TV star Grant Denyer slammed for 'deeply disappointing' reaction to monster Bathurst crash

TV personality Grant Denyer has hit back at criticism of his involvement of a monster crash during the Bathurst 6hr on Easter Sunday.

Denyer was driving a Chevrolet Camaro when he made contact with the Volkswagen Scirocco of Richard Barram.

The contact spat the Scirocco head-on into the concrete wall on the left. Denyer also hit the wall, but at a much less severe angle. Both drivers were taken to hospital.

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The crash happened in a section of track that was under the control of double-waved yellow flags for a car that had stopped on the left hand side of the track.

While the usual racing line is on the left, Barram was moving to the right to avoid the stranded Mazda. Denyer, in a faster car, was already on his inside when the cars touched.

Denyer took to Instagram later about his own wellbeing, revealing he had only spent an hour in hospital for "compulsory checks as part of the regulations".

"(The crash) was very minor, it was just a small scrape. Someone just tagged my car, trying to avoid another parked car, and they just spat us both into the wall," he said.

Barram, meanwhile, suffered a fractured vertebra, multiple fractured ribs and a foot that was broken so badly he will require reconstructive surgery.

Denyer's statement did not sit well with Barram's co-driver James Hay, who lashed out in his own statement.

"Our driver Richard Barram was struck by Grant Denyer's vehicle in a zone under double waved yellow flags – a sector requiring all drivers to slow and prepare to stop. The collision was not a racing incident. It was avoidable," Hay said.

"We had hoped to deal with this privately and allow the stewards' process to run its course.

"However, following Grant's recent Facebook post in which he described the incident as 'someone just tagged my car' – while our driver is recovering from serious injuries – we felt compelled to respond publicly.

"We are deeply disappointed that he would minimise a serious incident on social media and deflect responsibility while Richard is still recovering.

"We wish Grant a full recovery. But the facts matter – particularly when a driver is facing a long road to recovery."

Denyer has since responded, explaining he could not have seen the flags because they were obscured by two slower cars.

"As I was on my approach to turn two on the right-hand side of the track, I was seeking to pass two slower class cars," Denyer explained to Speedcafe.

"As a result, I had no line of sight to the flag point on the left. I was focused on the braking point and clearing the two cars safely and could not see the yellow flags to the left – it was completely unsighted.

"There was no radio call advising of double yellows or a stopped car ahead and, as I came into turn two, I observed a waved green flag above the parked vehicle, indicating a return to normal racing conditions. I then moved to the right based on that understanding.

"At that point, Richard appeared to move to the right also, I believe to avoid the stopped car on the left, not expecting me to be there.

"Our cars made contact, which resulted in both of us being directed into the wall."

Under racing rules, drivers are forbidden from overtaking under yellow flags, single or double.

Denyer is a keen amateur race car driver who was once well on his way to a career in Supercars. He has three Bathurst 1000 starts to his name, with a best result of ninth with Alex Davison in 2006 driving for Dick Johnson Racing.