Chaz Mostert

Chaz Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australia professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25 Holden ZB Commodore for Walkinshaw Andretti United. Mostert was the winner of the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with Paul Morris and has also previously won the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship. At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Mostert signed for Walkinshaw Andretti United. [2]

Chaz Mostert
Chaz Mostert in 2020
Nationality Australian
Born10 April 1992 (1992-04-10) (age 28)
Melbourne, Victoria
Previous series
2008-2010
2010-2013
Australian Formula Ford
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Championship titles
2010Australian Formula Ford
Awards
2011[1]Mike Kable Young Gun Award
Supercars Record
Car number25
Current teamWalkinshaw Andretti United
Series championships0
Races230
Race wins13
Podium finishes58
Pole positions20
2020 Championship position5th (1958 pts)

Early career

Mostert, who grew up in Browns Plains near Brisbane, commenced kart racing at age seven in Ipswich and the Gold Coast.[3]

Mostert progressed into Formula Ford in 2008. He finished 11th in the 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship, fourth in 2009 and then won the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship with a record of the most race wins in a season.[4]

Touring cars

Development Series

Mostert leads the Development Series field into turn 1 at Queensland Raceway
The MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon in which Chaz Mostert won the Adelaide round of the 2013 Dunlop Series

In 2010 Chaz Mostert got the chance to drive a Miles Racing Ford BF Falcon at Bathurst in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. Mostert finished 6th and 4th in the two races, leading to a deal with Miles Racing for the 2011 season. Again, he performed strongly for the team, particularly in wet conditions. Ford Performance Racing signed him for the final two rounds at Sandown and Homebush to drive the team's first Development Series car, a FG Falcon.[5] Mostert scored a pole position on debut for the team at Sandown and took three race podiums in the final two rounds. Mostert's performances earned him the Mike Kable Young Gun Award at the end of 2011.[1]

2012 saw Mostert continue with Ford Performance Racing in the Development Series. At the first round, the Adelaide 500, Mostert took pole and clean swept the weekend with two race wins, one of two round wins in the season. He finished third in the championship in what was considered one of the strongest ever Development Series fields, with Scott McLaughlin, Scott Pye and Nick Percat rounding out the championship top four.[6] On 1 December 2012 Mostert was awarded an Honorary commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy. He was presented with his commission by the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Raymond Griggs.[7]

In 2013, Mostert again won the Adelaide 500 round of the Development Series, now driving for MW Motorsport. Before the second round, Mostert had been called up to V8 Supercars and did not take any further part in the championship.[8]

Supercars Championship

The Ford FG Falcon in which Mostert and Paul Morris won the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Chaz Mostert at the 2016 Sydney SuperSprint
The Ford Falcon FG X of Chaz Mostert at the 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Dick Johnson Racing

Mostert's V8 Supercars debut was at the Perth 360 at Barbagallo Raceway for Dick Johnson Racing, replacing Jonny Reid in the seat. As part of the deal, Ford Performance Racing provided additional technical support to the team and retained a long-term deal with Mostert.[8] On 28 July 2013, at only his fifth championship event, Mostert won his first race at the Ipswich 360 at Queensland Raceway.[9] Ironically, the podium was rounded out by the two Ford Performance Racing entries. Mostert took one further podium at Winton and finished 17th in the championship despite missing the opening rounds. Mostert also commenced a love-hate relationship at the Bathurst 1000 by heavily crashing in Friday practice and requiring an overnight rebuild.[10]

Ford Performance Racing

In 2014, he replaced Will Davison at Ford Performance Racing in Pepsi Max colours. Adam DeBorre remained as his engineer, transferring back to Ford Performance Racing from his spell at Dick Johnson Racing with Mostert. One year after his debut, Mostert won his second championship race at Barbagallo, also winning the round. In October 2014, Mostert won the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with co-driver Paul Morris, after overtaking the low-on-fuel Jamie Whincup on the final lap. Mostert and Morris had started at the back of the grid after being excluded from qualifying, the lowest ever starting position to win the Bathurst 1000.[11] Mostert finished the 2014 championship in seventh place.

Prodrive Racing Australia

In 2015, Ford Performance Racing lost their factory Ford support and renamed to Prodrive Racing Australia. They also launched the Ford FG X Falcon and Mostert and team-mate Mark Winterbottom proved to be the main championship contenders. Mostert won a race each at Winton (crashing out of the lead in the other race), Hidden Valley and Queensland Raceway and two at Sydney Motorsport Park, and after a second-place finish at the Sandown 500 was 198 points behind Winterbottom heading into the Bathurst 1000.[12] Then, in Friday qualifying for the 2015 Bathurst 1000, Mostert was involved in a horrific crash on the approach to Forrest's Elbow, leaving him with a broken leg and a broken wrist and ruling him out for the remainder of the season.[13] Mostert's wrecked car now resides at the National Motor Racing Museum near the circuit.[14]

Rod Nash Racing

In 2016 and 2017, Mostert drove under the Rod Nash Racing moniker, a satellite team of Prodrive Racing Australia, and now with the support of Supercheap Auto. In the first event of his return from his 2015 crash, Mostert took pole position for the Sunday race at the Adelaide 500, an achievement he ranked at the time as only second to his Bathurst 1000 win.[15] Despite four more poles during the season, Mostert didn't take a victory and finished seventh in the championship, one place behind team-mate Winterbottom.

In 2017 Mostert broke his victory drought with three wins. The first of which was the Saturday race of the Phillip Island 500, before further wins at Queensland Raceway and the Gold Coast 600. The win at the Gold Coast helped Mostert, with co-driver Steve Owen, to win the first Enduro Cup for both the team and for Ford.[16]

Tickford Racing

In 2018, another reshuffle of Prodrive Racing Australia saw them, and the Rod Nash Racing entry, renamed to Tickford Racing. However, the team had a difficult season and Mostert only took one victory, another win at the Gold Coast 600.[17]

In 2019, Tickford Racing upgraded to the new Ford Mustang GT. He had a moderately successful year, with a single win at Albert Park and several podiums. He was unable to race at the Gold Coast, after he wrote off his car during the Top 10 Shootout on Saturday.

Walkinshaw Andretti United

On the 26 November, Chaz announced that he was leaving Tickford Racing, after being with the team for seven years, and switched not only teams, but brands, to Walkinshaw Andretti United and Holden for the 2020 season.[18]

Production cars

The 2016 Bathurst 6 Hour-winning BMW 335i E92 of Nathan Morcom and Chaz Mostert.

In 2011, Mostert competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour in a HSV VXR Turbo, finishing third in class with Ashley Walsh and Gerard McLeod.

In 2016 Mostert, driving with Nathan Morcom, won the inaugural Bathurst 6 Hour race for Group 3E Series Production Cars, driving a BMW 335i E92.

GT

Mostert's GT career launched from further entries in the GT3 class of the Bathurst 12 Hour, starting in 2017 in a customer MARC Cars Australia BMW M6 GT3. Mostert qualified a surprise second on the grid and led the early stages of the race before technical issues struck down the car.[19] Mostert's performance led to a call up to drive for the factory-supported Schnitzer Motorsport in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, he went one better in qualifying, taking the Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy, and once again started the race strongly before being involved in an incident in lapped traffic at the start of Conrod Straight.

Mostert has also been given opportunities in GT3 and LM GTE races overseas for BMW. In GT3, this has included two class victories in Asian Le Mans Series in the 2017-18 season and a fifth-place finish in the 2017 FIA GT World Cup at the Guia Circuit in Macau.[20] In GTE, Mostert has entered the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing BMW M8 GTE at Petit Le Mans in 2018 and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019.[21]

Career Results

Season Series Position Car Team
2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Spectrum 011 Howard Racing
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship 4th Spectrum 011 Synergy Motorsport
2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Spectrum 012 Synergy Motorsport
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 27th Ford BF Falcon Miles Racing
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 6th Ford BF Falcon
Ford FG Falcon
Miles Racing
Ford Performance Racing
Australian Production Car Championship 15th BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts
iRace Touring Car Challenge 7th Chevrolet Silverado Miles Racing
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 3rd Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2013 V8SuperTourers Championship 9th Ford FG Falcon International Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 17th Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 7th Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 11th Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 7th Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 5th Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 6th Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 5th Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 5th Holden Commodore ZB Walkinshaw Andretti United

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points
2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10

15
BAR
R11

15
BAR
R12

10
COA
R13

13
COA
R14

19
COA
R15

13
COA
R16

15
HID
R17

7
HID
R18

17
HID
R19

17
TOW
R20

10
TOW
R21

13
QLD
R22

23
QLD
R23

6
QLD
R24

1
WIN
R25

16
WIN
R26

13
WIN
R27

3
SAN
QR

5
SAN
R28

14
BAT
R29

21
SUR
R30

9
SUR
R31

11
PHI
R32

9
PHI
R33

4
PHI
R34

Ret
SYD
R35

21
SYD
R36

9
17th 1520
2014 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

6
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

13
SYM
R5

18
SYM
R6

14
WIN
R7

12
WIN
R8

10
WIN
R9

6
PUK
R10

21
PUK
R11

3
PUK
R12

16
PUK
R13

3
BAR
R14

3
BAR
R15

6
BAR
R16

1
HID
R17

14
HID
R18

14
HID
R19

15
TOW
R20

13
TOW
R21

5
TOW
R22

7
QLD
R23

14
QLD
R24

3
QLD
R25

3
SMP
R26

13
SMP
R27

2
SMP
R28

10
SAN
QR

17
SAN
R29

7
BAT
R30

1
SUR
R31

6
SUR
R32

17
PHI
R33

14
PHI
R34

9
PHI
R35

16
SYD
R36

15
SYD
R37

15
SYD
R38

5
7th 2451
2015 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

2
ADE
R2

Ret
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

5
SYM
R5

12
SYM
R6

2
BAR
R7

2
BAR
R8

4
BAR
R9

4
WIN
R10

1
WIN
R11

3
WIN
R12

25
HID
R13

1
HID
R14

3
HID
R15

2
TOW
R16

8
TOW
R17

6
QLD
R18

5
QLD
R19

3
QLD
R20

1
SMP
R21

1
SMP
R22

3
SMP
R23

1
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R24

2
BAT
R25

DNS
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
11th 2017
2016 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

16
ADE
R2

3
ADE
R3

Ret
SYM
R4

10
SYM
R5

5
PHI
R6

23
PHI
R7

8
BAR
R8

12
BAR
R9

6
WIN
R10

7
WIN
R11

20
HID
R12

3
HID
R13

23
TOW
R14

4
TOW
R15

16
QLD
R16

5
QLD
R17

3
SMP
R18

4
SMP
R19

3
SAN
QR

5
SAN
R20

5
BAT
R21

19
SUR
R22

9
SUR
R23

6
PUK
R24

21
PUK
R25

3
PUK
R26

6
PUK
R27

4
SYD
R28

17
SYD
R29

11
7th 2361
2017 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

9
ADE
R2

3
SYM
R3

5
SYM
R4

7
PHI
R5

11
PHI
R6

1
BAR
R7

6
BAR
R8

2
WIN
R9

Ret
WIN
R10

8
HID
R11

5
HID
R12

17
TOW
R13

4
TOW
R14

5
QLD
R15

2
QLD
R16

1
SMP
R17

2
SMP
R18

5
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R19

3
BAT
R20

10
SUR
R21

1
SUR
R22

7
PUK
R23

23
PUK
R24

7
NEW
R25

6
NEW
R26

15
5th 2748
2018 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

4
MEL
R3

5
MEL
R4

6
MEL
R5

10
MEL
R6

4
SYM
R7

Ret
SYM
R8

10
PHI
R9

5
PHI
R10

5
BAR
R11

10
BAR
R12

11
WIN
R13

14
WIN
R14

10
HID
R15

17
HID
R16

12
TOW
R17

13
TOW
R18

5
QLD
R19

6
QLD
R20

3
SMP
R21

5
BEN
R22

9
BEN
R23

12
SAN
QR

7
SAN
R24

10
BAT
R25

4
SUR
R26

1
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28

3
PUK
R29

6
NEW
R30

21
NEW
R31

7
6th 2807
2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT ADE
R1

5
ADE
R2

15
MEL
R3

5
MEL
R4

2
MEL
R5

1
MEL
R6

2
SYM
R7

10
SYM
R8

10
PHI
R9

5
PHI
R10

5
BAR
R11

3
BAR
R12

Ret
WIN
R13

2
WIN
R14

10
HID
R15

2
HID
R16

6
TOW
R17

3
TOW
R18

5
QLD
R19

3
QLD
R20

3
BEN
R21

2
BEN
R22

3
PUK
R23

24
PUK
R24

3
BAT
R25

15
SUR
R26

DNS
SUR
R27

DNS
SAN
QR

9
SAN
R28

2
NEW
R29

11
NEW
R30

6
5th 2879
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

7
ADE
R2

2
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

4
SMP1
R8

4
SMP1
R9

16
SMP2
R10

11
SMP2
R11

5
SMP2
R12

9
HID1
R13

7
HID1
R14

8
HID1
R15

4
HID2
R16

9
HID2
R17

18
HID2
R18

6
TOW1
R19

3
TOW1
R20

2
TOW1
R21

24
TOW2
R22

3
TOW2
R23

10
TOW2
R24

4
BEN1
R25

11
BEN1
R26

11
BEN1
R27

16
BEN2
R28

11
BEN2
R29

8
BEN2
R30

6
BAT
R31

3
5th 1958

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Dale Wood 21st 156
2014 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG Paul Morris 1st 161
2015 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Cameron Waters DNQ 0
2016 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG X Steve Owen 19th 147
2017 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG X Steve Owen 10th 161
2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X James Moffat 4th 161
2019 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 James Moffat 15th 160
2020 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB Warren Luff 3rd 161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Overall
Position
Class
Position
2011 Racer Industries Ashley Walsh
Gerard McLeod
HSV VXR Turbo E 227 16th 3rd
2017 MARC Cars Australia Morgan Haber
Max Twigg
BMW M6 GT3 AAM 136 DNF DNF
2018 BMW Team Schnitzer Marco Wittmann
Augusto Farfus
BMW M6 GT3 APP 217 DNF DNF
2019 BMW Team Schnitzer Augusto Farfus
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 APP 312 5th 5th

Complete Daytona 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Overall
Position
Class
Position
2019 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Alex Zanardi
Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTLM 553 31st 9th
2020 BMW Team RLL John Edwards
Augusto Farfus
Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTLM 786 13th 1st

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nick Percat
Australian Formula Ford Championship
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
Cameron Waters
Preceded by
Mark Winterbottom
Steven Richards
Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2014
(with Paul Morris)
Succeeded by
Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tim Blanchard
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2011
Succeeded by
Scott Pye
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