FOUR Supercars stars have teamed up to form a drivers’ association, in a bid for better communication with race officials.
Chaz Mostert, Shane van Gisbergen, Will Davison and Cam Waters are the inaugural group members, aiming to represent the collective interests of the grid.
Unlike bodies in other sports such as the AFL Players Association, the driver group is focused on regulatory matters and not commercial outcomes.
According to Mostert, the idea for the group was borne out of last year’s Gold Coast 500, where drivers banded together in a bid to have the kerb policing method altered.
“Myself, Shane, Will and Cam are the first four but the idea is to move it around and get different people in throughout the year,” Mostert told V8 Sleuth.
“It all started around the Gold Coast last year where a few of us came together with Craig Baird (Driving Standards Advisor) and James Taylor (Race Director).
“They gave us the time of day to talk about tyre bundles and track specific things.
“We thought it was cool working with those guys so in the off-season we thought we’d have some advisors and try and get every driver involved in a group.
“We’ll talk about things that come up this weekend. Safety things, track specific things. We’ve been working with Bairdo and James and Motorsport Australia.”
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Mostert stressed that the group aims to help officials with solutions, not just point out problems.
“After this weekend any driver can come to us and raise a concern and we’ll talk about that in our drivers’ advisor group,” he added.
“The idea is not just to lay a problem on but lay a solution down as well. And then we go to Motorsport Australia to try and implement things going forward.
“I expect in the next few days a few things will roll through. There will be some things that are a priority, some things that are track specific and we have time with.
“Maybe there will be nothing, it will be all rosy. But it’s nice that the guys give us the time of day.”
