Winning Ways for K&N-Sponsored Supercar and GT Racing Teams in Australia

The Supercheap Auto Ford Falcon, with Chaz Mostert behind the wheel, took home a win in the final

The Australian Grand Prix is the opening round of the Formula One Championship each year, with F1 supported by the marquee local race classes, Supercars and Australian GT.

Racing the Supercheap Auto Racing Ford Falcon in Supercars, Chaz Mostert ended his weekend with a win in the final of the four sprint races over the weekend, cementing third in points for the weekend.

While no Supercars title points are on offer at the Australian Grand Prix, it is always a fierce battle at the Albert Park circuit and a chance for Prodrive Racing Australia to develop their Falcons for the second round of the championship in a few weeks.

“This weekend is all about building momentum and making our cars better and better,” Mostert said.

“I’m really happy with how we ended up. The crew and my engineer Adam De Borre all did an awesome job to get the car together and working like it did.”

With the championship heading to the tight Symmons Plains track in Tasmania for round two of the title, Mostert knows there is still hard work ahead for Prodrive and his Supercheap Auto Racing crew and admits his #55 Falcon still has some weaknesses.

“To get the race win and then third for the weekend is awesome. There are still a few little things that we need to work on but I feel like we have a good direction for the next few events.”

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The team remained the benchmark for the remainder of the weekend, with a 1-2-3 in the weekend’s opening race, a victory in race three and an overall round victory for #73 Valvoline Audi R8 LMS of Kelvin van der Linde and Geoff Emery.

"Kelvin did an awesome job this weekend," Emery said.

"Really it was just up to me to keep it on the black stuff and bring it home! It was a great weekend!"

The Supercars Championship resumes in a week and a half’s time for round two of the title at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

Our Australian GT team on the other hand has a few weeks off before heading to the opposite side of the country to compete at Barbagallo Raceway, outside of Perth, Western Australia for the third round of the title.