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Mehdi Bennani penalised after race two contact

Mehdi Bennani was given a post-race two-second penalty for contact with Volvo’s Nicky Catsburg in the Main world Touring Car Championship race in Morocco, dropping him to sixth in the classification.

Bennani was penalised for nudging Catsburg wide at Turn 3, which gave the Moroccan racer fourth position – a place he would hold on the track until the chequered flag.

However the race official deemed that the move was unfair after the race, and Bennani was subsequently handed a two-second penalty, which not only moved Catsburg back up to fourth but also allowed Bennani’s Sébastien Loeb Racing team-mate Tom Chilton into fifth.

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The penalty means that Bennani drops from third in the championship standings to fourth, with the Citroën racer now on 26 points, 17 adrift of the championship lead.

There were no other penalties after the Main Race.

Revised race result

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME BEST GD
1 18 Tiago MONTEIRO Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 23 34:00.997 1:23.853 1
2 5 Norbert MICHELISZ Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 23 0.751 1:24.556 3
3 61 Néstor GIROLAMI Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 23 2.120 1:24.282 2
4 63 Nicky CATSBURG Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 23 3.702 1:24.611 5
5 3 Tom CHILTON Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 23 4.519 1:24.697 7
6 25 Mehdi BENNANI Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 23 4.847 1:24.296 4
7 62 Thed BJÖRK Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar 23 5.073 1:24.637 6
8 9 Tom CORONEL ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 23 6.363 1:24.788 9
9 12 Rob HUFF ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 23 7.658 1:24.746 13
10 34 Ryo MICHIGAMI Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC 23 12.197 1:24.639 11
11 27 John FILIPPI Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 23 20.402 1:25.466 14
12 68 Yann EHRLACHER RC Motorsport LADA Vesta WTCC 23 22.035 1:25.376 15
13 86 Esteban GUERRIERI Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 23 22.308 1:23.624 8
14 99 Dániel NAGY Zengő Motorsport Kft Honda Civic WTCC 23 42.880 1:26.572 10
R 8 Aurélien PANIS Zengő Motorsport Kft Honda Civic WTCC 4 DNF 1:24.770 12
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