Ferrari Owners' Club of New Zealand

Japanese GP Suzuka - Round 3
2026-03-27 - 2026-03-29
Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka
Suzuka is one of the most popular races in the Circus, head to head with Spa-Francorchamps. Not only because of the technical challenge of the track’s 5,807 metres, but also for the great enthusiasm of the Japanese fans for Formula One. The track, owned by Honda, is the only one on the calendar with a “figure 8” layout. Its characteristics are the variety and combination of unique and challenging corners as well as the changes of direction and its inclinations and a third sector with a long straight. That’s why the single-seaters need high aerodynamic efficiency and a perfect set up, if they want to do well on this course. And as if that weren’t enough: for a perfect lap the drivers have to be absolutely precise in every single corner, constantly driving at the limit. Another peculiarity of the track in Suzuka is the sloping finishing line: thus, on the starting grid, the driver has to hold his foot on the brake until he can’t let go the clutch when the red lights are turned off and the race is started.
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***Postponed until the fuel crisis is over****Ferrari and MG Annual Fun Run with Lunch
2026-04-18 09:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Auckland)
Due to the fuel crisis, we have made a decision to postpone this event to the Classics car Museum and lunch at Camarosa in Hamilton.

Miami - Round 4
2026-05-01 - 2026-05-03
Track Details
Having made its F1 debut in May 2022, the Miami International Autodrome is a temporary circuit, but one designed to have a permanent feel. Set in the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens, home to the NFL’s famous Miami Dolphins franchise, the track is the culmination of a development process that simulated no less than 36 different layouts before settling on a thrilling, 19-turn lap that provides a street circuit vibe, not dissimilar to Melbourne’s Albert Park.
A street-track spectacular. With the Hard Rock Stadium at its epicentre, the 5.41km layout features 19 corners, three straights, three DRS zones, and top speeds of over 350km/h. There are elevation changes too, the main one found between Turns 13 and 16, with the track heading over an exit ramp and under various flyovers across uneven ground. The Turn 14-15 chicane, meanwhile, has an uphill approach, with a crest in the middle, and then drops down on exit.
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Mystery Pie Run
2026-05-06
Wayne and Andrew are away for this one – so Jason Owens is the leader of The Pack – Many thanks Jason

Canadian GP Montreal - Round 5
2026-05-22 - 2026-05-24
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal
Laid out on the perimeter roads of the artificial island of Notre Dame, the 4.361 kilometre Montreal track, usually delivers exciting racing. To go quickly here, drivers need to brush the walls and once in a while, someone takes it too far. That has led to the barrier on the outside of the final turn being nicknamed the “wall of champions,” as it claimed many champions who got it wrong. The Safety Car nearly always has to put in an appearance here, because of a virtual lack of run off areas. Brakes get a really hard time at this track. Good traction is vital, while the very long straight that runs from the hairpin to the final chicane before the line, highlights engine performance. Scuderia Ferrari has won 11 times in Canada, ten of those in Montreal. The first of those was unforgettable, going to local hero Gilles Villeneuve. This was also the venue for Jean Alesi’s one and only win, on his 31st birthday in 1995. Schumacher was first past the flag six times.
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Canterbury Fiat Lancia Club Track Day - Ruapuna Park
2026-05-23 08:00 - 17:00
A great way to have track time in your prancing horse – at a reasonable cost
Registration and payment can be made on the day in cash only
At this stage – the track fees are the same as last year
Contact Wayne or Andrew – for more details – and they will send the appropriate forms out to you

Auckland May Fun Run North to Sawmill Brewery
2026-05-24 09:30 - 14:30
Come join us for a run north up SH16 up to Matakana, and across for lunch at the Sawmill Brewery for lunch

Visit Otago Helicopters - Taieri Aerodrome and Convoy To Kissing Gate Cafe - Middlemarch
2026-05-30 10:00 - 16:00
The Porsche Club Will Be Joining Us As Well For This Event

Monaco GP Monte Carlo - Round 6
2026-06-05 - 2026-06-07
Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
The Monaco GP presents drivers and teams with a unique challenge, best illustrated by the fact that in 1996, only four cars took the chequered flag. One would be hard pushed to find a labyrinth of streets less suited to the current Formula 1 cars. But the appeal of the Principality is unique and winning this race is up there with taking the world title. The majority of corners are taken in low gear, but the Monegasque track is also home to the fastest corner on the calendar, the tunnel, which has such a slight curve that, for most drivers it is regarded pretty much as a straight. On the 3.340 kilometres of the streets of the Principality, Ferrari has won eight times, but more importantly, this was the venue of the team’s Formula 1 debut, in the second round of the 1950 season. The first win came in 1955, thanks to Maurice Trintignant, the last was in 2001 with Michael Schumacher.
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Barcelona - Cataluny - Round 7
2026-06-12 - 2026-06-14
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

The drivers love the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which for many years was Formula 1’s pre-season testing venue of choice. The track is a good mix of high- and low-speed corners, with the challenging Turn 3 right-hander a great chance to evaluate the balance of the car your team’s designers have given you to fight with for the year.

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Austrian GP Spielberg - Round 8
2026-06-26 - 2026-06-28
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
The track has risen from the ashes of the old Osterreichring, but drastically shortened and modified. The steep climb to the first corner is not as long as it used to be. Then, after it peels off to the right comes a straight that joins the old track with an abrupt hairpin with a steep climb. Other major changes were made to the two left handers which lead to the Texaco Schikane. The final corner, a double apex, is now a dogleg, to allow for a decent run-off area on the outside. It’s a very short track, just 4.326 kilometres in length and requires plenty of power and traction. Ferrari has won five times in Austria: Lorenzo Bandini won on the L-shaped Zeltweg circuit in 1964, Jacky Ickx did it at the old Osterreichring, while the first to win on the new track was Eddie Irvine in 1999. Michael Schumacher was victorious in 2002 and 2003.
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Auckland June Fun Run South with lunch at Hampton Downs Cafe
2026-06-28 08:00 - 14:30
Come join us early at ClassicItalia then join the group heading south to Hampton Downs Cafe for lunch

British GP Silverstone - Round 9
2026-07-03 - 2026-07-05
Silverstone
Along with the Italian race, the British Grand Prix is the only event never to have missed a year on the Formula 1 calendar. For years now it’s been held on the historic Silverstone circuit, now 5.891 kilometres long, based on what used to be the perimeter roads of a military airfield. The first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix was held here on 13 May 1950. Alfa Romeo took a clean sweep of the top three places, watched by King George VI. The weather generally plays a part: even if it takes place in the height of summer, there’s always a reasonably high chance of rain. The 2010 layout has been changed significantly, with the introduction of the new Wellington Straight, while the start-finish line has been moved to just after Club corner. However, left untouched are the famous Copse, Becketts and Stowe corners, which remain very quick and technically demanding. Ferrari has won in the UK 16 times, the first courtesy of José Froilan Gonzalez in 1951, which was the Scuderia’s first ever Formula 1 win, while the last came in 2011 with Fernando Alonso.
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Auckland Mid Winter Lunch - Remuera Golf Club - Tui Room
2026-07-19 12:00 - 16:00
Come join us for a mid winter lunch at the Remuera Golf Course on Sunday 19th July, from 12pm.
A buffet lunch will be served along with a cash bar and some mid year awards.

Hungarian GP Budapest - Round 11
2026-07-24 - 2026-07-26
Hungaroring, Budapest
Hungary and this circuit first featured on the calendar in 1986. It caused quite a stir, being the first ever race held behind the Iron Curtain, when the Cold War was a reality. And still today, the Hungarian GP attracts one of the biggest crowds of the year, despite the fact that the 4.381 km Hungaroring, is narrow, short, slow, always very dirty, with overtaking all but impossible. Drivers are split into two clear camps, either loving it or hating it. The layout features several corner types, some with heavy braking as well as low speed turns. Among the most exciting is definitely turn 5, which is taken blind, with the contours creating a greater impression of speed. The track usually has little grip when cars start running on Friday, but improves bit by bit as the track rubbers in. In the past few years, the surface quality has been much improved, compared to its bumpy past. The intense heat makes this race something of an endurance test on the physical front. Scuderia Ferrari has won here on six occasions, the first courtesy of Nigel Mansell back in 1989, the last being the work of Sebastian Vettel in 2015.
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Tauranga Weekend Trip
2026-08-14 17:00 - 2026-08-16 17:00
Come join us for a weekend in and around Tauranga with our local members hosting us.

Netherlands GP - Round 12
2026-08-21 - 2026-08-23
Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands
At a length of 4.3 kilometres, it ranks among the shorter circuits on the F1 calendar: hardly anywhere else, drivers zoom past the race fans that often! Here, you won’t find seemingly endless asphalt-covered run-areas, only merciless gravel beds. Drivers pay the price for even the tiniest mistake made on the track. The highly challenging circuit features 14 corners and will be fully upgraded to meet the highest standard whilst maintaining the unique character that makes Circuit Zandvoort stand out.
This track has not hosted the F1 GP since 1985.
Ferrari have not podium here since 1983 where they came in 1st with René Arnouxand and 2nd with Patrick Tambay.
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Italian GP Round 13
2026-09-04 - 2026-09-06
AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA
Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2022 Italian Grand Prix, which takes place over 53 laps of the 5.793-kilometre Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday, September 11.
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Spanish GP - Round 14
2026-09-11 - 2026-09-13
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA
Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, which takes place over 66 laps of the 4.675-kilometre Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday, May 22.
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Azerbaijan GP Baku - Round 15
2026-09-24 - 2026-09-26
BAKU CITY CIRCUIT
The 2016 season saw Azerbaijan become the latest addition to the Formula One calendar, with capital city Baku playing host to the fastest street circuit in Formula One racing, on a layout designed by renowned F1 track architect Hermann Tilke.
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Singapore GP Marina Bay - Round 16
2026-10-09 - 2026-10-11
Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
The Singapore Grand Prix is one of the most atmospheric of the year. The race has always been held on the 5.065 kilometre long Marina Bay circuit. It is famous mainly for always being run at night, starting at 8pm local time, the track lit as bright as day with floodlights. Marina Bay is a street circuit with many of the usual right angle bends and few straight sections. Brakes get a really hard time because it is hard to cool them, partly because even though the race is run at night, it is always very hot, making life hard on cars and drivers. The Safety Car usually has to put in an appearance because there are very few run off areas. This is also why the race often runs up to the regulation time limit of two hours. Scuderia Ferrari has won here just the once, with Fernando Alonso in 2011.
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United States GP - Austin Texas - Round 17
2026-10-23 - 2026-10-25
Circuit of The Americas in Austin Texas
Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, which takes place at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin , USA, on Sunday, October 20th.
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Mexican GP Mexico City - Round 18
2026-10-30 - 2026-11-01
Mexico City
Home to all 15 Mexican Grand Prix which counted towards the Formula 1 World Championship, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez hosted the first event back in 1963. It now returns here after 23 years and the 4.421 kilometre track has undergone a major renovation. The main straight is a good 1.2 kilometres long, but this is not a low downforce track. In fact, there are some slow corners and a series of esses where good aero downforce is a key requirement. The most distinctive part of the track was the final corner, called Peraltada, a long slightly raised hairpin, which leads onto the very fast main straight. The latest changes mean that that half the old Peraltada is no longer in use and now, a series of three slow corners join up to the mid-point of the corner. Scuderia Ferrari won twice in Mexico, in 1970 with Jacky Ickx and in 1990 with Alain Prost.
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Brazilian GP São Paulo - Round 19
2026-11-06 - 2026-11-08
LENOVO GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO Mexico
This is definitely one of the most beautiful circuits on the calendar. In just 4.304 kilometres, there’s a real mix of magical slow and very high speed turns with the final straight that lends itself to overtaking thank to the braking area of the Senna esses at the end of it. Even the final corner before the straight is very important, both as a place to try an overtaking move and to build up enough speed down the straight to fend off any attacks. Further complicating life for the drivers, the weather has a few surprises in store, as it can be stifling hot and humid one moment with torrential downpours the next. The track runs anti-clockwise, which is not the norm, thus putting additional strain on the driver’s neck. Scuderia Ferrari has won ten times in Brazil, eight of them in Interlagos, the first with Niki Lauda in 1976, the last with Felipe Massa in 2008.
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UNITED STATES - LAS VEGAS - Round 20
2026-11-19 - 2026-11-21
Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, which takes place over 50 laps of the 6.2-kilometre Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Nevada, USA, on Saturday, November 23.
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Qatar - Round 21
2026-11-27 - 2026-11-29
Lusail International Circuit
Designed primarily with motorcycle racing in mind, the 5.4-kilometre Lusail International Circuit is a fast and flowing track, where medium- and high-speed corners predominate. Over one kilometre of the track’s total length is made up of the main straight, which provides plenty of overtaking opportunities into Turn 1.
The Main Grandstand puts you at the heart of the action, with panoramic views of the start-finish straight, the pit lane and the team garages. Meanwhile, the T2 Grandstand offers outstanding vantage points to enjoy the action through the circuit’s opening corners.
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ABU DUABI - Round 22
2026-12-04 - 2026-12-06
ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI
The Hermann Tilke-designed track is dominated by its 1.2km straight between Turns 5 and 6 – which, with slow-speed corners marking its beginning and end, makes it a honeypot for overtaking moves. Other highlights include the tricky run through Turns 10 and 11 into 12, which forces the drivers to brake hard with bags of lateral load still on the car. Track modifications ahead of the 2021 race, shortening the lap slightly to 5.28km, have only added to its excitement.
Assuming you can’t get a room with a trackside view in the spectacular whale-shaped Yas Hotel – or a berth in a boat’s cabin in the marina – opt for a spot in the West Grandstand, a great place to watch all the overtaking action into Turn 6. Or if you’re more there for the atmos, stick yourself in the Main Grandstand overlooking the start-finish straight and enjoy Abu Dhabi’s famed pyrotechnics. It might be worth trying to get a seat high up in whatever grandstand you choose, though, if you’re looking to keep out of the sun.
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FOCNZ AGM And Annual Meeting
2027-04-01 - 2027-04-05
The early birds will meet in Blenheim on Thursday 1/4/2027 – with a convoy run to Nelson on Friday 2/4/2027
The AGM will be at the Rutherford Hotel – on 2/4/2027 – in the Waimea Room
The dinner on 2/4/2027 will be a buffet style dinner at the Nelson Classic Car Museum
The Annual Dinner will be on Saturday 3/4/2027 at the Rutherford Hotel – in the Matai 1 Room
Early departures will be on Sunday 4th April 2027
The late stayers – will depart on Monday 5th April 2027
