Amsterdam, the Netherlands (8 December 2024) – The final event of this year’s ‘Gran Turismo World Series’ season, the World Finals were held in Amsterdam. After the Manufacturers Cup, held on the previous day, Takuma Miyazono raced to victory earning his second championship title in the Nations Cup.

World Finals - Amsterdam Special Page
https://www.gran-turismo.com/world/gt7/events/gtws2024/worldfinals

World Finals - Amsterdam Results
https://www.gran-turismo.com/world/gt7/news/00_8723565.html

Below are the post-race reactions from each driver:

After a 4-year gap, I was finally able to get another Nations Cup championship victory. I had a difficult time in Race 1 but I was able to finish in 3rd, so I was hoping to raise my position a little more in Race 2. Kylian, Kai, Jose and Valerio were all especially fast this year as I was expecting. I think we were about equal on speed so, under those conditions my strategy was the key to my victory: when I came in for my first pit stop, I had managed to save a lot of fuel, so whether I went for the hards or softs it wouldn’t have made much difference. Choosing the hards let me get quite far ahead though and that was the point where I realised I might be able to win. On the final Döttinger, I was almost out of fuel! I won my previous title during the pandemic lockdown in an online format, and I was just celebrating at home, so it makes me very happy that I was able to win here in front of so many spectators this time.

It was difficult for me starting from P8 after qualifying, so I had to do something in order to move up some positions from the beginning. I felt really good with the car and I went up to P5, but then Sasaki passed me and I didn't want to do anything too harsh. Race 2 was really good: good strategy, good start on mediums as I knew I could gain some position with the softs. The Grand Final was a bit more complicated because I was in front and everyone else was using my slipstream and so I tried to just survive; it was a dramatic end that worked out well for me.

I am happy enough with my overall performance this season. I had again bad luck here but I have a lot of motivation for 2025, so I am giving it my all.

You can watch the post-race press conference 'THE EXTRA LAP' of the podium finishers by following the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnyf3R6e0g&t=10567

I'm disappointed, but I just want to congratulate the other guys, especially to Takuma for becoming second time World Champion, to Kylian and Jose. I also want to thank everyone who watched the race and stopped by to say 'Hello.' Hopefully I'll see everyone again next year.

In the final race I started on mediums and followed Kylian's slipstream, saving a lot of fuel. When I switched to softs I managed to save even more fuel, and after the last tyre change I ended up with three seconds ahead of Kylian and the rest, but I pushed too much and burned all my fuel, that's what cost me the win. Despite that, I feel like the final race went pretty well and I was happy with my pace.

We had three races in the Nations Cup today and I was a little disappointed with my result in all of them, but I did everything I could, so I have no regrets.

I wish I could say this is not what I was expecting, but actually it was, as I put all my efforts in the Manufacturers Cup practice: I only had one week for practicing and since I had my other teammates relying on me I had to prioritise that one instead of the Nations Cup. In the end I couldn't find the pace. It's not how I wanted to end but probably a good way to say 'Goodbye' as 99% I won't be here next season, so I'd like to thank everybody for the support over all those years, it's been amazing.

The first race did not go as I wanted, the second one was good as I knew I had a good pace, and the last one... Well, I gave it my all - I think I should probably have used less fuel. I am not too upset about the final ranking because it has been a difficult year for me, with a full time job I had less time to practice. I'm happy to be in the top 12 in the world.

The incident in lap 1 of Race 1 was unfortunate as I could not avoid it and ended up hitting Calen too, and at that point the race was over for me. In Race 2 I started from the back and moved up a few positions on the first corner thanks to some mistakes from the other drivers. I think my pace was really good until the pit, when I came out in P11. The Grand Final actually went pretty well, I think I was the only one starting on hards so the first lap was all about just surviving, letting the cars behind me on faster tyres pass and try not to lose too much time. On the 2nd lap I went mediums and my pace was OK, until they gave out. When I switched to softs my pace was really good as I practice a lot at home, so I was confident. I feel I can do better in 2025 so I know what to work on to get on the podium.

Today's Race 2 was very competitive, I managed to score some points in Race 1 but Race 2 was not how I wanted it to be. I started P8 in the Grand Final, but my strategy was not very good: I decided to save too much fuel, it would have been better to use the hards on 2 laps, as it ended up costing me a few positions.

I had a good qualifying position, but unfortunately I made a little mistake in Turn 1 of Race 1 that cost me a lot of time. In Race 2 I had pace to genuinely fight up at the front but I had a really bad start and ended up crashing. And in the final race, an unfortunate incident cost me quite a bit of time again. I could have done better but I am not too upset.

Honestly, today it went quite bad but I was kind of expecting that as I had put all my practice time into the Manufacturers Cup. In both Sprint Races I got taken out in the first lap in various ways so I did not get any momentum for the Grand Final. I've never been a fan of the X2019 and I don't see that changing anytime soon.