Oliver Rowland has inherited victory within the first Misano Eprix after Antonio Felix da Costa was disqualified for a technical infringement.
The Porsche driver had overwhelmed Nissan’s Rowland to the end line by lower than half a second in Saturday’s race, nonetheless he was stripped of his win within the closing outcomes.
Following technical scrutineering after the race, it was found that the Porsche was working with a throttle damper spring that was not listed as an accredited optionally available merchandise. Regardless of Porsche claiming that that they had run with the identical specification of half because the starting of final season – when the Gen3 automotive was first launched, they accepted that the half was not amongst these listed which had been permitted to be used.
Of their choice, the stewards said that “the competitor is chargeable for the conformity of the automotive and even when there isn’t a efficiency benefit the automotive has to adjust to the laws.”
“Because of this consequence,” they continued. “The automotive needs to be disqualified from the race and the subsequent automobiles transfer up within the classification.”
The disqualifications sees Oliver Rowland promoted to the victor of the primary Misano race of the weekend, with Jake Dennis taking third and Maximilian Guenther gaining a podium place in third regardless of having completed fifth on the highway. ERT driver Dan Ticktum has now recorded his and his group’s finest ever end within the collection in fourth, with Mitch Evans in fifth.
Porsche have indicated their intention to enchantment the disqualification and have 96 hours from the publication of the choice to formally accomplish that.
The consequence sees Rowland lengthen his championship lead gained from the race to 9 factors over Dennis in second, with Guenther and Pascal Wehrlein now equal on factors in fourth. A second race of the weekend on the modified Misano circuit will happen later at present.
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