Chaz Mostert crowned 2025 Supercars champion after a blockbuster season finale in Adelaide
- Jasmin Low
- 19 minutes ago
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The 2025 Supercars season came to a close in spectacular fashion, with Grove Racing’s Matt Payne putting in a dominant display from lights to flag, escaping the carnage behind. 155 miles (250km) was all that stood between Chaz Mostert and his maiden championship after championship leader Broc Feeney found himself swept away in a grand finale controversy.
Written by Jasmin Low
As it Happened
As the lights went out for the final time in 2025, Payne immediately shot past Feeney off the line. It only got worse for the man from the Gold Coast as Wood went nose-to-tail with the Triple Eight car, eventually sending Feeney into a pirouette and plummeting down to 21st on the road.
Jack Le Brocq came to a halt on track after making contact with Jaxon Evans, depositing oil onto the tarmac and calling for an early safety car. Anton De Pasquale took full advantage of the drama, moving up into third.
The stewards delivered their verdict on the championship-deciding change as racing resumed on lap 5, dealing the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver a 15-second penalty.
Wood closed in on the race lead on lap 8, putting pressure on the Penrite-badged car. Feeney set off on the crucial task of picking off the cars ahead, slipping past Cam Waters to claim 14th on lap 10. Meanwhile, Feeney’s closest title rival Chaz Mostert was also making moves, passing De Pasquale to grab net third.
As the action began to cool, Payne remained the man to beat, setting the fastest lap whilst Feeney seemingly struggled in his pursuit of Will Davison, losing time to the red and white machine ahead after dipping a wheel into the grass down the main straight.
De Pasquale was the first of the frontrunners to make the first of two mandatory pit stops, re-entering the road in 18th. Also making a pit stop was Kai Allen, who remained eligible to win the title but had started the race from ninth.
Triple Eight brought Will Brown into the box as the wind began to pick up over the Adelaide Parklands, with rain threatening to throw another layer of challenge into the mix.
Cooper Murray went crawling into the pit lane following contact with James Courtney, with the Blanchard driver attempting a divebomb on his competitor on lap 29.
Payne made his first pit stop on lap 30, leaving Feeney to run over 6.5 seconds ahead and first on the road, attempting to overcut his rivals.
Fresh tyres would come for Feeney two laps later, completing the first pit stop cycle. However, the Triple Eight driver suffered a slow stop, dropping him to 16th.
With 40 laps still left on the count, Feeney looked to be struggling for reliability issues whilst Mostert ran in second.
Meanwhile, Brown passed De Pasquale to claim the final podium position, and Courtney was sent into a spin after making contact with Macauley Jones, for which the Brad Jones Racing driver was awarded a 15-second penalty.
With 30 laps remaining, Payne led Mostert by over 5 seconds, whilst the sky cleared into a brilliant blue overhead. Four laps later, Payne made his second and final pit stop, rejoining the race in third, before Mostert responded, entering the fast lane behind Payne.
Wood crept into the pit lane with 23 laps to go, suffering issues with his Mustang and retiring from the race.
The action quieted throughout the final stages of the race, with Payne safely holding the lead by over five seconds, followed by the championship-hunting trio of Mostert, Brown and Allen. Meanwhile, Feeney’s tragic race went from bad to worse, trailing the field in 20th before Mostert breezed past, lapping his opponent.
With 7 laps to go, Nick Percat almost found himself out of the running in his final full-time race in the series, having to reverse out of the runoff at turn 11, but managed to continue on, avoiding a late safety car.
It would be Payne lifting the winner’s trophy, crowned king of the streets of Adelaide for the second time. With Mostert and Brown rounding out the podium, both would move ahead of Feeney in the championship standings, demoting the 19-time pole-sitter and 14-time race winner in 2025 alone to third in the standings.
Kai Allen crossed the line in fourth, whilst Feeney could do no better than 20th in the wake of his engine failure and lap 1 incident.
Mostert leaves 2025 with his maiden championship, 62 points ahead of Brown with a further 4 points back to Feeney. Allen remains fourth in the standings, 83 points behind Mostert in his rookie Supercars campaign.
