FINAL FOUR LOCKED IN FOR THE bp ADELAIDE GRAND FINAL

Broc Feeney, Chaz Mostert, Will Brown and Kai Allen will race for Supercars’ 2025 championship at the bp Adelaide Grand Final.

 

These four drivers survived a rain-soaked racetrack and on-track tussles to emerge from the Sandown Semi Final race weekend with enough championship points to be eligible to race for the championship at Adelaide.

 

While all 24 Supercars drivers will take to the Adelaide street circuit for three races – driving for the honour and glory of finishing first at the notoriously tough racetrack – the four championship contenders will also be racing to be the season’s best driver.

 

Feeney leads the championship standings with 5050 points, followed by Mostert with 5030 points, Brown with 5015 points, and Allen with 5000 points.

 

With a maximum of 50 championship points available in the bp Adelaide Grand Final’s Friday’s 100km race, and a maximum of 125 points in each 250km race on Saturday and Sunday, the championship battle will not likely be over until the chequered flag falls on Sunday.

 

HOW THE TOP FOUR WAS FINALISED AT THE SANDOWN 500

 

Mostert, from Mobil1 Optus Racing, secured his spot to race for the championship by winning the first race at Sandown on Saturday.

 

Feeney, from Red Bull Ampol Racing, did the same by winning the second race on Sunday.

 

The last two positions in the top four, however, were a bit harder to come by and those drivers were not determined until the dying laps of the second 250km race.

 

Brown, also from Red Bull Ampol Racing, qualified well outside the top 10 in both races and had to fight his way back through the field.

 

But with a fast race car, he was able to take position after position and remarkably finished on the podium in both races, which secured his spot at the championship-decider at Adelaide.

 

Allen, from Penrite Racing, played second fiddle to his teammate Matt Payne all weekend, as the team gave strategy preference to the more experienced Payne to progress to the Finals.

 

However, an on-track clash with fellow championship contender Waters, from Monster Castrol Racing, led to both Payne’s and Waters’ race cars being damaged.

 

Waters was on the brink of falling out of finals contention and knew he had to win the race to secure his spot, but his aggressive racing was too much for the both of them.

 

With consistent racing, Allen secured enough points to scrape through to the top four.

 

Waters’ teammate Thomas Randle never recovered from poor qualifying positions and finished the round with the lowest number of points of the top seven.

 

WHY FEENEY CAN WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Feeney has been the championship favourite since dominating the Sprint Cup, accruing the most points over the first eight rounds.

 

He describes Adelaide as one of his favourite racetracks, and having won the Adelaide title in 2022, he knows the winning formula for the circuit.

 

Feeney said after the Sandown race that he had the confidence to get the job done and momentum had swung back in his favour.

 

“To get a (Sandown) win is important,” he says.

 

“To know that we can win at this time of year is super important.”

 

He leads the championship standings which will be a handy points buffer in case a scuffle on track damages his car or he qualifies poorly.

 

The latter is unlikely, as he has also dominated qualifying all season, including taking 16 pole positions.

 

He has also shown desperation to pass cars to get to the lead in recent races, which included making some risky moves, so perhaps his only undoing will be succumbing to the pressure and making a bad choice on track.

 

WHY MOSTERT CAN WIN IT

 

Mostert has had most of the momentum in Supercars’ Finals series, winning three of the four races so far – two at the Gold Coast and one at Sandown.

 

(Momentum) is massive, it’s massive for our team,” he said after his Saturday race win at Sandown.

 

“Even if we get the car slightly wrong, we know how to keep tuning it.”

 

Mostert won a race on the streets of Adelaide in 2022 so he knows what it takes to cross the finish line first.

 

He has also kept a cool head on track during the 2025 Finals series, while the other four drivers have experienced on-track tangles and qualifying mishaps, succumbing to the pressure to gain as many points as possible.

 

He will be another favourite to take the crown – but as the saying goes, anything can happen in motorsport, and he experienced that at Bathurst when his Ford Mustang broke down suddenly halfway through that 1000km race.

 

WHY BROWN CAN WIN IT

 

Brown returns to Adelaide as the reigning champion as well as the reigning Adelaide title holder.

 

So he has the most recent experience to stave off the risk of the concrete walls – such as those located at Turn 8 – and win at the street circuit.

 

He admits failing to make the Top 10 Shootout on both days cost him race wins at Sandown, while he also crashed in qualifying at the previous round on the Gold Coast.

 

Major crashes in qualifying are common at Adelaide, so he will need to up his game in this area to improve his chances of winning the championship.

 

“I really wanted to try to have a good run (at Sandown) to get us through to the final four and show why we did win a championship last year,” he says.

 

“We won that off race pace and I think we can do that again this year at Adelaide.”

 

Fast race cars are what win races so if he can overcome his qualifying gremlins and start in a better position, it will be more likely he stands in pit straight with the championshp trophy in his hands for the second year in a row.

 

WHY ALLEN CAN WIN IT

 

Allen has nothing to lose and everything to win, as the most unlikely driver to be in championship contention.

 

The rookie driver has only raced in a Supercar at Adelaide once – last year, and only because he filled in for an injured driver.

 

He scraped into the Finals series and survived to Sandown because of consistent results – where he then had another consistent race weekend.

 

He has stayed out of trouble while qualifying and racing well, which has led him to be one of the top four.

 

“It’s beyond our expectations of this year,” the South Australian driver said of getting into the bp Adelaide Grand Final.

 

“We got into the (top) 10 by 3 points… this round it was a bit unrealistic to get into the four but we’re here.

 

“I’m keen to get to my home state and have a crack at Adelaide.”

 

If he maintains his consistency and receives some good luck and teammate support on the Adelaide street circuit, his rise may well be right to the top.

 

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR AT THE bp ADELAIDE GRAND FINAL

 

On-track battles may be the best ever seen at Adelaide, as teammates protect teammates, championship contenders push to pass to gain as many championship points as possible, and those not in the championship hunt chase race-winning glory.

 

Ryan Wood, for example, made his intentions clear that he would do everything he can to protect Mostert from on-track challengers at Sandown by strongly defending a fast-finishing Brown.

 

Allen also showed he was willing to put his teammate first by giving up race positions to Payne at Sandown, so no doubt will be hoping similar team orders work in his favour at Adelaide.

 

How much teammates will be willing to sacrifice during the three Adelaide races will be a storyline well worth watching.

 

Meanwhile, at the 2024 Adelaide 500, Mostert and Feeney came together in the pits as well as on the track, with the damage and penalties caused by their tussles leading to Brown winning on Sunday.

 

If that’s the fight to win normally, it’s mind-blowing what could occur with a championship on the line this year.

 

Throw in the fine line between risk and reward that can mean drivers perfect their racing line or crash into the concrete walls, destroying their cars and others’ around them, and the bp Adelaide Grand Final will be a race weekend that motorsport fans cannot miss.