{"id":49656,"date":"2025-09-29T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/49656\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:40:10","slug":"supercars-news-chaz-mostert-replaces-craig-lowndes-in-bathurst-12-hour-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/49656\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Chaz Mostert replaces Craig Lowndes in Bathurst 12 Hour line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert is joining STM for the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

STM is the first team to formally announce its entry for the 2026 running of the 12 Hour and will do so with another all-star line-up for its Ash Seward Motorsport-prepared Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Cam Waters and Thomas Randle will continue with the squad for a third-consecutive year, but will this time be joined by Mostert.<\/p>\n

He effectively replaces Lowndes in the line-up, the Bathurst legend having been a staple of STM\u2019s Bathurst 12 Hour programs since 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really excited to be the first entry for the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour,\u201d said STM owner Scott Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this event. We have had some great results, and we\u2019ve had some bad ones, and I\u2019ve been organising this entry from the day we were travelling home from the race earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a great line-up of drivers and we want to win our home soil 12-hour race, which has international focus.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThomas, Cam and Chaz Mostert are three of the best Australian drivers, in an Australian-run car \u2026 and that\u2019s what we\u2019re about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have plenty of experience in the race. We have the car to do it, we have the people and we are eager to get back to Bathurst in February, 2026 to have another crack at the title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mostert has made eight Bathurst 12 Hour starts in the GT era with highlights including pole in 2018 and a Pro-Am class win in 2023.<\/p>\n

This will be his first crack in a Mercedes, having previously campaigned BMWs and Audis, before racing a Ferrari this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been into the 12 Hour plenty of times and it\u2019s one that\u2019s always seemed to elude me, especially for the outright win,\u201d said Mostert.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis opportunity to come up with Scotty Taylor and join with Cam and Tom \u2026 it\u2019s going to be really cool to have a full Supercars line-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cScotty runs a really, really tight ship. Every program he ever gets behind looks world-class and I\u2019m really excited to mix it up and try something a little bit different than what I had the last couple of years and see if we can get that win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s more international teams and superstar drivers come over for it, so I feel like this is one of my best opportunities to try and go there and win it with some great co-drivers and a fantastic team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waters agreed that the STM Mercedes should be a front-runner next February.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be returning with STM again to have a crack at the Bathurst 12 Hour with Tom and Chaz next year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving Chaz on board is going to be really cool. It\u2019s a really good driver line-up and we know our car is very fast so I think we got a good shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cScotty is super passionate and wants to win the 12 Hour. He throws absolutely everything at it and I think we\u2019ve genuinely got a good shot at being at the front.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to throw everything out and we\u2019ll see where we come out at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randle added: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be back once again with STM in the #222 for the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very thankful for the opportunity over the last two years teaming up with STM and Ash Seward Motorsport and I\u2019m really looking forward to heading back to the mountain for a third time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some great speed this year, and to be partnering with my mate Cam Waters once again is fantastic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have Chaz Mostert onboard for the 2026 assault is really going to be something special\u2026 another full Aussie line-up for the 12 Hour in the outright Pro class is something everyone can get behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour will take place on February 13-15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaz Mostert is joining STM for the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour. Image: Supplied STM is the first team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[43205,22208,43206,111,139,69,9335,213,43207],"class_list":{"0":"post-49656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cam-waters","9":"tag-chaz-mostert","10":"tag-craig-lowndes","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-slot2","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-thomas-randle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}