Silly Season 2025

[skaifeman]

https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-2025-co-driver-market-winterbottom-holdsworth-slade/

To summise:
Holdsworth to T18
Ojeda to WAU
Hazelwood to DJR
Frosty likely to Tickford
Slade to ??
Bates to 888 wildcard

Holdsworth with de Pasquale or even Reynolds would be a great pairing, with question marks over the car.
Even Caruso's pace has to have question marks, but I don't think he or Frosty really had the machinery to show anything.

Ojeda was only outshone by Hazelwood, but realistically, the 9 car was running 4th in both races until the final stages.

Slade will be a great pickup wherever he goes, still good seats available. Grove's, Erebus, Randle, Percat or even stay with PremiAir/Golding.

[Joe5619]

Holdswroth is not going to T18. His another victim of scum Charles!!

[skaifeman]

Holdswroth is not going to T18. His another victim of scum Charles!!

I thought the same Joe, maybe things have been patched up?
Cars aside, the driver lineup at T18 is strong.

[skaifeman]

The exodus from Erebus continues:
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-erebus-motorsport-engineer-tom-moore-dick-johnson-racing-2025/

I reckon by mid-way through next season, DJR will be right at the pointy end.

[muz]

The exodus from Erebus continues:
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-erebus-motorsport-engineer-tom-moore-dick-johnson-racing-2025/

I reckon by mid-way through next season, DJR will be right at the pointy end.

Crazy seeing this exodus every few years...but also, I gotta say they keep developing good people

[skaifeman]

The exodus from Erebus continues:
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-erebus-motorsport-engineer-tom-moore-dick-johnson-racing-2025/

I reckon by mid-way through next season, DJR will be right at the pointy end.

Crazy seeing this exodus every few years...but also, I gotta say they keep developing good people

Barry obviously has good systems in place. To develop different proven Bathurst winning teams every 5-6 years from scratch is something unseen in this era.

[skaifeman]

Frosty locked in at Tickford.
Russell remains at PremiAir.
Wood and Tander at Grove.

V8 Sleuth reporting that Aaron Love may be shafted for Aaron Cameron.
Love has been far from great, but neither was JC. My only thought is that Love racked up a bit of a repair bill?
https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/dilemma-lingers-in-aftermath-of-adelaide/

And for Aaron Cameron, do you really want to go into the BRT seat?

[mikeamerica84]

And for Aaron Cameron, do you really want to go into the BRT seat?

His options might be narrowing.  What will happen to TCR Australia next year? 

[Troy01505]

Did I read somewhere that Frosty will be paired with Cam?

[murph_fan51]

https://www.supercars.com/news/mark-winterbottom-tickford-racing-signs-cam-waters-2025-enduros-supercars-bathurst

[muz]

It's kinda strange that Holdsworth is going to T18. I recall they parted ways very critical of each other previously.

[stevo qld]

It's kinda strange that Holdsworth is going to T18. I recall they parted ways very critical of each other previously.

I feel the same thoughts about Frosty. Both He and Tickford are so full of praise of their time together that I wonder why Frosty left or even was he pushed by Tickford.

Lets face it: Frosty left one of the top teams to race for a startup back marker.

[muz]

Agree, but at the time Charlie was shovelling money into the team. And he has recruited well - Krusty, Burgess, new T8 cars, strong sponsors...

All the ingredients are kind of there, but the ship isn't quite sailing straight.

[Joe5619]

It's kinda strange that Holdsworth is going to T18. I recall they parted ways very critical of each other previously.

I don't know where this has come from, but Holdsworth is not going to T18

Also , T18, don't have T8 cars, they do their own.

Charlies has no class, & burns the bridge with every ex driver that leaves his business.  Charlies didn't even have the balls to tell Frosty he was out.

[muz]

From here: https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-lee-holdsworth-bathurst-1000-wau-mostert-team-18-reynolds-2025/

For reference Joe, they do their own cars now.

But when Frosty signed with them for 2019, they had also done a deal with T8.

Holdsworth was miffed because T18 were scarce on resource and their own cars were not performing. Then when he leaves, Charlie shovels in money - buys T8 cars and expands the team.