Chaz Mostert to honour Charly Lamm at the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour

Speaking on Thursday afternoon during the Bathurst 12 Hour street parade, Mostert said he’ll be racing for Charly Lamm come race time.

Lamm, who was the team principal of Schnitzer Motorsport for over four decades, passed away on January 26, after a short illness, aged 63.

“There’s been some pretty sad news in the motorsport world in the past week, of Charly Lamm leaving us,” he said.

“This weekend is for Charly and we’re going to give it a red hot crack. We want to add to his legacy.”  

On Sunday, Mostert will be in the car alongside Augusto Farfus and Martin Tomczyk, from Brazil and Germany respectively.

Both of Mostert’s teammates bring a considerable amount of experience, Farfus once a regular in the World Touring Car Championship and Tomczyk a former regular in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

The Victorian-born driver is keen to work alongside his experienced counterparts.

“Driving with some of these professional drivers, it’s an absolute honour and privilege to start with them. It’s just a big learning curve,” he said.

“They’re use to racing in different parts of the world. They take professional to a whole new level. 

“Hopefully they haven’t put to much faith in the Aussie guy! We’ll just have some fun and see how we come out.” 

Last year Mostert competed in the same team, alongside Farfus and German driver Marco Wittmann, the team receiving the Allan Simonsen Trophy for claiming pole position. 

And while the car was one of the fastest cars at Mount Panorama for the half a day race, it crashed out of the race in the tenth hour.

“The car was super quick last year but come the race, it wasn’t meant to be for us,” he said.

“We got involved in some epic battles and came out on the wrong end of the stick. That’s what motor racing does: some days it works for you, some days it doesn’t.

“However, it was still a fantastic weekend for us to get that Allan Simonensen Trophy and show that the car is pretty quick.

“I think BMW M6 GT3 really suits Bathurst, a nice fast flowing circuit. I think it plays to its strengths and that’s why I think it’ll be down the pointy end. Hopefully it roles out similar in the lead up to the race and that we can give it a red hot crack.”

Mostert has plenty of experience at the Mount Panorama circuit, winning the Bathurst 1000 in 2014, and starting another four races.

He’s also appeared at another Bathurst 12 Hour, in 2017, where he also failed to finished, when he drove alongside Morgan Haber and Max Twigg for the MARC Cars Australia team. 

Practice gets underway at 8.50am on Friday morning, another two sessions running for an hour in the morning starting at 9.25am and 11.10am.

A final session will be held at 3.15pm on Friday afternoon, followed by a fifth and final one on Saturday at 8.35am.

Qualifying will be held at 11.20am and 12.10pm, before the top 10 shootout at 4.40pm. 

The main race starts on Sunday at 5.45pm.