Chaz Mostert wants to deliver Ford the first Gen3 title before making the manufacturer switch

Dual Bathurst 1000 champion Chaz Mostert is switching up manufacturers next year, but first he has sights on a fitting Gen3 farewell title for Ford.

Dual Bathurst 1000 winner Chaz Mostert has declared he is now the best “all-round” driver he has been in his career as he targets a breakthrough championship win to deliver his team a fitting Ford farewell before its big switch to Toyota next year.

Ahead of a revamped Supercars championship Mostert predicted would create “heartbreak” and a “pressure cooker” environment for the drivers in the new finals series, the Walkinshaw Andretti United star said he felt more ready than ever to chase a maiden crown.

Having twice conquered Mount Panorama, the Supercars championship has continued to elude the fan favourite, who finished third behind Triple Eight pair Will Brown and Broc Feeney last season.

This year’s championship will be WAU’s last campaign in a Ford Mustang before the squad makes the switch to a Toyota Supra from 2026.

Chaz Mostert declares he is the best all round driver. Picture: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images

Having started his career in a Ford, Mostert said he would be proud to deliver the Mustang’s first Gen3 title before moving to the new manufacturer.

“I have obviously been a Ford driver most of my career, except a couple of years there I got to represent Holden in the sport,” Mostert said.

“But I always felt like coming back to Ford was a good homecoming and the last couple of years have been really enjoyable.

“I think as a team we have made a massive step forward on performance and it would be really cool in the Gen3 era to try and be that team that won with Ford in a championship.

“We know that there is plenty of stuff that is going on behind the scenes for next year, but for us drivers and the main core part of our team we are solely focused on trying to do the job this year.

“It’s super exciting for fans and for Supercars as well to have a third manufacturer involved, but as much hype as there is thinking about ‘26 there is as much hype about ‘25 that we have got to get through first to get the job done.”

A Bathurst 1000 winner in 2014 and 2021, Mostert’s best finish in the championship has been third place in 2021-22 and last year – all with WAU.

Now 32, Mostert said felt he was the most well-rounded driver he had ever been on track and that he had the tool kit to deliver a title.

“I feel as an all-round driver I’m the best I’ve ever been,” Mostert said.

Chaz Mostert wants a Ford title. Picture: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images

Before he makes the big move to Toyota next year. Picture: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images

“I really feel like I have a different mentality than what I did when I was younger. I had a lot of raw speed when I was younger, but probably not a lot of race wits about me.

“The last couple of years I have put some pretty consistent campaigns together, but we just haven’t quite got there in the end or we’ve had a few little dips in performance here or there.

“I feel like I am on paper ready to try and do the job, but in saying that in motorsport there is no sure thing and there are some fantastic drivers and some fantastic teams.

“I don’t put the pressure on myself of ever being able to do it, but I feel like where I am at this moment of my life that I still have plenty of good years left in me.

“We’ll see what we can do this year and if we can try and win one this year.”

But Mostert said this year’s championship was going to be more “cutthroat” than ever as Supercars introduces its new season format and finals series.

Mostert predicted the finals series, which will be held over the Gold Coast, Sandown and season-ending Adelaide rounds, would turn up the pressure on the drivers.

“It’s going to be really cutthroat and it is going to be totally different than what we are used to. You have got to be aggressive now,” Mostert said.

Chaz Mostert at the Adelaide 500. Picture: Brenton Edwards

“Throughout the year, or kind of for the sprint series at least, it will probably feel like a normal year for us, but then everything after that is just going to really ramp up.

“So those finals series rounds are going to be super tough, there is going to be heartbreak …. those last three rounds, they are going to be pretty crazy.

“I am a big NRL fan so when you think about their finals series, the champion is the best team at the end of the day that wins the grand final, I feel like that is still the same that will happen in Supercars.

“The best driver and the best team will still win the chocolates in that last one. It just makes it more pressure cooker moments like what you have in those footy grand finals and stuff like that where you can’t make mistakes, especially in those last three rounds.

“So to put that pressure on us drivers and on our teams, it’s really going to be the cream that will rise to the top to take it.

“I love my team, I think we are up for the task to have a crack.”

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