Date set for Bathurst 12 Hour crash investigation findings

MOTORSPORT Australia’s investigation into the shocking crash which stopped the 2026 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour will come to a head next week.

Estonian driver Ralf Aron had held the outright lead in the GT3 race before ploughing unsighted into the stricken Porsche of Johannes Zelger on the run to Forrest’s Elbow. Aron suffered a broken back.

Motorsport Australia’s review of the incident has been completed, with recommendations passed onto its Motorsport Risk and Safety Committee.

The MRSC will meet next Tuesday March 31 and decide whether to accept those findings, which largely relate to making process improvements – especially at Mount Panorama.

The timing of that meeting is crucial, given that it falls just before the next motorsport event at the Mountain.

That is, of course, the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour. The production car enduro will run across the Easter weekend, April 3-5.

Australian motorsport stalwart Ryan McLeod had pleaded for changes to be made prior to the 6 Hour, including his vision for a Bathurst-specific ‘super yellow flag’ system.

PremiAir Racing team principal Roland Dane chairs the MRSC, to which two-time Great Race winner Will Davison has recently been added. Paul Morris is among others on the committee.