Why podium meant so much for Mostert
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 7 June 2025
Chaz Mostert has endured an up-and-down 2025 so far, which is why he was delighted to stand on the podium twice on Saturday in Perth.
Mostert entered 2025 as one of Ford’s leading hopes, and it has been either feast or famine.
He started strong at Sydney, getting two podiums and being no lower than fourth in Sydney, but he could not get any higher than 10th at Albert Park.
Things again turned in Taupo where he took his only win of the year after a fierce fight with Brodie Kostecki.
Hoping results turned a corner, WAU suffered a shock at Summons Plains where the #25 struggled to find speed and finished no higher than 14th.
As a result, Mostert was drifting and found himself 250 points adrift of the lead of the Sprint Cup when the field arrived at Perth and needed a response.
He and WAU have found just that with both cars at the front and Mostert walking away with a pair of third places, plus his first pole in a year.
Mostert admitted it is a weight off his shoulders to be back at the front and see the team replicate the Perth pace it also had last year.
“It is a massive relief,” he said.
“We came into this weekend returning to a happy hunting ground.
Chaz Mostert leads Cam Waters. Image: Peter Norton
“It is a relief to come back here and have the same performance, which is great and just grateful to get some points.
“Things were looking worrying, being halfway through the Sprint Cup, and I was slowly going down, looking at the numbers.”
Whilst Mostert started from pole in the opener, a podium appeared much less likely in the Super Soft tyre race from 11th on the grid.
“I had an amazing car in that race,” he said.
“I did not expect to be standing on the podium, and I would not have if (Ryan) Woody did not have an arm failure. The arm broke and it was not strong enough.
“But that is motor racing, and I am really happy with the car speed.
“I didn’t feel that confident in qualifying and somehow got pole.
“I was a bit behind the eight ball in the first race and did not quite have the balance but it was really, really fast then.
“We learnt a lot in that race and made the car better, but nothing is certain. This championship all year has been unpredictable.”
Main Image: Race Project/WAU
Supercars Perth Super440 (all times AEST)
Practice 1: 1: Jaxon Evans 55.0864 2: Ryan Wood +0.3596 3: Broc Feeney +0.3948
Practice 2: 1: Matt Payne 54.3903 2: Anton De Pasquale +0.0856 3: Thomas Randle +0.2214
R14 Qualifying: 1 Chaz Mostert 53.6858 2 Ryan Wood +0.0839 3 Brodie Kostecki +0.0961
R15 Qualifying: 1 Ryan Wood 53.8966 2 Cameron Waters +0.2578 3 Broc Feeney +0.3017
Race 14 (50 laps): 1 Ryan Wood 47:18.8672 2 Will Brown Triple Eight 50 +0.6129 3 Chaz Mostert WAU 50 +3.3897 -2
Race 15 (50 laps): 1 Broc Feeney Triple Eight 50 46:56.3687 2 Will Brown Triple Eight 50 +1.5767 3 Chaz Mostert WAU 50 +1.9915 +8
R16 Qualifying: Sun 13.00-13.30
Top 10 Shootout: Sun 15.05-15.35
Race 16 (83 laps): Sun 17.15
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