Mostert, Golding, Hill to cop post-race penalties

Chaz Mostert, James Golding and Cameron Hill are all set to receive post-race penalties following the dramatic Saturday leg of the Melbourne SuperSprint.

Saturday's race was incident-packed from start to finish, with Matt Payne colliding with Golding, whose Blanchard Racing Team teammate Aaron Cameron also clashed with Will Brown.

Reigning champion Mostert crossed the line fifth, but is set to be reclassified to sixth behind Anton De Pasquale after receiving a five-second penalty over his own clash with Brown.

Mostert hit the rear of Brown's Red Bull Ampol Ford at Turn 9, which sent the 2024 Supercars champion across the infield. Brown rejoined, and emerged in a three-wide scenario with Jack Le Brocq and Cooper Murray.

Brown, Le Brocq and Murray were all cleared over their incident.

Two lap 1 incidents were also reviewed, with Hill and Golding also set to be penalised.

Brad Jones Racing driver Hill went down the inside of Matt Stone Racing rookie Zach Bates, who tipped Jayden Ojeda's PremiAir Racing Camaro into a spin.

Hill crossed the line eighth, but dropped to 17th in the final classification after receiving a 15-second penalty.

The Golding/Payne incident was the most dramatic in terms of the championship, with erstwhile championship leader Payne forced out on lap 1.

Both Fords were damaged after a squeeze exiting Turn 1. While Payne retired, Golding rejoined and finished 19th ahead of teammate Cameron and Brown.

Golding has since had 30 seconds applied to his race finish time, putting him behind Cameron.

Motorsport Australia stewards will release all findings in due course.

The 2026 Melbourne SuperSprint concludes with Race 7 at 10:10am.