Ford Performance Racing sign rising V8 rookie Chaz Mostert for 2014 season Mostert will join Ford Performance Racing in 2014 Source: Supplied RISING V8 Supercars rookie Chaz Mostert will graduate to Ford's factory team in 2014, replacing outgoing star Will Davison. Ford Performance Racing confirmed the 21-year-old will join Mark Winterbottom in the Pepsi Max-backed team, signing a deal that will keep him with the Blue Oval squad for the next four years. Mostert has been contracted to FPR since late 2011, the Victorian team loaning him out to Dick Johnson Racing this year, where he scored a sensational maiden win at Queensland Raceway. He has helped me so much already and we've come through the ranks in a similar way so I am looking forward to learning as much as I can from him and the team. Mostert is looking to rebound at the Gold Coast 600 this weekend following a horror run on his Bathurst 1000 debut, where he showed plenty of speed until a Friday practice crash. The announcement was followed by a confirmation from Davison that he is leaving the team, reportedly concluding a deal to join Erebus Motorsport next year. "Today I can confirm that I have made the decision to leave Ford Performance Racing (FPR) at the end of this season," Davison said in a statement on his website. While I cannot yet share details of my plans for 2014 and beyond, please be assured I will continue to be involved with V8 Supercar racing at the highest level and am very excited about what the future holds. I'm obligated to not talk about the new program at this stage but I am sure everyone will understand my decision once the details emerge. While disappointed with my decision to leave FPR, the relationship remains amicable and together we are committed to earning the coveted #1 at the conclusion of this year's Championship. I look forward to telling you more when I can. Winterbottom, meanwhile, has extended his contract with the team, the Bathurst winner set to race alongside Mostert until at least the end of the 2016 season. FPR team principal Tim Edwards believes the 2014 season is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in the team's history, with a Winterbottom/Mostert pairing an ideal line-up. He was already signed until the end of 2014 and the fact he wanted to recommit so early, and for so long, is a great endorsement. Chaz will be joining him and is here for at least the next four years which gives us two drivers that are passionate about our team and committed to winning. That should make all our fans and sponsors happy. He is the most exciting talent to join the series in recent times and is a product of our development program so it is personally very satisfying to see him graduate after such an impressive debut season.