Chaz Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 25

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for

Walkinshaw Andretti United Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team currently fields two Holden ZB Commodores in the Supercars Championship for Nick Percat and Chaz Mostert, along with a Porsche 91 ...

. Mostert was the winner of the 2021 Bathurst 1000 with

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and has also previously won the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with Paul Morris and the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Early career

Mostert, who grew up in

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near

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, commenced

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at age seven in

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and the

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. Mostert progressed into

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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.

Touring cars

Development Series

Ford FG Falcon of Chaz Mostert - 2013 Dunlop Series

In 2010 Chaz Mostert got the chance to drive a

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at Bathurst in the

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. 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.

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signed him for the final two rounds at

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and

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to drive the team's first Development Series car, a

FG Falcon The Ford Falcon (FG) is a full-sized car that was produced by Ford Australia from 2008 to 2014. It was the first iteration of the seventh and last generation of the Falcon. Its range no longer featured the Fairmont luxury badge, replaced inste ...

. 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

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at the end of 2011. 2012 saw Mostert continue with Ford Performance Racing in the Development Series. At the first round, the

Adelaide 500 The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is someti ...

, 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

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and

Nick Percat Nick Percat (born 14 September 1988) is an Australian racing driver who currently races in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving for Walkinshaw Andretti United in the No. 2 Holden ZB Commodore. He won the Bathurst 1000 at his first attemp ...

rounding out the championship top four. On 1 December 2012 Mostert was awarded an Honorary commission as a

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in the

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. He was presented with his commission by the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Raymond Griggs.V8 star joins Team Navy as an honorary officer
, Defence Media Release, 1 December 2012 In 2013, Mostert again won the Adelaide 500 round of the Development Series, now driving for

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. Before the second round, Mostert had been called up to

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and did not take any further part in the championship.

Supercars Championship

Chaz Mostert 2016 Sydney SuperSprint Practice 3

Dick Johnson Racing

Mostert's V8 Supercars debut was at the

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for

Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske), is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team currently fields the #11 and #17 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GTs for Anton de Pasqu ...

, replacing

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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. On 28 July 2013, at only his fifth championship event, Mostert won his first race at the Ipswich 360 at

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. 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

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despite missing the opening rounds. Mostert also commenced a love-hate relationship at the

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rece ...

by heavily crashing in Friday practice and requiring an overnight rebuild.

Ford Performance Racing

In 2014, he replaced

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at Ford Performance Racing in

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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

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. In October 2014, Mostert won the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with co-driver Paul Morris, after overtaking the low-on-fuel

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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. 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

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and Mostert and team-mate

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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 Sydney Motorsport Park (known until May 2012 as Eastern Creek International Raceway) is a motorsport circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek (40-kilometres west of the Sydney CBD), New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sy ...

, and after a second-place finish at the

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was 198 points behind Winterbottom heading into the Bathurst 1000. 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. Mostert's wrecked car now resides at the

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near the circuit.

Rod Nash Racing

In 2016 and 2017, Mostert drove under the

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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. Despite four more poles during the season, Mostert didn't take a victory and finished seventh in the

, 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 The Phillip Island 500 was an annual motor racing event, last held for Supercars at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria. The race had three distinct eras; from 1971 to 1977 as an endurance production and later Austra ...

, before further wins at Queensland Raceway and the

Gold Coast 600 The Gold Coast 500 (formally known as the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The event has been a regular part o ...

. The win at the Gold Coast helped Mostert, with co-driver Steve Owen, to win the first

Enduro Cup The Enduro Cup (formally known as the Pirtek Enduro Cup for sponsorship reasons), was an award given out to the highest points scorers over the three endurance events in Supercars; the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and the Gold Coast 600. Format Q ...

for both the team and for Ford.

Tickford Racing

In 2018, another reshuffle of Prodrive Racing Australia saw them, and the Rod Nash Racing entry, renamed to

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. However, the team had a difficult season and Mostert only took one victory, another win at the

. In 2019, Tickford Racing upgraded to the new

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. 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 26th of 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. On the 15th of June 2021, Chaz signed a long-term contract extension to the end of the 2023 season with

. He then went on to win the 2021 Darwin Triple Crown later that week. On the 7th of November 2021, During the second 2021 Sydney SuperNight Race 25, Chaz heroically drove from last on the grid 26th in a downpour night race to go on and finish on the Podium in 3rd place. Mostert set a new

lap record of 2:03.3736 on the 4th of December 2021 during the Top 10 Shootout qualifier while driving a Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore.

Production cars

Morcom Mostert 2016 Bathurst 6 Hour winner

In 2011, Mostert competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour in a HSV VXR Turbo, finishing third in class with

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and Gerard McLeod. In 2016 Mostert, driving with

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, won the

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race for

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, 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

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BMW M6 GT3 The BMW M6 is a high-performance version of the 6 Series marketed under the BMW M sub-brand from 1983 to 2018 (with a break from 1990 to 2004). Introduced in the coupe body style, the M6 was also built in convertible and fastback sedan ('Gran C ...

. Mostert qualified a surprise second on the grid and led the early stages of the race before technical issues struck down the car. Mostert's performance led to a call up to drive for the factory-supported

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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

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races overseas for BMW. In GT3, this has included two class victories in

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in the 2017-18 season and a fifth-place finish in the

2017 FIA GT World Cup The 2017 FIA GT World Cup (formally the SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a non-championship Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held on the streets of the Macau autonomous territory on 19 November 2017. It was the event's third edit ...

at the

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. In GTE, Mostert has entered the

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is an auto racing team that has participated in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Series. Headquartered in Brownsburg, Indiana and Hilliard, Ohio, it is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 ...

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in 2018 and the

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in 2019.

Career results

Supercars Championship results

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

TCR Australia results

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

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Complete Daytona 24 Hour results

References

External links

Chaz Mostert V8 Supercars Official Profile

Driver Database profile

Profile on Racing Reference

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mostert, Chaz 1992 births Living people Australian racing drivers Formula Ford drivers Supercars Championship drivers V8SuperTourer drivers Bathurst 1000 winners WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Sportspeople from Logan, Queensland Andretti Autosport drivers United Autosports drivers Dick Johnson Racing drivers BMW M drivers Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers Rowe Racing drivers Schnitzer Motorsport drivers