The 26-year-old ended his three-month absence from behind the wheel of his Erebus-run Chevrolet Camaro at Winton Motor Raceway on Wednesday, finishing a full day’s testing.
Kostecki has sat out the opening two rounds (and 6 races) of the season and stated that the check was about “looking for my ft once more”.
“It’s similar to driving a motorcycle, you’ve a couple of wobbles and then you definitely discover your ft,” he stated.
“I’ve received somewhat little bit of catching as much as do however I’m not too bothered. I’ve been working intently with [engineer] George [Commins] and we spent the final three days collectively.”
The 26-year-old stated that he has been behind the wheel of different race-prepared (however non-Supercars) racers on the Norwell Motorplex circuit close to the Gold Coast for the reason that information broke on Monday that he can be racing within the third spherical of the collection at Taupo in New Zealand.
“I’ve been out at Norwell a good bit for the reason that announcement and making an attempt to play catch up,” he stated.
“I’ve had a couple of tune-ups from folks across the joint which were very pivotal in my profession to date. However to date I’m fairly glad.”
That remark appears to be a reference to Paul Morris, the previous Supercars driver and workforce proprietor, who’s the co-owner of Norwell. The previous Bathurst 1000 winner is believed to have been pivotal in serving to to finish the rift between Kostecki and the workforce.
Brodie Kostecki
Kostecki will race his Camaro with the quantity #1 on it, after substitute driver Todd Hazelwood raced with #99 on the opening rounds of the championship at Bathurst and Albert Park.
Group-mate Jack Le Brocq will proceed in Erebus’s second entry, and presently sits twelfth (of 24 drivers) within the championship factors.
“It’s nice to see lots of the boys within the workforce and to have the ability to run the #1 and present all of the exhausting work that they put in final yr and see all their smiles on their faces has been cool,” stated Kostecki, who like all of the collection’ drivers, be racing on the Taupo observe for the primary time in a Supercar on 20-21 April.
“Something is feasible. We’ll concentrate on ourselves, how we did final yr, and we’ll see how we find yourself. However I’m fairly assured we’ll be up in the direction of the entrance.”