Waters will head into the 2022 season as one of the genuine title contenders, despite a somewhat inconsistent 2021 campaign.
The Tickford ace took three wins and at didn’t finish a race outside the Top 10, DNFs aside, until the seventh of 12 rounds.
However a power steering issue in the opening race of the season was an early blow for his title hopes, while a difficult month-long stay at Sydney Motorsport Park meant he finished the year just fifth in the points.
Confident that an even better shot at the title is on the table this season, Waters has set his sights on who he will need to beat.
He reckons reigning champion van Gisbergen and Bathurst 1000 winner Mostert are the stand-out favourites.
He says Dick Johnson Racing driver Anton De Pasquale could be an outside chance, but will need to find some consistency, while Erebus pair Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki, who enjoyed good form in Sydney last year, aren’t quite ready for a full title tilt.
“Shane will be up there. Chaz…
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