The iconic Ford Mustang returns to the mountain in highly controversial fashion, triggering an intense, multi-team technical war. Team Penske superstars Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat dominate the weekend from pole, but the race builds into a high-friction finish clouded by strategic team-order penalties. Holding his nerve through a frantic, final-lap shootout, McLaughlin holds off a desperate Holden attack to secure a dramatic maiden mountain crown.