Photo: TCR Australia / Daniel Kalisz
Chaz Mostert completed a clean sweep of victories in the final TCR Australia race at Bathurst, once again having to pass Aaron Cameron to claim the win in a safety-car interrupted race.
As in the previous two races this weekend, Mostert initially lost out in his Audi to the fast-starting Peugeot of Cameron, slotting into second at the very start.
The race was only half a lap old when it had to be neutralised for the first time when the Alfa Romeo of Lee Holdsworth, running in sixth at the time, stopped on track with a fire, his Ashley Seward Motorsport team having changed the turbo on his car just before the race.
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Chaz Mostert extends lead with opening Bathurst race win
2 days ago
Chaz Mostert has taken his third race of the 2021 TCR Australia season after a battle with Aaron Cameron went the way of the 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner, further extending his championship lead.
The Melbourne Performance Centre driver might have entered the race with the pole position but had to fight with 60kg of success ballast in his Audi RS 3 LMS, fighting back from a tough start to outpace the Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR of Cameron late in the race.
Starting from the outside of the front row, Cameron got the holeshot into Hell Corner, the GRM driver edging out polesitter Chaz Mostert to the first turn as further down the pack both HMO Customer Racing entered Hyundai i30 N TCR’s of Nathan Morcom and Josh Buchan were left sitting on the grid, having issues after a prolonged starting sequence.
Chaz Mostert converts pole into record-breaking victory
2 weeks ago
Chaz Mostert produced a dominant display in the opening TCR Australia race of the weekend at Phillip Island as he converted pole position into a fine lights-to-flag victory.
Whilst qualifying earlier in the day had been held in dry conditions, the weather had – as expected – taken a turn for the worse by the time the opening race of the weekend came around, with drivers faced with a wet circuit that included numerous pools of standing water.
Despite the rain, the field made in through turn one unscathed on the opening lap as Mostert retained the lead in his Audi having qualified on pole position, although team-mate Luke King was unable to hold off the challenge of Lee Holdsworth as he moved the first of the Alfa Romeos up into second spot.
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