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Gianni Morbidelli loses race one victory

WestCoast Racing’s Gianni Morbidelli has been stripped of his victory in the opening TCR International Series race at the Red Bull Ring, after the Honda driver was judged to have driven in an unsporting manner.

Morbidelli was handed a post-race 30-second penalty for contact with the cars of Stefano Comini, Andrea Belicchi and Pepe Oriola in what was a closely-fought race.

The penalty means that Comini inherits the win and extends his championship lead, with Belicchi up to second and Oriola in third. Morbidelli’s penalty drops him out of the points-scoring positions to 12th position.

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After the race, Comini criticised Morbidelli’s driving during the race. “The Honda was very fast and consistent here, I tried to be tactical, but it was difficult to stay in front,” said the Swiss racer. “On top of that, Morbidelli hit me in the back at the beginning of the race and a few more times, which significantly affected my car’s performance in the closing laps.”

Revised race result

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME/GAP BEST GD
1 25 Stefano COMINI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 14 23:51.673 1:40.265 4
2 33 Andrea BELICCHI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 14 0.565 1:40.724 7
3 74 Pepe ORIOLA Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 14 0.657 1:40.698 6
4 88 Jordi GENÉ Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 14 5.122 1:41.162 8
5 24 Kevin GLEASON West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 14 5.382 1:41.224 2
6 77 Sergey AFANASYEV Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León Racer 14 6.428 1:40.924 5
7 8 Mikhail GRACHEV Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf TCR 14 6.768 1:41.389 9
8 7 Lorenzo VEGLIA Liqui Moly Team Engstler SEAT León Racer 14 8.395 1:41.015 11
9 42 Pol ROSELL Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf TCR 14 8.703 1:41.140 10
10 41 Michela CERRUTI Target Competition SEAT León Racer 14 17.685 1:41.809 12
11 10 Gianni MORBIDELLI West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 14 29.379 1:39.764 1
12 20 Igor SKUZ West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 14 54.646 1:42.241 14
13 40 Gabriele MAROTTA Target Competition SEAT León Racer 13 1 Lap 1:48.437 13
R 72 Diego ROMANINI Proteam Racing Ford Focus RS 6 8 Laps 1:49.992 15
NS 43 Dániel NAGY Zengő Motorsport SEAT León Racer 0 14 Laps N/A 3

Complete race results

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