In late January this year, the team had the privilege to attend the inaugural New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing, the largest classic and historic race car meeting ever held in New Zealand.  It spanned two consecutive weekends: Hampton Downs Motorsport Park during Wellington Anniversary and Pukekohe Park Raceway during Auckland Anniversary.  With tribute to kiwi motor racing legend Bruce McLaren, the festival was a spectacular occasion for motorsport enthusiasts to witness a range of historic engineering masterpieces in action.

The team was proud to exhibit at this prestigious event, showcasing our M09 to thousands of spectators alongside a number of vehicles that Bruce McLaren designed and drove. 

Both weekends were immensely enjoyable for the team and we would like to say a huge thank you to the Bruce McLaren Trust, Jan McLaren and John Storr for this extremely valuable opportunity.

For images from the festival and results from the races, you can check the website here.

Following on from the hugely successful Top Gear Live World Tour in 2009, the team are back with an even more action packed show.  Jeremy Clarkson, James May and The Stig, accompanied by local motorsport icon Greg Murphy, will be hosting several shows from the 18th to the 21st of this month.

Joining the myriad of motor industry related displays will be the University of Auckland Formula SAE Team, displaying our 2009 car and 2007 car turn simulator to thousands of enthusiasts from all over the country. The team would like to thank Danny and Brett at Top Gear Live for this outstanding opportunity.

For more information about the show, visit the official website here.

Official results for the 2009 Formula SAE Australasia competition have been released. Below is a breakdown of the top ten teams across the various events.

The M09 has now been packed away ready to be shipped back to Auckland where it will be repaired and cleaned, ready for various exhibitions.

More shots from the event can be found in our gallery.