“It's a bitter pill to swallow, losing [the championship] at the last round, but 'ifs' and 'buts' don't take you anywhere so there's no point [talking about them]. I believe we could have potentially been 120 points down the road, but that's not important today. We managed to finish second, and I had a great year overall."

Beatriz finished second, with Bobby Wilson, running with the ex-Dillon Battistini Panther Racing entry for the first time, just missing the podium. James Davison completed the top five.

Beatriz's sixth top five finish of the season was good enough to cement third in the championship.

“It was really hard to pass the AFS guys, as they were really, really fast," she admitted, "They were working together, which was really tough, so I tried to stay behind them.

"When Arie made his move, I was able to stay with him and get that second position, and it was very good to finish on the podium.”