Kaleb Ngatoa

Kaleb Ngatoa (born 11 May 2001), is a New Zealand Māori motor racing driver.

Career Before his switch to car racing, Ngatoa was one of the country's most successful karting talents. He started karting in 2011 and immediately shot to prominence by winning the cadet class of the NZ CIK Trophy. Two seasons later he was on the top step of the championship podium again winning the 100cc Junior Restricted Class of the Kartsport NZ North Island Sprint Championship. 2015 saw him claim the Kartsport NZ North Island Sprint Championship in the Rotax Junior class. 2016 followed where he won the Giltrap Group Kartsport NZ Sprint Championship in the Junior Rotax class and demonstrated a seamless transition to circuit racing in the same year by winning the Formula First winter series run at Circuit Chris Amon, Manfeild.

Ngatoa would enter his first car racing national championship racing in the New Zealand Formula First Championship in 2017. Ngatoa finished runner-up to Callum Crawley in a tight championship fight decided in the final round. The following year, he would contend the Toyota Finance 86 Championship, with modest results, picking up a race win at the final round at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. Following a challenging Toyota Finance 86 Championship campaign filled with multiple mechanical issues, Ngatoa moved into the highly competitive New Zealand Formula Ford Championship for the 2019/20 season. Ngatoa again struggled with car reliability and mechanical issues, though picked up top 5 and podium results.

Following the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship, Ngatoa would contend the Toyota Racing Series for the 2021 season. The series proved as a stomping ground for the Marton teen, picking up three podiums in nine races. Ngatoa's main season highlight would prove to be his masterful pole position for the 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix in the wet, against the likes of Shane van Gisbergen and Chris van der Drift. Ngatoa would go on to claim second in the championship behind Matthew Payne. Following this, Ngatoa secured a drive in the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship for the remaining three rounds in 2021.

Racing record Karting career Karting career summary

Career summary Season still in progress.

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2021 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 1st 4th 2023 Giles Motorsport Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 3rd 5th 2024 Giles Motorsport Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 7th WD

Complete S5000 results Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2021 AustralianTeam BRM SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 9th 161 2022 Australian SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 8th 177 2023 Tasman 88Racing ADLR16 ADLR17 ADLR18 9th 40 Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2023 Sutekina Racing Team FUJ11 FUJ12 FUJ13 SUZ1 SUZ2 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 24th 6