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Chaz Mostert backs Toyota’s first Bathurst 1000 win bid
Chaz Mostert believes he can help Toyota win the Bathurst 1000 for the first time.
He and co-driver Fabian Coulthard will start 16th among 26 cars at Mount Panorama in Australia.
Toyota is returning to the race for the first time since 1998.
Mostert has won the event twice, including a 2014 victory after starting from last place.
Toyota’s 2026 season has included a disqualification, mechanical failures and a crash during practice, but Mostert and Coulthard won at Tailem Bend last month.
Mostert says the team needs to keep improving and be in a position to take its chance, since the fastest car does not always win this race.
The Bathurst 1000 is a 1,000-kilometre race scheduled for Sunday.
Chaz Mostert says Toyota can win the Bathurst 1000 for the first time.
Mostert and co-driver Fabian Coulthard will start 16th of 26 places in the race.
Toyota has returned to the Bathurst 1000 for the first time since 1998.
The team won in its GR Supra at Tailem Bend last month after a difficult 2026 season.
Walkinshaw chief executive Bruce Stewart said he believes the team can win.
- Who
- Chaz Mostert and co-driver Fabian Coulthard are competing for Walkinshaw TWG Racing.
- What
- Mostert is backing Toyota’s bid for its first Bathurst 1000 win.
- When
- The race is scheduled for Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The Bathurst 1000 is held at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, Australia.
- Why
- Toyota has returned to the race, and Mostert says the team can win after its Tailem Bend victory.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I don’t see why it can’t
You never come to Bathurst without thinking you can win. So of course we can
We’ve seen it 100 times, where the fastest car never wins this race.
Toyota last competed in the Bathurst 1000 before returning in 2026.
Mostert and Coulthard won at Tailem Bend in the GR Supra.
Ryan Wood crashed during a practice run.
Mostert and Coulthard are due to start the Bathurst 1000 from 16th of 26 places.
- Starting position
- 16th of 26 places
- Toyota’s previous Bathurst 1000 appearance
- 1998
- Recent win
- Tailem Bend, last month
- Co-driver
- Fabian Coulthard
- Car
- GR Supra
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