Supercars squad replaces disgraced driver

Tickford Racing has announced who volition aviator the No.56 car successful this year's Supercars Championship aft sacking Jake Kostecki.

Last year's Super2 Series rubric victor Declan Fraser has earned the telephone up from the championship-winning squad to instrumentality Kostecki's place.

On Thursday, the squad announced it had parted institution with Kostecki. 

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In caller weeks, it was wide reported tensions had risen wrong the squad aft helium got into an altercation with rival operator Scott Pye of Team 18.

The No.56 Ford Mustang driven by Jake Kostecki astatine the 2022 Bathurst 1000. (Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographic)

It means the squad volition person a caller operator successful the signifier of Fraser, who made his Supercars debut astatine this year's Bathurst 1000 alongside Craig Lowndes.

Fraser won 4 of past year's 10 races connected his mode to the title.

"It's a beauteous peculiar feeling," said Fraser, who comes to the squad from Triple Eight Race Engineering. 

"At the extremity of the Super2 play we didn't truly cognize wherever we were heading for 2023, truthful to get the telephone from Tim (Edwards, Tickford Racing CEO) and everyone was beauteous exciting. 

"Getting from Super2 to the main crippled is simply a truly pugnacious measurement to make, particularly from a fiscal perspective, truthful to person Tim and the squad astatine Tickford Racing connection maine this thrust connected show is truly special. 

Declan Fraser connected the Adelaide 500 podium. (Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographic)

"It shows that Super2 is simply a large level to hole young drivers for the main game, and I'm truly looking guardant to the opportunity. 

"It's awesome to beryllium representing Tradie arsenic well, I've really done 4 years of apprenticeship and person my tradesman's certificate arsenic an electrician. 

"It's a comic coincidence, but truly chill to spouse up with specified a amusive marque successful Tradie, I can't hold to get started."

The announcement has travel arsenic a astonishment to some, who expected Tickford Racing's ain Zak Best to measurement into the vacant seat.

However, Tickford Racing CEO Tim Edwards told V8 Sleuth that Best needs different twelvemonth earlier helium is acceptable to spell full-time.

It's expected Best volition signifier portion of the team's co-driver line-up astatine the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.