‘Absolute joke’: Triple Eight co-driver Scott Pye slams Supercars’ finals system that denied Broc Feeney championship
Triple Eight co-driver Scott Pye has slammed the Supercars’ new final format, labelling it a “sad day for the sport” that Broc Feeney was denied the championship despite 10 more wins than title-winning Chaz Mostert.
Triple Eight co-driver Scott Pye has slammed the outcome of Supercars’ new finals system as an “absolute joke”, saying Broc Feeney deserved to be champion as the most dominant driver of the season.
In the wash-up to the dramatic title-deciding Adelaide grand final, Pye said Supercars had “devalued” the bulk of the championship and there was now no point tuning in until the endurance races.
Pye’s comments came as Walkinshaw Andretti United co-owner Ryan Walkinshaw revealed the team’s strategy of sacrificing races during the season to throw all their energy at the new three-round finals format that delivered Chaz Mostert a maiden title.
Feeney’s title hopes blew up on a heartbreaking day on Sunday after a controversial lap-one clash with Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood, who copped a 15-second time penalty for the incident which pushed the Red Bull star to the back of the field, before he battled engine troubles.
The 23-year-old had been the dominant driver of the season with 14 wins and 19 poles and he would have already had the championship sewn up on Friday in Adelaide if Supercars had not made the switch to the new finals format.
While he is a stablemate of Feeney’s, Pye said there was no arguing that the young gun, who had 10 more wins for the year than Mostert, had been the best driver of the season and predicted the finals might not last long if there was a repeat.
“It’s a sad day for the sport and I say that not just because of this (lap one) incident,” Pye said in a video on his Apex Hunters United Instagram account.
“Broc also went on to have an engine failure and had a disaster of a day on multiple levels, but to dominate with 19 poles and (14) wins or whatever the hell he had, it was unbelievable, his season.
“For me, he should be champion. We celebrate this as the most competitive championship in the world and if someone can have a year like that, they deserve to stand on the top step.
“As a purist, it is an absolute joke and I think it is only going to be four or five years and if we have a few of these happen, there will be an uproar and we will change the format back to traditional.”
Supercars introduced the new three-event finals format this season with only four drivers left in the title hunt in the final round.
The finals field started off with 10 on the Gold Coast, was cut to seven for Sandown before another three were eliminated for the grand final in Adelaide.
Points were reset between each round with only a small bonus applied on a sliding scale based on each drivers’ championship position, meaning Feeney’s title lead coming into the final round was only 20 when it would have otherwise been 286.
Broc Feeney has absolutely dominated the #Supercars season and he now needs a miracle to win the championship because someone else ran him off the road on the first lap of the last race of the year.
— Mark Gottlieb (@MarkGottlieb) November 30, 2025
I do not understand how anyone prefers the 'finals' series in motorsport.
Broc Feeney: 32 Starts, 14 Race Wins, 20 Podiums, 18 Pole Positions, 8 Fastest Laps, 3.78 Average Finish.
— Shawn Butler (@iBeButlerr) November 30, 2025
Chaz Mostert: 32 Starts, 4 Race Wins, 13 Podiums, 1 Pole Position, 3 Fastest Laps, 7.55 Average Finish
A full season of dominance by Broc and he has no championship to show… https://t.co/akLAdsiSEN
In the traditional format, Feeney would have beaten last-race winner Matt Payne by 236 in the championship.
Walkinshaw said the team had put a focus on preparing for the finals from the start of the season, even sacrificing performances in rounds during the season.
“This year, in particular, we really focused on the finals and we even sacrificed some other rounds trying to make some learnings on what was going to be beneficial in our set-ups for these last three rounds and it paid dividends,” Walkinshaw said.
“Chazzy and the whole team have just been focused on that all year and it paid dividends in the results we have had. Chaz has been dominant in the last three rounds.
“We knew the season was going to require a different strategy and the focus on the last three rounds was pivotal.
“It is a different season that we have not had before and a lot of people would have been treating it like a traditional Supercars season and just hoping that the back-end of the season would just go to plan and if you were fast throughout most of the season it will continue into the back-end.
“Whereas we really focused on these last three rounds and what we could do to ensure we had the fastest car possible and fortunately it worked out well.”
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