'Angrier than ever': Feeney returns fired up after controversial clash
Broc Feeney "angrier than ever" after 2025 championship controversy
Feeney beaten to 2025 title by Chaz Mostert after Ryan Wood clash, engine issue
Triple Eight star claims "there's a bit of bad blood in the water" over clash
A fired-up Broc Feeney has started the 2026 fireworks early, declaring there is "bad blood in the water” over the dramatic scenes of the 2025 season finale in Adelaide.
Feeney ended his dominant 2025 season in despair after he watched rival Chaz Mostert steal the championship from his grasp on a barely believable final day.
The 23-year-old went into the final race ahead of Mostert, whose teammate Ryan Wood was penalised over a controversial clash on lap 1 that sent Feeney into a spin.
An engine issue ultimately ended Feeney’s hopes, but the Wood clash fired up the Triple Eight garage, team boss Jamie Whincup labelling the incident as "pretty grubby stuff" during the race.
Post-race, Feeney's Triple Eight teammate Will Brown added: "Not sure the play was on at the start there with what happened, I think that's pretty disappointing to see."
Feeney is now back on deck with Ford-bound Triple Eight Race Engineering after an extended summer break, headlined by a holiday in the United States.
The likes of Brown, Mostert and Supercars legend Mark Winterbottom have all tipped Feeney to fire, Brown saying: "The worst thing is, he's probably going to come back even hungrier, and if he comes back faster than he did this year, we're all screwed."
In a recent sit down interview with 7News Queensland, when asked if he has moved on, Feeney set the tone for what could be the defining rivalry of 2026: “No. How can I? I mean, I put my whole life into what I do.
"Yeah, there's a bit of bad blood in the water, that's for sure.
"I think I'll be as ready, probably more driven, angrier than ever. I set a record last year in the poles and that I want to go try and beat that this year, and I want to get my first championship.”
The fallout from the incident was strong, particularly online, with Supercars releasing a statement in the weeks following the event condemning online abuse.
Wood also kept a low profile before starting his 2026 racing season in New Zealand, saying on the Rusty's Garage podcast: "I knew it was going to be pretty full-on the next couple of weeks, and it was... for me, it's been really great to be racing again, and keep my mind back into the place that I really love most, which has been behind the wheel the wheel of a race car."
Whincup, who said post-race he had "never felt so hollow in all my life," insisted the heartbreak of the final day has offered Triple Eight a chance to bounce back "twice as hard."
"It teaches you a lot of things,” seven-time champion Whincup said.
"It can either go one way or the other. You can be deflated and it's a negative, but you generally learn a lot and you rebound twice as hard."
The 2026 Supercars season commences in Sydney on February 20-22. Tickets are on sale now. International viewers can watch on SuperView.
