B3 Racing’s Mat’o Homola was given a post-race 10-second penalty in the second TCR International Series race in Malaysia, following contact with Craft-Bamboo Racing’s Pepe Oriola on the final lap.
The duo twice made contact on the final lap of the race whilst battling for seventh position. The first contact caused Oriola to cut across the grass on the exit of Turn 12, before he rejoined in the path of Homola.
When the Slovakian racer dived up the inside into Turn 13, the duo again made contact, which pitched Oriola off into the gravel on the exit of Turn 14, and cost him any hopes of a points position.
The stewards adjudged Homola to have been at fault, and gave him a time penalty which dropped him to 16th place – just the third time he has missed out on points in all of this year’s races.
Revised race result
POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME/GAP | BEST | GD |
1 | 24 | Kevin GLEASON | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 10 | 24:37.307 | 2:17.558 | 2 | |
2 | 54 | James NASH | Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 1.735 | 2:17.604 | 3 | |
3 | 10 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 10 | 2.421 | 2:17.563 | 4 | |
4 | 62 | Dušan BORKOVIĆ | B3 Racing Team Hungary | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 7.961 | 2:17.690 | 11 | |
5 | 2 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | Leopard Racing | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 9.853 | 2:17.580 | 7 | |
6 | 50 | Loris HEZEMANS | Target Competition | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 10.241 | 2:17.390 | 14 | |
7 | 77 | Sergey AFANASYEV | Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 10.850 | 2:18.035 | 12 | |
8 | 3 | Andy YAN Cheuk Wai | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 10.860 | 2:18.434 | 15 | |
9 | 9 | Attila TASSI | B3 Racing Team Hungary | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 11.125 | 2:17.727 | 13 | |
10 | 7 | Davit KAJAIA | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 11.800 | 2:18.418 | 16 | |
11 | 28 | Kevin TSE Wing Kin | Teamwork Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 13.714 | 2:19.297 | 17 | |
12 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA | Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 14.753 | 2:17.985 | 9 | |
13 | 83 | Tin SRITRAI | Team Thailand | Honda Civic TCR | 10 | 15.046 | 2:18.332 | 1 | |
14 | 20 | Mario FERRARIS | Mulsanne Racing | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 10 | 15.404 | 2:19.883 | 20 | |
15 | 68 | Filipe Clemente DE SOUZA | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 16.510 | 2:19.266 | 18 | |
16 | 70 | Mat’o HOMOLA | B3 Racing Team Hungary | SEAT León TCR | 10 | 20.513 | 2:17.595 | 6 | |
17 | 65 | Douglas KHOO Kok Hui | Viper Niza Racing | SEAT León Cup Racer | 10 | 24.595 | 2:21.573 | 22 | |
18 | 1 | Stefano COMINI | Leopard Racing | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 31.214 | 2:17.196 | 5 | |
19 | 27 | Bill O’BRIEN | Teamwork Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR | 10 | 36.238 | 2:22.675 | 21 | |
20 | 35 | Rafaël GALIANA | Target Competition | Honda Civic TCR | 10 | 46.183 | 2:22.975 | 23 | |
R | 8 | Mikhail GRACHEV | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 6 | DNF | 2:18.211 | 8 | |
R | 5 | Roberto COLCIAGO | Target Competition | Honda Civic TCR | 5 | DNF | 2:17.780 | 10 | |
R | 72 | Nicky PASTORELLI | FRD Racing Team | Ford Focus TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 19 |