{"id":284838,"date":"2026-02-15T04:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284838\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:40:13","slug":"horror-multimillion-dollar-crash-stops-bathurst-12-hour-in-its-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/284838\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror multimillion-dollar crash stops Bathurst 12 Hour in its tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The incident began earlier in the lap when Johannes Zelger in the #79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 reportedly hit a wall at the top of The Mountain.<\/p>\n

Replays showed what appeared to be nose-to-tail contact with the #100 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG driven by Kai Allen and the Porsche approaching the downhill left-hander, Forrest\u2019s Elbow.<\/p>\n

Zelger\u2019s Porsche parked its nose up against the outside wall, which forced the trailing pack to funnel through the small gap behind.<\/p>\n

Everyone made their way through, except for Damien Hamilton in the #14 Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage who stopped on the left-hand side.<\/p>\n

Unsighted, the race-leading #77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG driven by Ralf Aron ploughed into the stationary Porsche.<\/p>\n

Those cars suffered enormous damage and the red flag was immediately drawn.<\/p>\n

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Aron was seen lying on the grass embankment after the crash, and was later taken to Orange Hospital for precautionary checks.<\/a><\/p>\n

RACE STOPPED \ud83d\udd34 Aron hits Zelger\u2019s stationary Porsche. Both drivers climbed out of their cars.<\/p>\n

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Miraculously, no other cars were involved in the crash. Somehow, Maro Engel in the Team GMR Mercedes-AMG and Luca Stolz in the 75 Express Mercedes managed to avoid the spinning cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just saw the yellow flag so I backed off, and when I came around there\u2019s a car stopped and cars everywhere,\u201d said Engel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really know how I got through there without any touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stolz added: \u201cIt was pretty harsh, I just saw a car stopping at Forrest\u2019s Elbow, and then Ralf tried to avoid but still hit it, and I just moved left, and I guess I was just lucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard that there is a car at Forrest\u2019s Elbow so I took out a little bit [of a gap], even though I took out some it was probably not enough, but I was just lucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all I hope that Ralf and all drivers are ok. Looks like no touch or anything, I think I just rolled over a bit of debris.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team WRT driver Jordan Pepper, who was towards the back of the top 10, said he was confused by a mix of green flags and yellow flags.<\/p>\n

The race had only just resumed after a Safety Car for the earlier James Golding crash at Sulman Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bit weird, there was flashing yellows coming through up the hill from The Cutting, and then there was green flags, yellow flags, green flags as we came over Skyline, and then it was green, and then I just heard the engineer on the radio,\u201d said Pepper.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe pretty much saved us because he was screaming like, \u2018stop, stop, stop, big crash ahead!\u2019<\/p>\n


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