{"id":285145,"date":"2026-02-15T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/285145\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:04:13","slug":"bathurst-12-hour-news-barry-ryan-left-fuming-as-supercars-stars-collide-at-bathurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/285145\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst 12 Hour news: Barry Ryan left fuming as Supercars stars collide at Bathurst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Barry-Ryan-vs-Tigani-Motorsport-bathurst-12-hour.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Ryan left fuming as Supercars stars collide at Bathurst\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarry Ryan marched into the Tigani Motorsport garage after contact between Jayden Ojeda and Chaz Mostert.<\/p>\n<p>The Supercars stars were fighting over 13th and 14th and on the lead lap when Ojeda slid up into the wall exiting Griffins Bend.<\/p>\n<p>That broke the left rear corner of the #6 Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG, and left Mostert nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<p>Wheel-to-wheel contact followed, and that finished off the #222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG.<\/p>\n<p>Ojeda\u2019s mistake came following a spirited defence of the position during the previous corners.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the race, Mostert\u2019s co-driver Thomas Randle spun and damaged the black and green machine.<\/p>\n<p>However, a remarkable recovery had them on the lead lap inside the final hour.<\/p>\n<p>Limited edition Full Credit Papaya Rules &amp; Race Day Sunday merch drops now live! <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.fcttn.com\/?utm_source=speedcafe&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=ad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to shop.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another Safety Car, and this one\u2019s with less than an hour to go\u2026<\/p>\n<p>LIVE \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCFKvGZiq6\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/CCFKvGZiq6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IGTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#IGTC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/B12Hr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#B12Hr<\/a> \ud83e\udd98 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kEl8IvyfKb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kEl8IvyfKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Intercontinental GT Challenge (@IntercontGTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntercontGTC\/status\/2022911526034661424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barry Ryan took a dim view on the incident, marching into the neighbouring Tigani Motorsport garage to express his frustration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just disappointing with Ojeda, he\u2019s a factory driver and there was another AMG trying to pass him and he\u2019s blocking with that much time left in the race,\u201d he said on the Fox Sports broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had two laps [of fuel] on him. We could have just made it, we were really trying to save fuel to get to the end without another stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just disappointing that a guy like that does something like that. He\u2019s a really good driver, he\u2019s a factory driver, he should be looking after the other AMG teams. It\u2019s just disappointing to see that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/bathurst-12-hour-news-supercars-randle-mostert-waters-scott-taylor-motorsport-incident-crash-spin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supercars stars dealt major blow in \u2018bizarre\u2019 incident<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sorry for Scotty [Taylor]. We got pole and we had a car that was pretty good,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a couple of little mistakes today, but then getting taken out like that doesn\u2019t feel good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole team, Ash Seward Motorsport and STM, deserve everything they got this weekend and will come back stronger next time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shouldn\u2019t get so angry, but anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin van der Linde in the #32 Team WRT BMW M4 rocketed into the lead of the race, having elected not to pit under the Safety Car.<\/p>\n<p>He leads the 75 Express Mercedes-AMG of Jules Gounon and the Team GMR Mercedes-AMG of Maxime Martin.<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Ryan marched into the Tigani Motorsport garage after contact between Jayden Ojeda and Chaz Mostert. The Supercars&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29801,62853,111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-285145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-barry-ryan","9":"tag-bathurst-12-hour","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}