Andy Priaulx is now only 11 points behind World Touring Car Championship leader Yvan Muller after benefiting from a large number of penalties handed out to drivers after the Oschersleben round.
12 drivers were given 30-second penalties for breaking the 90kmh speed limit during the rolling start procedure in the first race. The penalised drivers were Tom Coronel, Michel Nykjaer, Norbert Michelisz, Kristian Poulsen, Sergio Hernandez, Fredy Barth, Jordi Gene, Franz Engstler, Mehdi Bennani, Stefano D’Aste, Andrei Romanov and Yukinori Taniguchi. The podium finishers, Alain Menu, Augusto Farfus and Muller, were unaffected. The only significant changes were that Tiago Monteiro and Priaulx moved up a place each at the expense of Coronel. This reduces the gap between championship leader Muller and Priaulx from 13 to 11 points.
Gabriele Tarquini, Fabio Fabiani and Darryl O'Young were also found guilty of the same offence, but retired from the race anyway.
Monteiro and Romanov were given 30-second penalties in Race Two for causing collisions. Rob Huff was given a suspended 10-place grid penalty for pushing Michelisz wide in the second race. The stewards had already been at the centre of attention when they black-flagged Huff during Race One.
