Afrigather His second consecutive title has come from a record-breaking season that has now seen him win 20 of the 31 races up to now.
It has additionally come throughout a yr the place van Gisbergen has unfold his wings outdoors Supercars. He has been an everyday within the Australian Rally Championship and was a podium finisher in the WRC2 class at Rally New Zealand last month.
He additionally made a debut look at Le Mans in a GTE automobile again in Could and is known to be in talks for a NASCAR cameo with Trackhouse Racing.
When pressed on his future after sealing the title, van Gisbergen mentioned his plan is to proceed racing Supercars full-time.
Nevertheless he additionally mentioned he will not decide to a brand new deal past his present settlement, which is assumed to run till the top of 2023, till he has raced the brand new Gen3 vehicles.
“[My future] is dependent upon Gen3, most likely,” mentioned van Gisbergen.
“I wish to say right here. If I keep in Supercars, I am going to positively stick with Triple Eight. I really like the staff. And now we have began speaking a few new deal.
“However perhaps I would like to begin subsequent yr and see what the racing is like.
“The [Gen3] automobile has potential, however you understand, I would prefer to race individuals as nicely. The race [today] was most likely fairly stale. Once you comply with somebody you may hardly comply with with the aero stuff.
“Let’s examine. Hopefully subsequent yr it is a greater race automobile. I would love to remain in Supercars, it is near house.”
Supercars will introduce the Gen3 guidelines subsequent season, with Ford Mustangs and Chevrolet Camaros that function considerably much less downforce than the present Gen2 vehicles.
The brand new vehicles may even function extra management components than ever, together with management entrance uprights for the primary time.
Van Gisbergen’s Triple Eight staff has been tasked by Supercars to undertake nearly all of the design and growth of the management components of the automobile, whereas the staff can also be the homologation staff for Basic Motors.
When requested by Motorsport.com to make clear what he needs from the Gen3 automobile, van Gisbergen mentioned he’d like higher raceability and the preservation of some stage of technical freedom.
“I simply need it to be enjoyable. And a superb automobile to drive,” he mentioned.
“Initially of the yr they allow us to drive [the prototype] a bit however then I have not pushed it since [the Tasmania SuperSprint] for some cause. They’re giving it to different individuals.
“I simply hope it’s a good race automobile, a enjoyable race automobile, for everybody. And we nonetheless have some room to develop it and alter it round.
“We do not need it to be like Porsche [Carrera] Cup the place they’re all the identical velocity and boring racing. It sounds very inventory for the time being.
“Perhaps we’ll have loads of issues we are able to change on the automobile. In the intervening time you may see a Walkinshaw automobile, you may see a Grove automobile, a DJR automobile. You possibly can see the variations if you’re driving.
“I simply hope that we’re not locked in subsequent yr and everybody is similar and it makes the racing stale.
“Every little thing they are saying about it’s good, they’re speaking it up, all of the engineers. And I belief them. However we’ll see on the first race what it’s actually like.”
