Be 38 points clear of your Racing Hondas rivals leaving Brands Hatch on Sunday and you’re the Champion. Simples…

So why 38? Because 37 is the maximum score any one driver can achieve in their class in any one event – 5 for pole in class (from qualifying), 15 per win (2 races = 30), plus 1 for fastest lap (2 races = 2).

Added up that’s 37 and, after Brands, there is only one more event to go – Snetterton, offering the same amount.

So if you’re 38 clear after Brands’s two races, you can’t be caught.

Currently in pole position to win both his class and the outright crown is Ryan Cunningham.

Ryan’s domination of Class C (10 wins from 12 starts to date) have put him 80 points clear of nearest rival Sam Linssner with a maximum of only 74 (2 x 37) now available from Brands’s and Snetterton’s final four rounds.

That means, therefore, he is the provisional class champion pending any disqualifications (unlikely) in these last four races.

Turning to the outright championship, Ryan is 33 clear of nearest challenger and Class A leader Dan Brown (210 plays 177). Should that extended to 38 at Brands this weekend then Ryan would provisionally be the 2024 Racing Hondas Champion, regardless of the dropped scores rule.

Similarly, Dan finds himself 27 clear of Liam Collins atop the Class A standings. Again, if he increases that 38 at Brands then he is provisionally the A Champ.

In fact 37 would do it for, even if Liam won everything possible at Snetterton to tie with Dan, he would still be second as he can’t now match Dan’s wins tally (Dan has 8, Liam 3).

Consider, though, that at Brands back in June it was Liam who appeared to have the edge in terms of outright pace between the two and he will surely be looking to bring down the gap to set up a nail-biting finale at Snetterton.

Class B is also wide open. Alfie Jeakins leads it by 40 points from Nick Charlier and, on paper, one could say he was relatively safe.

Nick, though, took 14 points out of Alfie last time out at Donington Park and if he can continue that sort of form at Brands then it will be all to play for at Snetterton.

Don’t rule out Tommy Knight and Dave Buky, either, tying in third.

Yes, they are a seemingly insurmountable 53 points adrift of Jeakins. But consider Buky’s 100 have been amassed in only the last six rounds since he joined the championship for rounds 7 & 8 at Brands Hatch (in which time he has taken 33 out of Jeakins).

So let’s see what happens at Brands Hatch before we even begin factoring in the two-dropped-scores rule – which will come into play should any of the above title fights go down to Snetterton’s season finale on 20 October.