{"id":442195,"date":"2026-01-28T04:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442195\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:57:13","slug":"chaz-mosterts-method-motorsport-names-toyota-86-scholarship-series-drivers-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442195\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaz Mostert&#8217;s Method Motorsport names Toyota 86 Scholarship Series drivers for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAZ Mostert will go head-to-head with former Supercars teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-38-Nick-Percat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Percat<\/a> as team owners in the Toyota 86 arena this year.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Mostert\u2019s Method Motorsport expands for its first full season in the Scholarship Series \u2013 i.e. the feeder category to the TGRA GR Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Method has quickly made its mark in Australian motorsport, clinching each of the first two Silver Cup titles in GT4 Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The team is continuing in GT4, but has made its first move for 2026 by naming James Cittolin and Buster Bailey as its inaugural Scholarship Series drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing involved with James and Buster over the last 12 months, they\u2019re two great young guys and it\u2019s very exciting to be part of their journey with Method Motorsport \u2013 and also for myself personally,\u201d said team co-owner and 2025 Supercars champion Mostert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get the year started and watch these guys punching against some of the best young talent we have in the country, in what is an amazing category as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey said: \u201cI\u2019m extremely excited to see how the year unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got high expectations, a strong belief in the team, and I\u2019m fully committed to the work ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe focus is on consistency, growth, and performance, with one clear objective, taking Method Motorsport to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Cittolin: \u201cI\u2019m excited to be part of Method Motorsport\u2019s 86 program this year, working alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-330-Chaz-Mostert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chaz Mostert<\/a>, and I\u2019m looking forward to the season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Scholarship Series will open at Winton in March.<\/p>\n<p>Mostert, who placed second-in-class in last weekend\u2019s Daytona 24, will race for Toyota\u2019s Supercars homologation team Walkinshaw TWG Racing this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAZ Mostert will go head-to-head with former Supercars teammate Nick Percat as team owners in the Toyota 86&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-442195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}