CHAZ’S BIG DECISION
Chaz Mostert’s Big Decision
At the end of this season, frustrated Tickford star Chaz Mostert has a big decision to make and in the latest issue of Auto Action, we explore the options that the popular Ford driver has in front of him for the 2020 season.
Mostert has been in Penske’s crosshairs because he is the next best candidate to take over from McLaughlin should the reigning Supercars champion make the move to racing for Team Penske in the USA.
Looking to a possible post-McLaughlin future, DJRTP is looking at snapping up Mostert to take over as a ready-made championship-contending race-winner.
However, DJRTP’s hopes of luring him away from Tickford, as well as Tickford’s desire to keep him, have been interrupted by Mostert.
Mostert has confirmed that as well as his local options, he is now looking at an opportunity in international GTs that would mean stepping out of Supercars for at least two years.
The Ford front-runner admitted that taking a ‘sabbatical’ to race overseas had become a serious alternative.
Having dismissed a possible foreign foray at the beginning of the year, Mostert revealed that his recent thinking has changed.
“There is still an option to maybe not to be in this category next year, which is something I’m taking seriously,” he told Auto Action. “I didn’t consider it as seriously at the start of the year, but recently, definitely taking seriously.”
The 27-year-old is the key to the driver market for 2020 as the only truly top-ranked driver who will be out of contract at the end of this season.
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