{"id":499727,"date":"2026-04-22T01:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499727"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:24:24","slug":"kostecki-slams-malicious-mostert-manoeuvre-after-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499727","title":{"rendered":"Kostecki slams &#039;malicious&#039; Mostert manoeuvre after clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/brodie-kostecki-6ggx\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Brodie Kostecki\">Brodie Kostecki<\/a> has added further fuel to the fire following the DJR driver&#x27;s controversial tangle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/chaz-mostert-25ei\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Chaz Mostert\">Chaz Mostert<\/a> in Ruapuna.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his podcast <em>Lucky Dogs,<\/em> Kostecki was blunt about his thoughts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/motorsport\/supercars-news-2026-chaz-mostert-brodie-kostecki-crash-video-christchurch-20260420-p5zpfp.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"reigning champion&#x27;s driving\">reigning champion&#x27;s driving<\/a>, labelling the manoeuvre &quot;malicious&quot; and pointing out that similar clashes are becoming the norm.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#x27;s a difference between hard racing and, like, malicious manoeuvres,&quot; said Kostecki.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/afl\/news-2026-elijah-hollands-mental-health-hospital-carlton-blues-dermott-brereton-20260421-p5zpwp.html\"><strong>Brereton&#x27;s powerful observation amid sad Hollands saga<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/golf\/news-2026-hannah-green-chevron-championship-lpga-fourth-win-minjee-lee-min-woo-lee-20260421-p5zpue.html\"><strong>No one is talking about Australia&#x27;s most dominant athlete<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2026-st-george-illawarra-dragons-dean-young-coach-appointment-shane-flanagan-sacking-training-cancelled-phil-gould-20260420-p5zpll.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Dragons rip &#x27;fabricated&#x27; report as shock Young rift revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I thought it was probably pretty malicious, to be honest. And I only say it because this is the second time it&#x27;s happened in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"49265f1f-96ab-4656-a7be-3428d0ff2ffe\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/49265f1f-96ab-4656-a7be-3428d0ff2ffe\" alt=\"Kostecki found himself flying through the grass. \" data-width=\"2244\" data-height=\"1262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/broc-feeney\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Broc (Feeney)\">Broc (Feeney)<\/a> down the straight. I don&#x27;t know why it&#x27;s become a thing now where you can just drive people clear off (the road) or whatever else,&quot; Kostecki said further.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We were sort of side-by-side and then he (Mostert) kept hip-checking me.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Like, he was actually throwing his car at me to try, basically make me lose a little bit of momentum or have to lift or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And then I was still there and ended up getting hip-checked off the road.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s when I was going through the grass and I thought I was going to be half-straight for the time, and then it started coming around.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9c9d1d57-748c-410c-9cfd-36a59e0c5836\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9c9d1d57-748c-410c-9cfd-36a59e0c5836\" alt=\"Brodie Kostecki on the Lucky Dogs podcast. \" data-width=\"3335\" data-height=\"1876\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m like, &#x27;oh, it&#x27;s not going to be good. The nightmares I&#x27;ve been having about this joint are about to come true&#x27;.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>After questioning the current state of driving standards, the 28-year-old also \ufeffopened up on his side of the famed pit lane conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting they hashed it out, Kostecki revealed that \ufeffMostert was far from apologetic.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Chaz came up to me afterwards and he tried to contact me afterwards, but he basically just pins it all back to turn two the whole time,&quot; Kostecki explained.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was like, &#x27;oh, well, I guess it&#x27;s just retaliation then&#x27;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He started having a go at me.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Because I was like, &#x27;if you&#x27;re going to come down and apologise, just do it&#x27;. Don&#x27;t need explanations or whatever else.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"47c46f67-4311-4f1a-8407-6a2be3d4acb2\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47c46f67-4311-4f1a-8407-6a2be3d4acb2\" alt=\"Kostecki and Mostert in pit lane. \" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the heated exchange, Kostecki remained positively philosophical about the realities of motorsport, albeit firm in his stance regarding Mostert&#x27;s intent.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is what it is. Like I said, sometimes you&#x27;re the bug, sometimes you&#x27;re the windscreen,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We all have lapses of judgement at times.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But there&#x27;s a difference between a lapse in judgement and the malicious side.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/supercars-championship-hq1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Supercars Championship\">Supercars Championship<\/a> resumes in Tasmania from May 22-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brodie Kostecki has added further fuel to the fire following the DJR driver&#x27;s controversial tangle with Chaz Mostert in Ruapuna. Speaking on his podcast Lucky <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=499727\" title=\"Kostecki slams &#039;malicious&#039; Mostert manoeuvre after clash\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":499729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=499727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499733,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499727\/revisions\/499733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/499729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=499727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=499727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=499727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}