouraging signs early. Ryan jumped inside the Top 10 with a 1:10.084 and sat sixth when Aaron Seton became beached, bringing out a brief Red Flag.

Once running resumed, Ryan lowered his time to a 1:09.879 before a mistake at the final corner forced him to abandon what was shaping up to be another improvement. One final Qualifying simulation followed, with a 1:09.319 enough to finish 10th and round out Friday with some progress, though there was still more to find overnight.

Saturday kicked off with back-to-back Qualifying sessions to determine the grids for the day’s two 39-lap Sprints, beginning on the Soft Tyre.

With dark clouds lingering overhead, conditions looked quick, and Ryan wasted little time getting up to speed. A 1:08.940 put him third on his opening lap before he improved to a 1:08.678, leaving the #2 fifth after the opening runs and inside the Top 10 required to progress.

Ryan found more time during his final run, initially jumping to fourth with a 1:08.595. Unfortunately, a mistake through the middle sector on his last lap prevented any further improvement just as the times began tumbling around him, dropping him to 13th and ending his hopes of progressing to Part 2.

There wasn’t long to dwell on the disappointment, with the field soon returning for the second Qualifying session, this time on the Super Soft Tyre.

Unfortunately, things wouldn’t get any easier. Ryan and the team elected to abort their opening run, leaving him without a representative time heading into the final minutes. Then, just as he returned to the circuit, rain began to fall and made an already difficult situation even tougher.

A big moment into Turn 4 forced Ryan to abandon his first attempt, leaving him with just one lap to put a time on the board. A 1:09.086 moved him into 18th, but it wasn’t enough to challenge the Top 10 and left plenty of work to do across Saturday afternoon.

First up was the opening 39-lap race, with Ryan starting 13th and looking to quickly make his way forward. A busy opening few corners initially shuffled him back to 15th, but by the time the field crossed the control line, he had already recovered to his starting position.

Ryan was on the attack from there, making a big move on Andre Heimgartner into Turn 3 on the following lap to grab 12th. Once he caught James Golding and Aaron Cameron, the #2 pulled off a mega double move to clear both and break into the Top 10 after only six laps.

Next in his sights was Thomas Randle. Ryan gradually closed onto the Tickford Mustang before heading to pit lane at the end of Lap 14, looking to use the undercut to continue his charge.

The strategy worked perfectly. When Randle eventually stopped on Lap 23, he rejoined around four seconds behind Ryan, leaving the Kiwi effectively ninth and only a couple of seconds from Cameron Waters ahead.

Ryan initially began eating into the margin to Waters before the gap eventually stabilised. Behind, Randle began closing on much fresher tyres, though the #2 held firm to keep the Mustang at bay and cross the line ninth, completing a solid recovery from 13th on the grid.

There was still one more 39-lap Sprint to come on Saturday, this time on the Super Soft Tyre and with Ryan facing a much tougher assignment from 18th.

A great opening lap quickly made the task a little easier, with Ryan gaining four places to climb to 14th. Aaron Cameron was next to fall on Lap 3, followed by Jack Le Brocq two laps later as the #2 continued charging towards the Top 10.

That brought Ryan onto the back of Thomas Randle, where he remained until the pit cycle. Once again, the team went aggressive with the strategy, bringing Ryan in on Lap 14 in another attempt to jump the Mustang.

A mega out-lap did exactly that. Randle stopped the following lap and emerged behind the Toyota, while Ryan also managed to undercut Cooper Murray when he stopped later in the race.

By Lap 24, Ryan had worked his way into an effective ninth and looked on course for another Top 10 before Rylan Gray’s stranded Mustang brought out the Safety Car. The field was bunched back together, handing a significant advantage to those who had stopped later for fresher tyres.

When racing resumed, Ryan began applying pressure to Anton De Pasquale ahead. As he looked to make a move into Turn 4, the pair made contact, sending De Pasquale into James Golding and leaving both cars spinning.

The incident shuffled Ryan back to 10th, with another Safety Car following only a couple of laps later. When racing eventually resumed for a six-lap dash to the flag, he found himself 12th with several cars on fresher tyres behind.

Those newer tyres proved difficult to defend against, with Ryan eventually slipping to 14th by the chequered flag. It was a frustrating result after climbing from 18th into an effective ninth before the Safety Car, though still another solid recovery from deep in the field.

Sunday offered one final chance to finish the Sprint Cup on a high, beginning with the three-part Qualifying session. First up was Part 1, where Ryan needed to finish inside the Top 18 to progress.

Ryan opened with a 1:10.098 to sit 10th after the first runs before finding more time on his final attempt. A 1:09.904 would ultimately leave him 15th, safely securing a place in Part 2.

After bedding in a set of tyres early in the session, Ryan elected to complete just one proper run. His first push produced a 1:09.772 to sit 12th before an improvement to 1:09.614 moved him inside the Top 10.

Unfortunately, the position wouldn’t hold as the final laps came in. Ryan slipped back to 17th and was unable to improve on his last attempt, leaving him with another big recovery job in the final race of the weekend.

Starting from the ninth row, Ryan’s final race got off to a difficult start, with the Kiwi losing a couple of places before becoming locked in a fierce battle with Jackson Walls.

Ryan eventually cleared the Mustang, though the fight had cost him valuable time and allowed Jayden Ojeda through from behind. After shadowing Ojeda for several laps, Ryan reclaimed the position before also finding a way past Le Brocq to work his way back towards where he had started.

Caught in the pack, Ryan made his first stop on Lap 16 in search of some clean air. Unfortunately, he emerged in the middle of another group and once again had traffic to negotiate.

Moves on Declan Fraser and Le Brocq helped Ryan climb to 13th once the first pit cycle had played out, although he began to lose ground later in the stint as those on newer tyres worked their way back through.

Ryan made his second stop on Lap 39 and once the final pit cycle had shaken out, found himself back in 13th. He came under plenty of pressure from fellow Kiwi Andre Heimgartner over the closing laps, but held firm to bring the #2 Toyota home in 13th and complete another recovery from the ninth row.

With the weekend complete, Ryan remains ninth in the Drivers’ Championship, now 169 points clear of the first driver outside the Finals cut-line. It may not be quite the margin he would have hoped for, though with two races remaining before the Top 10 is locked in, he remains in a strong position.

Focus now turns to the Endurance Cup, where fellow Kiwi Jaxon Evans will join Ryan aboard the #2 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supra, beginning with The Bend 500 in three weeks’ time.

Be sure to keep an eye on our socials for our full preview and schedule heading into the weekend.

A tough one Ryan, but there’s still plenty to play for. Head up and bring on The Bend!