2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship runner-up Zack Scoular will return for a second campaign in 2026 with mtec Motorsport – and he is targeting a title-winning campaign at home.
Scoular – 18 – was the surprise performer in the 2025 championship in New Zealand, with the Dubai-based Kiwi turning heads in his first home campaign with two wins and seven podiums on his way to second overall in the championship behind Arvid Lindblad.
He also achieved a creditable second place in the New Zealand Grand Prix, was Rookie of the Year, and won the Trans-Tasman Trophy.
Following his success in New Zealand, Zack headed to the northern hemisphere to compete in the Eurocup-3 series with IndyCar driver Alex Palou’s Palou Motorsport team, gaining further single-seater motorsport experience.
Zack is hoping a second campaign with mtec Motorsport in New Zealand will get him back on the top step of the podium and allow him to challenge for the title.
“I would love to be able to win the championship in front of a home crowd,” he explained.
“I really enjoyed the championship campaign last season and learned a lot, but I would love to go one better this time around.”
“Every race is a chance to show how much I have grown.”
Zack started his racing at the age of nine, having developed a love for the sport following his father’s participation in New Zealand’s iconic Targa Rally.
Living in Dubai, he was a regular competitor in Formula 4 in the Emirates championship and in the UK championships before making his NZ debut.
He finished 15th overall out of 33 drivers in his rookie year of the British Formula Four Championship and fifth in the Rookie Cup.
The 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship promises to be one of the most closely fought in over two decades of New Zealand’s premier international motorsport championship.
Two new teams bring the team total to six, and a significant number of the world’s leading junior single-seater drivers will take part. Many are targeting F1 futures and hope to follow in the footsteps of more than 25 graduates of the championship who have driven or tested in F1.
Those graduates include current F1 championship leader Lando Norris, Kiwi Liam Lawson, Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda and Argentina’s Franco Colapinto.
Fans will be able to follow this coming season’s impressive list of drivers and the championship easily.
Qualifying will be livestreamed on TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand’s YouTube channel. Races will also be on that channel and on SkySport domestically in New Zealand. Races will also be streamed live on the Motorsport.TV platform.
