This weekend the team will celebrate their 1,000th Supercars Championship race, we are just the second team in history to hit this milestone, what an incredible achievement.
Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood are ready for another big weekend of learning in their Toyota GR Supra’s. Albert Park is a fast-flowing track so there will be plenty to work on and develop across the four days.
Format
Thursday: It’s our biggest day of on track action this year, with five sessions, kicking off with two 30-minute practice sessions in the morning. We go straight into back-to-back qualifying sessions for Race 4 and Race 5, with session one being 12 minutes and session two being eight minutes.
There is no knockout qualifying this weekend, you get one shot per qualifying session to set your best lap, the pressure is on.
The cars then head out for their final session of the day at 5pm for Race 4, 19 laps of chaos around the streets of Albert Park.
Friday: It’s a later start on Friday with the lights going out for the 105km Race 5 at 5.30pm.
Saturday & Sunday: Saturday morning starts off with two back-to-back qualifying sessions for Race 6 and Race 7, the same format as Thursday. Later that evening at 5.35pm, we have the final 19 lap/105km race before cars go out for the final time of the weekend for the 14 lap Race 7 at 10:10am on Sunday morning.
The Track
Albert Park is the fastest circuit on the Supercars calendar, at 5.3km in length, with the average speed of 180km/h and top speed of 275km/h.
Drivers have to be aggressive into the Turn 11-12 chicane leading into Turn 13, as this corner provides a great opportunity to fire it down the inside; keep an eye out for a few moves to be made here over the weekend.
Tyres
We are on the Dunlop Soft tyre all weekend.
Pitstops
Similar to previous years, there will be no pitstops, so this puts extra pressure on qualifying as there is no pitstop strategy at play.
Weather
It’s mostly sunny this weekend with a slight chance of showers on Saturday in the morning and afternoon.
How to Watch
Every session, every lap, will be live on Foxtel and Kayo throughout the weekend.
Chaz Mostert
“It’s been a really tight turnaround for the crew coming into this weekend, they have been putting in the work getting the cars ready to go racing, I honestly can’t thank them enough for all of their hard work this season!
“Thursday is one of our busiest days of the season, we really want to be rolling out with a strong package during the practice sessions in the morning before we go qualifying otherwise it makes the races pretty tough.
“The racing here is really fun for us drivers, it’s some of the best racing on the calendar. With no pitstops, the strategy to move forward is through passing and you’ve only got a few laps to do it, so you’ve got to make every move count.”
Ryan Wood
“Racing at the Grand Prix is always very entertaining for the fans, with no pit stops, it puts the pressure on qualifying. If you don’t qualify up the front, it makes for a pretty tough race.
“This track is more complicated than it looks, it’s really difficult to put together a perfect lap around here, one small mistake and you could be eating concrete wall for lunch.
“We know this weekend there will be plenty more opportunities to learn about these cars, with the way the crew were able to improve the cars across the weekend in Sydney, I have no doubt they will continue to do great development work this weekend.”