Ninovic ends big 2024 on a high

Australia’s Alex Ninovic has finished a highly successful British F4 Championship campaign on a high at Brands Hatch.

Ninovic secured second in the championship by taking a fifth win of the season and a further third and fourth place finishes.

This pushed the Rodin Motorsport driver’s podium tally to 19, which was four more than when Oscar Piastri also finished second in the British F4 Championship in 2017.

Whilst runaway leader Deagen Fairclough won the title comfortably for Hitech with 583 points, 223 more than Ninovic.

However, the Aussie quickly cemented himself in second place, matching Piastri’s result seven years earlier.

Ninovic has been on form all year and finished strong.

An opening race retirement after dropping a wheel in the wet grass did not deter the Rodin Motorsport driver.

Despite starting from outside the first two rows in all three of the following races, Ninovic impressed commentators with his fast starts and brave lines.

This came to the fore in races 2 and 3 where Ninovic pushed himself into a winning positions, even though some luck was required.

In race 2 he flew to third and returned to the podium, but reached every further heights in race 3.

He flew up to third from eighth and was all over the back of Ella Lloyd in a fierce fight for second.

After an intense few laps of combat, Ninovic made the decisive move for second, which would end up securing the win.

Leader Jack Sherwood was 3s up the road, but a suspected rear puncture send his car off on The Loop before digging into the grass and rolling over a barrier.

Fortunately Sherwood was able to walk away as the incident brought the reds out and ended the race early.

It all happened moments before Ninovic’s pass, presenting the Australian with victory.

The final race of the year took place in sketchy conditions with many cars going off and being interrupted by red flags.

Despite an off at Surtees, Ninovic flew past Seewooruthun to get third on the road.

However, a one-place penalty for a Safety Car infringement demoted him to fourth.

But it did not dampen what had been an extremely successful season for the rising teenager.

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