Chaz Mostert

Chaz Mostert
Nationality Australian
Born (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992
Melbourne, Victoria
Previous series
2008-2010
2010-2013
Australian Formula Ford
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
Championship titles
2010 Australian Formula Ford
Awards
2011[1] Mike Kable Young Gun Award
V8 Supercar Record
Car number 55
Current team Rod Nash Racing
Series championships 0
Races 89
Race wins 8
Podium finishes 24
Pole positions 10
2015 Championship position 11th (2017 pts)

Chaz Mostert (born 10 April 1992) is an Australian professional motor racing driver. He was born on April 10, 1992 to Eddie and Debra Mostert. He previously competed in Formula Ford, winning the 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship. He is currently competing in the V8 Supercars Championship for Rod Nash Racing. He was the winner of the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Early career

Formula Ford

Mostert progressed into Formula Ford 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 most race wins in a season.[2]

V8 Supercars

Development Series

Mostert leads the field into turn 1 at Queensland Raceway
The MW Motorsport Ford FG Falcon in which Chaz Mostert won the Adelaide round of the 2013 Dunlop Series

In 2010 Chaz Mostert got the chance to drive a Miles Racing Falcon at Bathurst in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series where he exceeded expectations, leading to Chaz being signed by Miles Racing for the 2011 Season. Again, he performed strongly for the team, particularly in wet conditions. Ford Performance Racing sign him for the next round at Sandown to drive the team's first development series car, an FG Falcon. Mostert scored a pole position on debut for the team and performed well for the remainder of the season.

2012 saw Mostert race with Ford Performance Racing once again, heading into the first round at Clipsal 500 with a great car underneath him. Which helped him get pole and clean sweep the weekend with 2 race wins.On 1 December 2012 Mostert was awarded an Honorary commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy. He was presented with his commission by the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Raymond Griggs.[3]

Championship Series

Mostert ran one round in the Development Series in 2013 before being moved up into the Championship Series. He drove car #12 for Dick Johnson Racing, with Ford Performance Racing providing technical support.[4] On 28 July 2013, Mostert won his first Championship Series race at the 2013 Coates Hire Ipswich 360.[5]

The Ford FG Falcon in which Mostert and Paul Morris won the 2014 race.

In 2014, he drove for Ford Performance Racing under the Pepsi Max Crew Ford FG Falcon previously driven by Will Davison in the 2013 Championship. Adam DeBorre remains his engineering, transferring back to Ford Performance Racing from Dick Johnson Racing. Mostert won the 2014 Bathurst 1000 with co-driver Paul Morris, after starting at the back of the grid, the lowest ever starting position to go on to win the Bathurst 1000. [6]

On 9 October 2015, during the qualifying session for the 2015 Bathurst 1000, he was involved in a horrific crash leaving him with a broken leg and a broken wrist, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.[7] Before the crash, he was second in the championship, behind team-mate Mark Winterbottom.

In 2016, alongside his return from injury to V8 Supercars, Mostert, with Nathan Morcom, won the inaugural Bathurst 6 Hour race for Group 3E Series Production Cars driving a BMW 335i E92.

Career Results

Season Series Car Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Placing
2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship Spectrum 011 Howard Racing 23 0 0 50 11th
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship Spectrum 011 Synergy Motorsport 19 1 1 225 4th
2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship Spectrum 012 Synergy Motorsport 24 3 14 361 1st
2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Ford BF Falcon Miles Racing 2 0 0 222 27th
2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Ford BF Falcon
Ford FG Falcon
Miles Racing
Ford Performance Racing
17 1 0 1253 6th
2011 Australian Production Car Championship BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts 1 0 1 122 15th
2011 iRace Touring Car Challenge Chevrolet Silverado Miles Racing 4 1 2 54 7th
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 18 5 4 1665 3rd
2013 V8SuperTourers Championship Ford FG Falcon International Motorsport 9 0 2 1899 9th
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 28 0 1 1448 17th
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 38 0 2 2451 7th
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 24 10 5 2017 11th

References

  1. Craig Lowndes finds solace in award
  2. . Dick Johnson Racing http://www.djr.com.au/about-us/Chaz-Mostert. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. V8 star joins Team Navy as an honorary officer, Defence Media Release, 1 December 2012
  4. "FPR and DJR forge closer ties". V8 Supercars.
  5. "Mostert and DJR win Ipswich finale". speedcafe.com. 2013-07-28.
  6. "2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Championship Race 30". V8 Supercars. 2014-10-12.
  7. "Mostert in Good Spirits". V8 Supercars. 2015-10-09.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nick Percat
Australian Formula Ford Championship
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
Cameron Waters
Preceded by
Mark Winterbottom
Steven Richards
Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2014
(with Paul Morris)
Succeeded by
Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tim Blanchard
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2011
Succeeded by
Scott Pye
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