During a record-breaking season of 24 Formula 1 races, there was always likely to be the odd gem of a story that had a short shelf-life before being overtaken on the news agenda. Factor in another blockbuster year for the World Endurance Championship, several u-turns over World Rally Championship's hybrid future and a MotoGP season that featured endless twists and turns in the title race, and it's little surprise that some worthy stories struggle for air time. With any number of fascinating tales that only fleetingly gripped the public consciousness - if at all - to pick from, here are Autosport's choices that you may have missed during the relentless racing year.
By Sam Hall, Stephen Lickorish, James Newbold and Gary Watkins 25 May and 9 June - When DTM had to change its schedule Aitken was among the beneficiaries of DTM rescheduling its second race at Zandvoort Photo by: ADAC Motorsport Flexibility is not a trait often associated with championship organisers. But the ADAC twice showed a willingness to mix up the schedule of its flagship DTM series in 2024, for which it deserves great credit. A clash between test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours and DTM's Zandvoort meeting meant its second race on Sunday was pushed back from the usual 1:30pm slot to run at 5pm local time, allowing some of the championship's biggest names to take part.
Championship challengers Mirko Bortolotti and Kelvin van der Linde were joined in ferrying back and forth by Jack Aitken and BMW's trio of Marco W.