{"id":941015,"date":"2026-10-26T01:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941015\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T01:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:50:11","slug":"supercars-news-walkinshaw-twg-penalised-for-chaz-mostert-pit-stop-breach-at-gold-coast-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941015\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Walkinshaw TWG penalised for Chaz Mostert pit stop breach at Gold Coast 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Walkinshaw\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert’s car on the deck with the fuel hose still coupled. Image: YouTube <\/p>\n

Mostert endured a slower than planned first stop thanks to a failed right-rear rattle gun, which the team covered by continuing to add fuel.<\/p>\n

However, the car was eventually dropped from its air jacks before the fuel hose had been disconnected, marking a clear breach of the rules.<\/p>\n

The incident was the subject of a post-race hearing at which the competitor admitted the breach and accepted the recommended penalty of 30 teams\u2019 championship points.<\/p>\n

That will be an unpopular outcome among rivals, as the extra fuel gained while the hose was still connected can be considered a performance advantage.<\/p>\n

Shane van Gisbergen<\/a> lost the 2018 title after receiving a post-race time penalty for a similar infringement in the penultimate race of that season.<\/p>\n

Walkinshaw TWG Racing was also docked a further 20 points \u2013 made up of 10 per car \u2013 for failing to comply with refuelling notification procedures during Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

Teams are required to inform Supercars of the fuel transferred to each car in litres within five laps of each pit stop.<\/p>\n

The team had also failed to comply with that requirement in Saturday\u2019s race, after which they were reminded of the obligation by Supercars.<\/p>\n

The penalties mean Walkinshaw TWG stays behind Tickford Racing in fourth in the teams\u2019 championship standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaz Mostert’s car on the deck with the fuel hose still coupled. Image: YouTube Mostert endured a slower…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,99543,12357,85,238451],"class_list":["post-941015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chaz-mostert","tag-slot1","tag-sports","tag-walkinshaw-twg-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941015","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=941015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}