As if all that wasn\u2019t enough, McLeod was on the scene at last month\u2019s Bathurst 12 Hour when race leader Ralf Aron brutally smashed into Johannes Zelger\u2019s Porsche on the run to Forrest\u2019s Elbow. Aron suffered a broken back. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually had a sponsor tour at the top of the Mountain and it happened to happen right there in front of the lot of us,\u201d McLeod told V8 Sleuth.<\/p>\n
The cause behind red flag conditions in Bathurst.#B12Hr<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JYs7dSUNAM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bathurst 12 Hour (@Bathurst12hour) February 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cTo me, having been through those other experiences, it was immediately obvious what was about to happen and it was exactly the same scenario playing out that has played out over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n Enough is enough, according to the five-time Bathurst 1000 starter.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it\u2019s Bathurst council, whether it\u2019s Motorsport Australia, whether it\u2019s Supercars, they don\u2019t learn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey need to do something about it immediately. They can\u2019t just brush it off and pretend it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n \u201cNow they might all say \u2018we\u2019re going to sit down and have a meeting about it\u2019 but they actually need to do something and they need to do it quickly, because the Bathurst 6 Hour is coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n McLeod has a simple solution, too: the instigation of a \u2018super yellow flag\u2019 system for Mount Panorama.<\/p>\n Effectively, that involves providing more warning via easier-to-see flags and the stringing together of multiple flag points.<\/p>\n That might, for example, see the entire run from the Dipper down to the exit of Forrest\u2019s Elbow be treated as an entire yellow section, as opposed to the caution only applying to a very specific section of track.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it can happen very easily and with some event-specific training and a particular guide written \u2013 which I\u2019m happy to be involved with writing \u2013 about how to operate the flag signals on the top of the Mountain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no point in putting a yellow down in the dip at the Grate; you arrive there committed. You have seen the huge accidents that have happened there. Those yellow flags need to be relayed immediately back three points.<\/p>\n \u201cA super yellow should cover at least the three preceding points to the accident; potentially four. I could go through all the points and work out exactly where they should be, but a group of drivers could do it easily.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they should be larger yellow flags, as simple as making them larger, on longer poles that can go further out onto the track.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t actually been a flag marshal but I\u2019ve looked at plenty of flags and have looked at plenty of video from preceding incidents where guys were like \u2018I couldn\u2019t see the flag, it came out so late\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cIn that instance, to me, bigger is better, and earlier warning is better.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at the accidents, it\u2019s never the car directly behind that hits. It\u2019s always a car that comes on the scene later.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the case of Tyler Everingham, he\u2019s lucky he\u2019s alive. And that car was there for a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cPaul Weel \u2013 another guy that\u2019s lucky to be alive, should have been dead. Driver\u2019s side into the traffic sitting at the bottom of the Grate, waiting for someone to hit him. Numerous cars got past, the later ones didn\u2019t. Chris Pither didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n \u201cMark Porter, the same scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n McLeod noted it\u2019s furthermore important to strenuously outline the expectation on drivers under yellow \u2013 i.e. to assume the track could be blocked and be prepared to stop \u2013 and to not purely rely on in-car warning systems.<\/p>\n \u201cWe keep trying to give the driver more information but it\u2019s all too late,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that the in-car warning is great but it has the capacity to breed complacency and perhaps be vulnerable to technical problems as well.<\/p>\n \u201cThe simple solution that needs to happen immediately and would cost nothing is to go ahead and make some bigger flags and join the flag sections together back up the road from where these accidents have been happening, three or four flag points at a time.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere the yellow flag came out (for the Zelger incident at Bathurst) the accident happened like 10 metres after it. What are they supposed to do?<\/p>\n \u201cI get really upset about it because I have been in these situations and have seen all this stuff happen, and it just keeps happening and happening and happening.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely not good enough. They have to do something, and I think the simple approach is the best.\u201d<\/p>\n McLeod is the son of 1987 Great Race winner Peter, the father of Ford Racing ace Cameron, and the boss of new Mustang Cup Australia team RM Race Cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n James Moffat and Jack Perkins remember Allan Moffat<\/p>\n In this special clip from the latest edition of The Undercut, James Moffat and Jack Perkins remember the life of the legendary Allan Moffat.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BHE8146_1024x1024.jpg\"\/)
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