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A new circuit abroad for Supercars in 2024
The Taupo track welcomes Supercars in 2024. Photo Supercars
The 2024 Australian Supercars program is making noise, and not in a positive way. According to the numerous reactions published by fans on social networks, the Antipodes GT championship is sliding down a dangerous slope.
Locked and loaded 📆🔒#repcoSC #motorsports pic.twitter.com/m9vP1UeHJQ
— Erebus Motorsport (@ErebusMSport) November 10, 2023
The 2024 season will in fact only include 12 meetings spread over 10 months, with for the first time, two visits to Bathurst (Bathurst 500 as curtain raiser at the end of February and the famous Bathurst 1 Km in October). Several circuits used to hosting Supercars have been snubbed, such as Philip Island, Winton and Queensland Raceway, while these two tracks host private tests of Ford and Chevrolet entered in Supercars.
The 2024 @RepcoAustralia Supercars Championship calendar has been revealed! 👀#RepcoSC #Supercarshttps://t.co/IhYSBAHwkJ
— Supercars (@supercars) November 10, 2023
However, a new circuit is on the program. It is taupo, in New Zealand as the third meeting (April 19-21), the only FIA Grade 2 circuit on the island. It will be only the third different New Zealand track to be visited by Supercars, following Pukekohe and Hamilton. Disciplines to have previously run at Taupo include the A1GP in 2007 and 2008.
In return, The Bend circuit temporarily disappears from the program, before returning in 2025 in the form of a meeting ofEndurance.
“The 2024 Repco Supercars Championship calendar is absolutely brilliant, defends Wayne Bryant, boss of Repco, the title sponsor of Supercars. Two big events in Bathurst is an absolute bonus.
It's the best circuit we have in this part of the world, so starting the championship there is huge, and of course the Bathurst 1000 in October is the race every driver wants to win. The return of the championship to New Zealand is also important for the sport, for fans across the country. »
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10/11/2023 at 01:43 a.m.
Too bad for The Bend because it is the longest track in the world after the Nordschleife, therefore ideal for an endurance race in 2025! So much the better for the Kiwi circuit of Taupo which has not seen international races since the A1 GP and especially for the New Zealand public who love motor sports isolated on the other side of the world!