Dust Settles On 2024 Championships.

Lando Norris, McLaren, AGP.

    At this time of year we like to acknowledge some of the well deserving winners of 2024. Congratulations to HMO Customer Racing's Josh Buchan in becoming the first back to back champion in TCR Australia Series. We hope the championship will flourish as it's representative of world touring car format at this time. We look forward to the World Tour returning Down Under in 2025.
    Consistency certainly pays off as Will Brown collected his maiden Supercars championship. Despite team mate Broc Feeney winning more races, Red Bull Racing Australia's faith in signing Brown was certainly paid back as they netted the team's championship as well.
    In Formula One, Red Bull's Max Verstappen has entered the upper echelons of F1 success by securing his 4th Driver's title. He's now joined the names of Fangio, Schumacher, Hamilton, Vettel and Prost with 4 or more titles. Scary thing is, if he has the chariot beneath him, the sky's the limit. 
    The feel good story of F1 2024 has to be McLaren winning their first Constructor's title since 1998. Multiple drivers and teams won races this season and it just proves the importance of having two high performing drivers in the one team. Lando Norris is coming of age. Oscar Piastri is the real deal who is consistent and rarely makes mistakes. We've always said that once he learns how to manage the temperamental Pirelli tyres, he'll be unstoppable. This year he made a huge step. With the teams closing up in performance before the 2026 format change, we suggest that 2025 will be nothing short of salivating. 
​    Lastly, we'd like to wish you all a wonderful and holy Christmas. Always be grateful for your blessings and give thanks even in hard times. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who may be doing it tough at this time. We thank all our friends and surfers who have supported us along the way, and we look forward to your continuing support. We'll be back with our traditional start to the new motorsport year with our coverage of the Bathurst 12 Hour for GT3 at Mt Panorama. See you in 2025....
    

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