Eric Gené loses race one podium in Portimão

Monlau Motorsport’s Eric Gené has lost the podium he scored in the opening TCR Europe race at the Autódromo do Algarve, after he was penalised with ten seconds for contact with Felice Jelmini.

Unseen by the television cameras, Gené made contact with Jelmini’s Audi at Turn 4 on the opening lap of the race, sending the Italian through the gravel and ultimately out of the race.

The incident also ended the race of MM Motorsport’s Marco Butti, whilst Gené continued and battled with Jimmy Clairet for the race win, eventually finishing in second.

However, after the race Gené had ten seconds added to his race time for the incident, dropping him to fifth, promoting Jenson Brickley into second, Teddy Clairet into third and Nicolas Taylor up to fourth.

RC2 Racing’s Felipe Fernández also had a five-second penalty for contact with the rear of Max Hart’s Hyundai late in the race, demoting the Spaniard from 11^th to 12^th behind the Irishman.

Revised race result

POS	NO	CL	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	21			Jimmy CLAIRET	Team Clairet Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	15	28:25.974	1:52.623	1
2	246			Jenson BRICKLEY	Monlau Motorsport	CUPRA Leon VZ TCR	15	3.762	1:52.642	9
3	20			Teddy CLAIRET	Team Clairet Sport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	15	4.292	1:52.792	6
4	17			Nicolas TAYLOR	PMA Motorsport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	15	7.027	1:52.617	15
5	28			Eric GENÉ Casanovas	Monlau Motorsport	CUPRA Leon VZ TCR	15	10.506	1:52.042	3
6	8			Nicola BALDAN	Aikoa Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	15	14.178	1:53.012	16
7	10			Viktor ANDERSSON	MA:GP	Lynk & Co 03 TCR	15	22.980	1:53.126	8
8	4			Julien BRICHÉ	JSB Compétition	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	23.089	1:52.990	12
9	97			Junesung PARK	Solite Indigo Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	23.352	1:52.948	14
10	80			Filippo BARBERI	Aikoa Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	15	26.866	1:53.741	18
11	69			Max HART	Target Srl	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	27.392	1:53.383	10
12	19			Felipe FERNÁNDEZ Gil	Auto Club RC2 Valles	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	15	32.143	1:53.452	5
13	45			Victor FERNÁNDEZ Gil	Auto Club RC2 Valles	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	15	36.299	1:54.756	19
14	87			Junui PARK	Solite Indigo Racing	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	38.907	1:54.675	7
15	6			Jean-Laurent NAVARRO	JSB Compétition	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	50.051	1:55.230	21
16	98			Pierre-Arnaud NAVARRO	JSB Compétition	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	15	51.338	1:55.453	20
R	33			Santiago CONCEPCIÓN	Auto Club RC2 Valles	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	14	+ 1 LAP	1:53.411	11
R	27			Ruben VOLT	ALM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	11	DNF	1:52.391	13
R	111			Marco BUTTI	MM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	1	DNF	2:48.546	4
R	44			Felice JELMINI	PMA Motorsport	Audi RS3 LMS TCR II	1	DNF	2:50.815	2
NS	3			Giacomo GHERMANDI	MM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR	–	DNS	N/A	17