Strife could put Kostecki out

Newly crowned Australian Supercars champion Brodie Kostecki looks set to sit out the 2024 season following a split with the Erebus Motorsport team.

The 26-year-old, who took his first title in the series after a season-long battle with Shane van Gisbergen, is understood to have had a major disagreement with team management. After the departure of Will Brown from the team at the end of last season to join Triple Eight, Erebus now faces the possibility of going into 2024 with two new drivers: Jack Le

Brocq, who signed with the team last summer; and perhaps Todd Hazelwood.

Autosport understands that there have been tensions at Erebus for some time, with Kostecki reportedly having a major fall-out with the squad on the eve of

The Bend round in August last year. Ironically, that weekend was his best performance, scoring maximum points by winning all three races.

It has been reported that Kostecki is under contract to Erebus for the remainder of the 2024 season and, as things stand, it looks unlikely that he would be released to join another team to participate even as a co-driver in the Sandown 500 or Bathurst 1000.

Kostecki has been linked with a future in NASCAR and has already competed in a Cup race with Richard Childress Racing, at Indianapolis last August. He was scheduled to participate in up to five Cup events this year in a joint-venture entry between Erebus and RCR.

Kostecki has strong links with businessman Peter Adderton, whose Mobilex mobile phone company backed his NASCAR debut, is undergoing major growth through its links with Walmart, and looks to be ideally placed to back any potential full-time switch to NASCAR.