{"id":346668,"date":"2025-12-14T03:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346668\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:27:13","slug":"heartbreak-drove-chaz-mosterts-supercars-title-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/346668\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heartbreak\u2019 drove Chaz Mostert\u2019s Supercars title success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-Bathurst-1000-2025-Bathurst-1000-Z81_0805.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Heartbreak\u2019 amid humour drove Mostert\u2019s Finals Series run\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert during the 2025 Bathurst 1000. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2025-bathurst-1000-chaz-mostert-beer-video-dnf-engine-failure-details-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Many will remember Mostert\u2019s mid-race beer guzzling antics as a light-hearted act<\/a>, but the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver said it was a heartbreaking moment.<\/p>\n<p>Mostert was in contention to win the rain-hit race before his engine cried no more during a Safety Car period on Lap 57.<\/p>\n<p>After the Bathurst 1000, the #25 Ford Mustang driver went on a tear \u2013 winning three of the last seven races, and only finishing once off the podium.<\/p>\n<p>That was in stark contrast to his relatively low-key start to the year, which he said was by design with a view towards the inaugural Finals Series.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Mostert was crowned champion in a dramatic conclusion to the Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I always tried really hard, year after year. This year was a completely different format for us with the Finals Series, and I\u2019m just so grateful to the team for having the mindset with the Finals,\u201d said Mostert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked really hard from round one, we had a lot of ups and downs throughout the year, and trying to give our best shot come the Finals. You couldn\u2019t script it any better for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were times throughout the year when you start to doubt the path that you\u2019ve taken, but then when Bathurst came along and you really start to lock in on that set-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, that for us was where we go to the Finals Series, but Bathurst having such heartbreak there, too, really brought the team together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[That was] two things for us throughout this year that got us to where we are today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2025-adelaide-grand-final-chaz-mostert-wins-championship-race-results-matt-payne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mostert wins Supercars crown in dramatic Adelaide decider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mostert\u2019s maiden championship came in his sixth season with Walkinshaw Andretti United.<\/p>\n<p>He joined in 2020 from Campbellfield-based Ford team Tickford Racing, joining the Clayton side most famous for its history with Holden.<\/p>\n<p>A second Bathurst 1000 win came in 2021, though the championship continued to elude Mostert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure he was starting to doubt me, too, year after year,\u201d Mostert said of his team boss Ryan Walkinshaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really see the momentum in the team, and we\u2019ve been going forward and getting more race wins and getting ourselves a shot. This Finals Series has really played to our strengths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred percent, the reason for the move was to be sitting here one day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo spend this amount of years together, it probably felt like it\u2019s been a bit longer than what we probably would have hoped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just such a reward for all the guys and girls in the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment I met with the team and met a lot of people inside the team, it had such great culture already to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty cool journey so far with Walkinshaw Andretti United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason coming to the team as well, to join the pedigree of drivers that have had so much success with the team, representing some of the amazing brands that are still with the team now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo drive like heroes like (Craig) Lowndesy and Glenn Seton that have represented Mobil 1 has been really cool for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for me, personally, just to look back on my career at the end of that, to represent some of these massive brands that some of my heroes have represented is so cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo see Lowndesy down in the lane, I\u2019ve always looked up to him. He\u2019s been one of the busiest guys in Supercars for so long, but there is no one who gives back to the fans like he does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019re an entertainment sport, the last couple of years, and especially since \u201815, I really started to get it \u2013 those guys (the fans) are the fuel for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parcelprotect.com.au\/deliveryrun\/?utm_source=Speedcafe&amp;utm_website=EDM&amp;utm_campaign=Speedcafe_2025\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"328_Parcel-speedcafe_takeover_v1_728x90\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/328_Parcel-speedcafe_takeover_v1_728x90.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaz Mostert during the 2025 Bathurst 1000. 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