Will Brodie Kostecki be the man to restore Dick Johnson Racing to their former glory?
The one-time Supercars champion has no doubt.
"I know that I can do it and I know that I've got the team around me," Kostecki told AAP.
"Those two ingredients together, who knows what could happen?"
Former Erebus Motorsport driver Kostecki will be looking to kickstart this year's campaign by delivering his new team their first race win in almost 600 days at this weekend's season-opening Sydney 500.
Race wins have dwindled since now-IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin's three-peat from 2018-20, with Anton De Pasquale last claiming the chequered flag in Townsville in 2023.
Still finding their way with the Gen3 car, the Dick Johnson outfit finished with a combined haul of three podiums and one pole position by De Pasquale and two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Will Davison.
Davison remains in the garage for the 2025 campaign, while De Pasquale has moved on to Team 18.
Confident he can deliver DJR their 11th drivers' championship, Kostecki says their past woes are irrelevant.
"I really want to add to it. I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on the past," Kostecki told AAP.
"I want to try to add to (the championships) and put my stamp on there."
He won't waste any time dwelling on his split from Erebus either.
It was only 12 months ago that the 27-year-old - then the reigning champion - was a notable absentee in the season-opening line-up at the Bathurst 500 after a contract dispute.
He returned to the grid in round three in New Zealand, before securing a maiden Bathurst 1000 victory as a parting gift to Erebus.
Revitalised, Kostecki is determined to win another crown as the sport tackles a new format.
The season will be split into three phases, beginning with eight rounds of sprints, before two endurance races, and ending with an elimination series of three races to decide the title.
"We're not going to accept anything else other than winning races and getting one-two finishes," Kostecki said.
"We've put in a lot of work in the off-season and there probably will be a (few) growing pains here and there, but I expect the cars to be right up the front straight away."
