Mostert: Sunday charge 'hard to swallow' after flying start

It was a breakout weekend for one side of the Walkinshaw Andretti United garage at the Bosch Power Tools Perth Super 440, but Chaz Mostert couldn't help but feel it was a weekend of missed opportunities for his side.

Ryan Wood claimed his maiden Boost Mobile Pole Award and became the 88th different winner in ATCC/Supercars history on Saturday, and was on course to add another before a suspension failure in Saturday's second race.

Another potential podium for Wood went begging with a late Safety Car on Sunday, with the Kiwi ultimately being taken out in a controversial collision with PremiAir Racing's James Golding.

Having claimed two podiums on Saturday, Mostert was further back in the pack on Sunday, only qualifying a disappointing 14th.

Although the 33-year-old was pleased with his recovery to sixth place, he admitted that the drop in pace day-on-day came as a shock to both team and driver.

"It was super tough, which caught us a bit by surprise after we had such good pace on Saturday. We just missed the mark a little bit and didn’t have quite the same speed in the car," said Mostert in a post-event blog.

"We didn’t qualify very well in 14th, but we executed the race really well and battled through. I think everyone was really struggling with tyre temp out there in that last race, but we somehow stayed out of trouble and get a bag of points for sixth.

"We’ll take that starting from 14th, but it was a hard one to swallow after having had such fast race cars on Saturday."

"We came into this weekend feeling confident given this track has been a happy hunting ground for the team. I’m grateful to bank some good points after the last round, and that puts us in a good mindset heading into Darwin in a couple of weeks.

Mostert himself jagged his first pole of 2025 for the opening race of the weekend, and led the opening laps of Race 14 before Wood found his way past with superior pace.

Mostert's drive in Race 15 was particularly impressive after only qualifying 11th, flying through the field to claim the final spot on the podium and stretch his buffer on the Finals bubble.

"To get a third off pole position — well, I never like going backwards, and when your teammate wins, it’s obviously hard not to be mad," Mostert continued.

"But I’m glad that we were able to share Woody's first win. That was pretty cool. It was pretty special being able to share the podium with to see the young buck for that.

"We struggled a little bit with the balance compared to Woody. He was really strong. I think what we learnt from Woody’s car from the first race we applied a bit more in the second.

"I had an amazing car in that last race of the day. We came from P nowhere — P11 we started — so I didn’t expect to be fighting for a trophy in that race given how hard it is around here, but the crew really tuned up the car between sessions, and it paid off with third place."

The 2025 Repco Supercars Championship continues at the betr Darwin Triple Crown from June 20-22. Tickets for the event are on sale now.