Supercars Grand Final weekend: Chaz Mostert steals title after Broc Feeney’s first-lap collision
An honest Chaz Mostert has admitted he once felt a maiden Supercars title could be out of his grasp after a dramatic finish to the 2025 season on Sunday in which a rival was left heartbroken.
Chaz Mostert admitted he feared he might never win a Supercars championship after he broke through to win a long-awaited maiden crown as his chief title rival Broc Feeney’s hopes were shattered in a dramatic finish to the Adelaide grand final on Sunday.
As Grove Racing’s Bathurst 1000 winner Matt Payne won the final race of the season, Mostert celebrated getting one for the “old boys” after securing the Supercars crown he has chased for more than a decade to add to his two victories at Mount Panorama.
Mostert finished second behind Payne in the final 250km race to fulfil a childhood dream of becoming a Supercars champion for the first time at the age of 33.
While the Walkinshaw Andretti United star celebrated a long-awaited title, Feeney dropped to third in the championship after a day when nothing went right for the Red Bull ace.
Feeney battled to 20th after an opening-lap clash with Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood pushed him to the back of the field before he had to struggle through the second half of the race with a misfiring engine.
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Mostert sat 23 points behind Feeney leading into the final race of the season, but emerged on top in the title battle by 62 points after his final podium of the year.
Defending Supercars champion Will Brown finished runner-up in the championship behind Mostert after finishing third in Sunday’s season-finale, while Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen finished fourth in the race and the championship.
One of the most popular drivers in the Supercars field, Mostert’s breakthrough title comes in his 12th full-time season in the series.
The Ford star, who has won the Bathurst 1000 twice, has finished third in the championship three times before this year.
It delivered WAU for the perfect farewell for its partnership with Ford before the team makes the switch to new Supercars manufacturer Toyota next year.
Mostert celebrated his win with a series of epic burnouts in his Mustang post-race before enjoying a champagne shoey on the podium.
The fan favourite was later still coming to terms with the enormity of his win.
“I’m pretty out of breath, my brain is completely scattered,” Mostert said.
“Now I really know what it feels like to be a champion. It feels like exactly when you win Bathurst, you just feel so numb in excitement because you just can’t fathom it.
“You dream of this when you are a kid, when you’re six, seven in go-karts.
“I haven’t had any time to reflect. It’s just been crazy.”
After starting his career at Tickford Racing, Mostert made the move to WAU in 2020 and delivered the team a Bathurst victory in his second year.
But as he edged into his 30s, Mostert admitted he had doubts if a championship would ever come his way.
“I’ve been racing for so many years, you start to doubt it year after year,” Mostert said.
“Every year previous to this you always think it is never going to happen, especially once you get into your 30s and in this Gen3 era (with) all these unbelievably talented young blokes just coming into the field.
“We’ve lost some amazing champions in this sport, guys like Gizzy (Shane van Gisbergen) and (Scott) McLaughlin, but the new crop of young guys that are coming through are just as talented.
“(It’s been) so many years of trying to keep up with some of the best race car drivers around the world and I still feel like we have some of the best racing car drivers around the world here and they are only getting better and better.
“It’s cool to say one of the older boys got the job done today.”
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Mostert took out the championship on the back of a season when he won just four wins to Feeney’s 14, admitting the Supercars’ new finals series had helped his cause as he came alive with three crucial play-off wins.
He said the team had steeled itself for the finals throughout the year and said their heartache at Bathurst - when Mostert famously down a beer with the fans after his race ended early with mechanical issues - had also helped bring the team together for its finals tilt.
“The finals series has just really played to our strengths,” Mostert said.
“This year was a completely different format for us for the finals series and I’m just so grateful for the team to have the mindset of (preparing to) win the finals as well.
“We worked really hard from round one and we had a lot of ups and downs throughout the year and trying to give our best shot come these finals.
“You couldn’t script it any better for us, there are times throughout the year you start to doubt the path that you have taken, but then when Bathurst came along you start to really lock-in on that set-up.
“Bathurst having such heartbreak there, too, really brought the team together and got us to where we are today.”
While Mostert’s win was a popular one, one of the big talking points from the race was the opening lap incident between Feeney and Wood.
Feeney was spun around after contact with the Kiwi at turn six as the pair battled for second position, forcing the Red Bull star to the back of the field in 21st place.
The incident immediately came under investigation from the race control, who slapped Wood with a 15-second time penalty.
Triple Eight managing director Jamie Whincup immediately slammed the move from Wood, who has served as a wingman for Mostert during the finals, as “grubby stuff”.
“There’s hard racing, but he was just having a free swing and we’ve paid the ultimate price for it … it’s pretty grubby stuff,” Whincup told the broadcast.
But WAU co-owner Ryan Walkinshaw fired back in defence of Wood.
“I think he (Whincup) should be talking to his driver,” Walkinshaw said.
“He very clearly had Woody alongside him and he pushed him into the wall. You can actually see Wood hit the wall and then go into Broc.
“Broc is fighting for a championship, Woody has nothing to lose. He was down the side of him, Broc tried to squeeze him into a wall and Woody can’t exactly disappear.”
Feeney then set about carving his way back through the field and while he worked his way back to the front, his race was then cruelled by a misfiring engine.
Mostert praised Feeney’s incredible season and expected him to fight back next year.
“Broc is an amazing talent and he has done an amazing job all year,” Mostert said.
“And from the drivers out there he has pushed everyone to an amazing level.
“No doubt, I know today probably stings, trust me I have sat here for 12 or 13 years and always dreamed of this, but we know the calibre of driver that he is and no doubt he is going to be hard to beat for many years to come.
“I always say you learn more from your losses than your wins and I’m sure they’ll be back for redemption next year.”
Earlier, the Supercars field paid tribute to three stalwarts of the sport who are retiring from full-time driving - James Courtney, Will Davison and Nick Percat.
The trio were given guard of honour in pit lane from all the teams in pit lane before the race.
EARLIER: Title leader Broc Feeney has put himself in prime position to seal a maiden Supercars crown on Sunday after securing pole for the title-deciding final race of the season at the Adelaide grand final.
The Triple Eight young gun’s extraordinary qualifying run continued to clinch a third pole for the weekend in Adelaide and a record 19th for the season after firing again in the Top 10 Shootout with a blistering 1:19.64 lap.
Feeney finishes the season with 15 more poles than the next best in the field, Dick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki on four.
Feeney will start on the front of the grid for the final 250km race in Adelaide alongside Grove Racing’s Matt Payne with Walkinshaw Andretti United pair Ryan Wood and title challenger Chaz Mostert behind them on the second row.
The other two members of the final four contenders for the title, Will Brown (Triple 8) and Kai Allen (Grove Racing) will start from eighth and ninth respectively.
Feeney takes a 23-point lead in the championship over Mostert into the final race.
“Of course there is pressure, but how awesome to get another pole. Three from three this weekend is outstanding so I can’t thank this crew enough,” Feeney said.
“It’s definitely the most important pole position of my life and a great time to do it.
“This thing has been a rocket. I was pretty happy with the lap and knew it was going to be pretty hard to beat.
“The pole award for this year is fantastic. To think there are 19 is incredible, so shoot out to all these guys for supporting it and chuffed to walk away with another pole on a pretty important day.”
Feeney eclipsed triple Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin season pole record on Friday with his 17th pole of the year and he revealed the IndyCar star had reached out to him this weekend.
“Scotty actually messaged me yesterday and gave me a bit of encouragement which was pretty awesome,” Feeney said.
“He just said ‘Keep doing what you’re doing’. I’ve done it all year and that’s been my whole goal this finals series.
“We’ve had a great run, we’ve had a fantastic year, there’s no point in reinventing the wheel. So I’m just backing myself.”
Earlier, there was a scary moment for Erebus Motorsport rookie Cooper Murray after he lost a wheel nut and slid into the wall at turn eight before losing his rear left wheel in the first part of qualifying.
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