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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert and Jayden Ojeda crashed in the final hour of the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaz Mostert and Jayden Ojeda crashed in the final hour of the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n
The two Supercars rivals came to blows on track in the closing stages of the 12 Hour, a spirited battle over position resulting in a race-ending moment for both at Griffins Bend.<\/p>\n
Ojeda had been aggressively defending his position since The Chase, closing the door again on the pit straight before the climb up Mountain Straight where the pair made more contact.<\/p>\n
Then, on the way into Griffins Ojeda ran wide, glancing the wall and then back into the path of Mostert who was right alongside.<\/p>\n
The clash led to heated scenes in the adjacent STM Mercedes and Tigani Mercedes garages with STM engineer Barry Ryan confronting Tigani engineer Matt Harvey<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reflecting on the incident after the race, Mostert \u2013 who was in the STM car \u2013 said it was case of being too committed on the exit of Griffins Bend to avoid the Tigani car once it hit the wall.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just racing at the end of the day,\u201d Mostert told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re both leaving nothing on the table and I thought we were in the box seat to do something pretty special.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, we had two laps of on fuel on those guys, but they were fighting, thinking they were going to make it. They told [Ojeda] to fight really hard and he\u2019s pretty aggressive.<\/p>\n \u201cI went around the outside into The Chase as he was saving a little bit, and he kind of ran into me so then so I pushed him back and then he was just running me to the pit wall.<\/p>\n \u201cI gave him a nice push up Mountain Straight and tried to push him as hard as I could.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t expect him to have a shunt. He ran a bit wide, but it wasn\u2019t like he ran so deep and then went hit the wall and came back. It snapped pretty quick in front of me, he\u2019s obviously gone to get on it and the rear has barked up and he\u2019s put himself in the wall.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I was already committed to the exit and unfortunately I just couldn\u2019t get out of the way. You wish you could go back a tenth of a second and make a different decision.\u201d<\/p>\n Another Safety Car, and this one\u2019s with less than an hour to go\u2026<\/p>\n LIVE \ud83d\udcfa https:\/\/t.co\/CCFKvGZiq6<\/a>#IGTC<\/a> | #B12Hr<\/a> \ud83e\udd98 pic.twitter.com\/kEl8IvyfKb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Intercontinental GT Challenge (@IntercontGTC) February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Ojeda, meanwhile, says it was unlikely either Mercedes would have made it home on fuel \u2013 and had they both been banking on a safety car, track position was crucial.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had two laps on us with fuel, but I don\u2019t think if it ran green, with how hard we were pushing, either of us would have really made it on fuel anyway,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were both basically waiting or hoping for a safety car to get us to the finish. At least that\u2019s what my position was, and ultimately if I wanted to win the race, I had to keep Chaz behind me and hope for a safety car.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m going to defend as hard as I did and if I had my chance again, I\u2019d still defend as hard as I as I did, because ultimately that was the only way that we were going to get any result in that race.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan\u2019s criticism of Ojeda was that he shouldn\u2019t have been fighting a fellow Mercedes driver given the manufacturer alliances in global GT racing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ojeda, a factory-supported Mercedes GT driver, countered that the alliances only go so far.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately yes, it\u2019s unfortunate that it happened with another Mercedes AMG,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re still out there racing our own races.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019re all racing for our teams and everyone that has put in the work, and that\u2019s the way it goes sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n Ojeda also said the aggressive nature of his defence had nothing to do with setting a precedent for fellow Supercars driver Mostert ahead of the season-opener at Sydney Motorsport Park next weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cI race to win always and that was our chance to win the race,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I wasn\u2019t going to let that pass by me.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it\u2019s Chaz, whether it\u2019s someone else from another manufacturer, it doesn\u2019t matter. I was going to race them all as hard as I could to get the result for all for all our people.\u201d<\/p>\n Engel finally wins Bathurst 12 Hour in remarkable comeback<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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