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The new Toyota Supra, which won Saturday\u2019s Taup\u014d finale, hit the trigger under the new parity review system. However, following an investigation, Supercars confirmed there will be no change to the Toyota following Monday\u2019s analysis and investigation.<\/p>\n
Supercars is centred on technical parity, but the current driver numbers are stacked in Ford\u2019s favour \u2014 62% of the Camaros on the grid have a rookie driver, compared to only 36% of the Mustangs.<\/p>\n
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When asked on Fox Sports\u2019 MotorRacing 360 if GM deserves a parity adjustment, Ryan said \u201cprobably not,\u201d declaring that the Camaro camp doesn\u2019t have the driving firepower to get the job done.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, I\u2019ll be totally honest, we haven\u2019t got any A-grade drivers. Some of the drivers won\u2019t like hearing that, but they\u2019re not A-grade drivers. We haven\u2019t got multiple winners in our GM camp,\u201d said Ryan, whose team isn\u2019t operating out of the \u2019Team Chevy\u2019 alliance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re outside the GM camp at the moment when that\u2019s our choice. Betty [Klimenko, Erebus owner] and I are proud of our independence as Erebus and we\u2019ve been really reasonably successful doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we are not ready to win yet. So give us 12 months and if GM teams are winning and we\u2019re still 20th, well, we\u2019re doing something wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019ve got to be the first GM first. That\u2019s the main thing we want to try and do. And if we get to there and we can still only come 12th, well there\u2019s probably something wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barry Ryan on Motor Racing 360.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
It comes after Ford driver Will Brown also voiced his concern against changes to the Camaro, saying: \u201cYou can\u2019t just give GM a leg-up because the teams or the drivers aren\u2019t doing as good of a job right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan believes GM shouldn\u2019t have agreed to pre-season balance changes instead, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult one. Unfortunately, GM allowed a change in the off-season, which shouldn\u2019t have happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were the incumbent manufacturer. We shouldn\u2019t have had a change. I tried to argue it, but it didn\u2019t matter. For some reason we shifted the balance 3% to the front.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a couple rookie drivers, and particularly Jobe, none of our set-ups work anymore, so we are trying to get us set up that we can work that he can deal with, as well as being a rookie.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot making excuses, but we should have never changed the balance. And unfortunately they changed it. We\u2019re stuck with what we\u2019ve got at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one\u2019s asking for more downforce. We\u2019re just asking for a shift back so we can balance the car up again.\u201d<\/p>\n
On paper, with Triple Eight now with Ford, Erebus is the most decorated of the current GM teams. Only Triple Eight has won more races in the Gen3 era than Erebus, which won the championship double in 2023, and the 2024 Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n
With car balance shifting, Erebus entered 2026 with a rookie driver in Jobe Stewart, alongside second-year driver Cooper Murray. Ryan suggested the changes have been to his team\u2019s detriment, suggesting previous set-ups couldn\u2019t be carried over into 2026.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe don\u2019t want an advantage, we just want a balance shift,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGM teams need to realise that they probably haven\u2019t got the best drivers, and none of the teams have got the runs on the board probably apart from us, and we\u2019re the ones that know our drivers aren\u2019t ready yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cCooper\u2019s a great young driver and he\u2019s got some experience now, but he\u2019s still is trying to lead the team now and show Jone what to do. If he can\u2019t feel what the car needs, it\u2019s hard for Jobe to actually know.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were hoping to come into this year with proven set-ups from last year that we could just teach him how to drive it and teach him all the renaissance of being a Supercar driver.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now we\u2019re trying to develop a car as well \u2014 I don\u2019t want to whinge about parity \u2014 the drivers try too hard, the team tries too hard, you think outside the square where you shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd yeah, it\u2019s part of motor racing, but unfortunately we made a change we shouldn\u2019t have made, and it\u2019s hurting us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Track action will commence in Christchurch on Friday.<\/p>\n