Daniel Lloyd has been awarded the race victory for the opening event at Oschersleben, following penalties being awarded to both Andreas Backman – who won on the road – and second place finisher, Nelson Panciatici.
Lloyd had been leading for most of the race distance before Backman eventually capitalised on an error with just a few minutes left. Panciatici followed the Swede through, but those manoeuvres have now been made irrelevant.
After the race, the track stewards announced that Panciatici had been awarded a thirty second time penalty. This was for his role in the incident with Jessica Backman at the start of the race, which saw her lose multiple positions. Despite this, the Frenchman remains within the points-paying positions having been demoted from second place to tenth.
As for Andreas Backman, the Swede made no misdemeanour on circuit, but instead was undone by a technical infringement. In a rare turn of events, Backman’s car had been adjudged to be too wide in post-race scrutineering. As such, he has been excluded from the race result entirely.
So, along with Lloyd being promoted to being the winner of the race, Tom Coronel and championship points leader Josh Files have also been bumped up into the podium positions.
Ammended Race Result – Top 15:
Position | Driver | Car |
1st | Daniel Lloyd | Honda |
2nd | Tom Coronel | Honda |
3rd | Josh Files | Hyundai |
4th | Dominik Baumann | Hyundai |
5th | Gianni Morbidelli | Volkswagen |
6th | Mat’o Homola | Hyundai |
7th | Luca Filippi | Hyundai |
8th | Zsolt Szabo | Hyundai |
9th | Maxime Potty | Volkswagen |
10th | Nelson Panciatici | Hyundai |
11th | Julien Briche | Peugeot |
12th | Teddy Clairet | Peugeot |
13th | Olli Kangas | Volkswagen |
14th | Martin Ryba | Honda |
15th | Santiago Urrutia | Audi |