There was a twist at Mount Panorama 12 months later, though, when Mostert – second to Winterbottom in the championship at the time – crashed heavily in qualifying. There was room at FPR for Mostert to return in 2014, his two wins that year including a maiden Bathurst triumph with Paul Morris from the back of the grid. It was clear a special talent had arrived when he delivered a stellar lights-to-flag win at Queensland Raceway in just his 15th Supercars start – DJR’s first victory since James Courtney’s 2010 title season. Mostert accrued the most points of any Super2 driver in 2012 but missed the title due to 100 penalty points, forcing him back to third in the standings behind Scott McLaughlin and Scott Pye.Īfter winning the 2013 second-tier opening round at Adelaide for MW Motorsport, FPR loaned him out to Dick Johnson Racing to make his main game debut. His Super2 debut came at Bathurst in 2010 with Miles Racing, who he stayed on with for part of ’11 before switching to Ford Performance Racing late in the season. Mostert grew up a prolific karter, later rising to be crowned 2010 Australian Formula Ford champion. With second-year driver Bryce Fullwood as teammate, the responsibility is squarely on Mostert and long-time engineer Adam De Borre to get the once mighty WAU back to the top in 2021. Prior to his WAU move, Mostert had established himself as Tickford’s lead driver and surpassed Mark Winterbottom in the pecking prior to the latter’s 2019 departure to Team 18. Last year, he won five races and finished third again, and will take confidence into his return to the Blue Oval. In 2021, he won races in Tasmania and Darwin, before dominating the Great Race en route to a career-best third overall. He finished 2020 fifth in the standings despite failing to win a race, and crowned 2020 with a podium at Bathurst. Chaz Mostert will enter 2023 armed with a strong third year for Walkinshaw Andretti United under his belt.
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