Mostert hit with two-place grid penalty
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 13 September 2025
Chaz Mostert has suffered a setback ahead of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend, receiving a two-place grid penalty.
Mostert qualified eighth following the Top 10 Shootout, but the penalty revealed on Saturday night will mean he will start the first-ever enduro at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park from 10th.
The WAU veteran was adjudged to have impeded Richie Stanaway at Turn 13 during Qualifying.
Stanaway only managed 19th in the 20-minute session.
Below is how the stewards described the incident.
Car 62 was on a push lap and had successfully negotiated through a number of cars. Car 25 was on a preparation lap and was on the racing line at Turn 13 when Car 62 arrived as a result of which Car 62 had to abort the lap.
The Driver of Car 25 acknowledged that the Driver of Car 62 had been impeded. He explained that he hadn’t received a message for his Team that Car 62 was approaching. He said that when he looked in his mirrors before Turn 13 he saw Car 14 exiting Turn 12 and knew that Car 14 was on a slow lap. His sight of Car 62 behind Car 14 was obstructed by Car 14.
Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that Car 25 unnecessarily impeded Car 62. The Stewards took into account the heavy traffic and that Car 25’s view of Car 62 was obstructed by the position Car 14 and imposed a 2 grid position penalty instead of the 3 grid place penalty usually imposed for this type of infringement.
Updated grid for the 2025 AirTouch 500 at The Bend
Pos Driver Time
1 Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup 1:48.6548
2 Cameron Hill/Cameron McLeod +0.1023
3 Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood +0.1286
4 Cameron Waters/Mark Winterbottom +0.2129
5 Thomas Randle/James Moffat +0.2793
6 Matt Payne/Garth Tander +0.4782
7 Anton De Pasquale/Harri Jones +0.6322
8 Cooper Murray/Jobe Stewart +1.2115
9 Ryan Wood/Jayden Ojeda +5.9210
10 Chaz Mostert/Fabian Coulthard +1.0275
11 Nick Percat/Tim Slade +0.4973
12 David Reynolds/Lee Holdsworth +0.5146
13 Jack Le Brocq /Jarrod Hughes +0.6590
14 Andre Heimgartner/Declan Fraser +0.6700
15 Jaxon Evans/Jack Smith +0.6885
16 Will Brown/Scott Pye +0.6997
17 James Courtney/Jack Perkins +0.7099
18 Aaron Cameron/Zak Best +0.7143
19 Richie Stanaway/Nash Morris +0.7328
20 Macualey Jones/Jordan Boys +0.7639
21 Will Davison/Tony D’Alberto +0.7956
22 James Golding/David Russell +0.8082
23 Kai Allen/Dale Wood +0.8317
24 Cameron Crick/Aaron Seton +0.8340
25 Bryce Fullwood/Brad Vaughan +0.9372
26 Zach Bates/Craig Lowndes +0.9749
27 Rylan Gray/Lochie Dalton +1.0089
Image: Peter Norton Epic Sports Photography
Practice 1: 1: A. Cameron/Z. Best 1:50.0617 2: T. Randle/Z. Best +0.0283 3: B. Kostecki/T. Hazelwood +0.3358
Practice 2: 1: Jamie Whincup 1:50.5875 2: Todd Hazelwood +0.2082 3: Dale Wood +0.3248
Practice 3: 1: Will Brown 1:48.9957 2: Broc Feeney +0.3210 3: Thomas Randle +0.3837
Practice 4: 1 James Moffat 1:50.7387 2 Lee Holdsworth +0.1864 3 Rylan Gray +0.2128
Practice 5: 1 Ryan Wood 1:49.2867 2 Brodie Kostecki +0.0272 3 Broc Feeney +0.0584
Qualifying: 1 Brodie Kostecki 1:49.3947 2 Broc Feeney +0.0081 3 Cameron Waters +0.0628
Top 10 Shootout: 1 Broc Feeney 1:48.6548 2 Cameron Hill +0.1023 3 Brodie Kostecki +0.1286
Warm Up: Sunday 9.30-9.50
Race 26: Sunday 13.45-17.18 102 laps
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