'Gloves are off': Feeney determined to push past 2025 devastation
Broc Feeney determined to push past 2025 championship devastation
Triple Eight star enters 2026 as hot favourite for drivers' championship
Feeney missed out on 2025 crown to Chaz Mostert after final day drama
Certain scenes of the 2025 bp Adelaide Grand Final are still too much to digest for Broc Feeney, who is determined to make his mark when the new season gets underway.
The Triple Eight Race Engineering star enters 2026 as a hot favourite for the championship, after claiming 14 wins and 19 pole positions last season.
Feeney missed out on the crown in heartbreaking fashion in Adelaide, spluttering home with engine issues after being turned around by champion Chaz Mostert's teammate Ryan Wood.
The pre-season has welcomed a sharper-edged Feeney, who admitted he was "angrier than ever" and claimed there was "bad blood" over the clash with Wood.
However, the wounds of Adelaide remain, Feeney notably turning away during a trailer of the new Supercars: Road to Glory documentary during Tuesday's media call before the season launch at NEP Studios.
Feeney, Mostert and Wood were joined by Will Brown, Anton De Pasquale and David Reynolds at NEP Studios before Tuesday night's official season launch.
When asked what he took away from his defeat, Feeney told Fox Sports News: "At the end of the day, the big thing for me is I always thought that the end result would matter [in] how I felt about my season.
"But to be honest, looking back on it, we were deserving to be the champion last year. I'm extremely proud of what we did. I mean, we won 14 races, we got 19 pole positions, I don't think anyone can take away that from us from last year.
"So albeit I don't have the trophy with me, I feel like we did everything to deserve a trophy. There's no reason why we can't fight back and go again this year."
Feeney took extended leave over the summer, and like Scott McLaughlin, it seems the emotions of a championship lost may remain for some time, if not forever.
However, the Red Bull Ampol Racing star insists he has to move on and make 2026 count.
"I mean, it is still extremely hard and raw and there's still plenty of emotions coming back to the paddock for the first time, but you’ve got to move on," Feeney said.
"We go racing, gloves are off and looking forward to it.”
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