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Aku Pellinen loses podium after jump-start penalty

WestCoast Racing’s Aku Pellinen has lost his maiden podium finish in the TCR International Series in Bahrain, after the Finn as adjudged to have made a false start in the second race.

Pellinen had originally finished in third on the road in the eventful race, but was stripped of his third-place finish after the stewards deemed he had jumped the start.

Although he had been under investigation during the race, no formal penalty was issued during the ten-lap sprint.

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Pellinen has subsequently had a post-race 30-second penalty applied, dropping him to tenth overall and handing B3 Racing’s Dušan Borković a first TCR podium.

A similar penalty was also handed to B3 Racing’s Mat’o Homola, who drops from sixth to 11th as a result.

Revised race result

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME/GAP BEST GD
1 74 Pepe ORIOLA Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León TCR 10 22:36.458 2:13.511 6
2 54 James NASH Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León TCR 10 1.572 2:13.791 8
3 62 Dušan BORKOVIĆ B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR 10 6.463 2:13.897 9
4 7 Davit KAJAIA Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 10 10.265 2:14.870 1
5 77 Sergey AFANASYEV Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL SEAT León TCR 10 15.063 2:14.620 10
6 33 Jordi ORIOLA Target Competition Opel Astra TCR 10 23.461 2:15.776 12
7 10 Gianni MORBIDELLI West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 10 23.617 2:13.511 7
8 32 Luigi FERRARA Top Run Motorsport Subaru Sti TCR 10 24.851 2:16.464 16
9 78 Salman AL KHALIFA Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 10 31.718 2:16.308 17
10 14 Aku PELLINEN West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 10 34.372 2:14.503 5
11 70 Mat’o HOMOLA B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR 10 42.848 2:14.698 4
12 79 Hussain KARIMI Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer 10 54.796 2:18.661 18
13 24 Kevin GLEASON West Coast Racing Honda Civic TCR 9 + 1 LAP 2:14.314 3
14 8 Mikhail GRACHEV Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 9 + 1 LAP 2:15.787 14
15 2 Jean-Karl VERNAY Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 7 + 3 LAPS 2:14.481 2
R 88 Michela CERRUTI Mulsanne Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 6 DNF 2:16.025 15
R 1 Stefano Comini Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 1 DNF TBC 11
R 23 Andrea BELICCHI Target Competition Opel Astra TCR 1 DNF TBC 13
NS 9 Attila TASSI B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR DNS N/A

Complete race results

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