Cyan Racing’s Santiago Urrutia has been given a five-place grid penalty for the opening FIA World Touring Car Cup race at Pau-Arnos, after he impeded Tom Coronel on a flying lap.
Urrutia had qualified his Lynk & Co 03 in fourth, having made it through to Q3, and the Uruguayan racer would have started the partially-reversed race one from seventh on the grid.
However, he has been given a five-place grid drop for “leaving the pit lane (when pit exit blue flag was waved) and impeding Tom Coronel on his fast lap”.
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The penalty does not affect Urrutia’s starting position for race two, meaning he retains fourth on the grid.