New Zealand, Taupo
Taupō International Motorsport Park - Taupō Club Circuit
A 1.3 km circuit in Taupo. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Taupō International Motorsport Park?
See which corner costs you the most time.
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
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Track layouts
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Taupō International Circuit
3.4 km
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Taupō National Circuit
2.2 km
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Taupō Club Circuit
1.3 km
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Lap times only compare within one layout.
Going to Taupō International Motorsport Park?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Taupō International Motorsport Park lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
No recorded laps on Taupō Club Circuit yet.
Record a session on this layout and your lap becomes the time other drivers in your class compare against.
Track day guide
Track day at Taupō International Motorsport Park
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 18°C by day, 10°C at night, rain on 13 days. Warmest in February, 24°C by day on average. Coldest in August, 4°C at night. Fewest days with rain: January to February.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Taupō International Motorsport Park elevation
Elevation change 9 m, steepest gradient 2.6%. The highest point, about 469 m above sea level, is 1.31 km from the start line; the lowest, about 460 m, 0.54 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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About Taupō International Motorsport Park
The Taupō Club Circuit configuration is one of 3 layouts available at Taupō International Motorsport Park - 1.3 km across 4 corners. Lap times and sessions on this layout are tracked separately from other configurations.
Overview
Taupō International Motorsport Park, known as Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park from 2015 until Tony Quinn bought it in 2021, lies on Broadlands Road about ten minutes from the centre of Taupō in the central North Island. It is the third New Zealand circuit in Quinn's portfolio, after Hampton Downs and Highlands. The Supercars Championship first raced there in 2024, and the park hosts rounds of the Formula Regional Oceania championship and the GR86 Championship New Zealand, the Taupō Historic Grand Prix, a motorcycle festival, track days and driver training. Its roads have also been used for running and multisport events, including the New Zealand Road Relay Championships in 2024.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The main course, Circuit One, has 14 turns and holds an FIA Grade 3 licence, while the shorter configurations carry national grades. MotorSport New Zealand credits the design to Apex Circuit Design, and the 2005 plans named former Formula One driver Chris Amon as the author of the lengthened layout. Two link roads split the main course into separate circuits for corporate days and smaller events, and pre-set adjustable kerbs meet both car and motorcycle rules. The official race lap record of 1:14.679 was set by Neel Jani in an A1GP Lola on 20 January 2008; Nico Hülkenberg went quicker, 1:14.072, in qualifying for the 2007 A1GP round. Broc Feeney set the Supercars mark of 1:27.3233 in a Ford Mustang in April 2026.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The pit and paddock area sits in a southern extension of the site and includes club pits and a second pit area. Thirteen corporate suites occupy the first floor of the business park, with race control, hospitality and catering above. The events centre has conference and meeting rooms, and there is parking for about 4,000 cars. The main straight doubles as an NHRA-standard drag strip, 17 m wide, whose full run is 830 m. Visitors can drive a 400-metre outdoor kart track added under Quinn's ownership, a wet skid pan, V8 muscle cars, a Radical sports car or a four-wheel-drive Jeep, or join public track cruises on the National circuit.
History
In 1959 the Taupō Car Club cut a short dirt track north-west of the town. It was soon sealed and held national race meetings, club events, gymkhanas and sprints. A charitable trust was formed in 1996 to build a larger circuit, and work began in 2003 when new investors revived the stalled project. A 14 million dollar expansion with a drag strip and a business park on an adjacent council block was announced in 2005, and the new course opened in early 2006, drawing 16,000 people to its first national championship meeting. Government money paid for the pit lane, media centre and corporate boxes later that year. The A1GP series raced at Taupō from 2007 to 2009. Hülkenberg won both races for Germany in 2007 and Jonny Reid took the 2008 sprint race for New Zealand, but the event left the owners about three million dollars in debt. The chicane at the end of the straight was tightened in 2008. After rejecting three bids in 2015, one of them from Quinn, the owners renamed the circuit after Bruce McLaren that November. Quinn's third offer, 9.8 million dollars, was accepted in November 2021.
Address
Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
3378 Taupo
New Zealand
Contact
taupomp.co.nz
