Sebastien Loeb gets Buriram WTCC win after Tiago Monteiro excluded
Sebastien Loeb has inherited the win in the second World Touring Car Championship race at Buriram in Thailand after Tiago Monteiro was excluded for a technical infringement
The announcement of Honda driver Monteiro's exclusion came seven hours after he had taken his third victory of a season in a race that was stopped early when darkness fell.
Monteiro's Civic failed a ground clearance check, with the left-hand side of the car found to be below the required minimum of 60 millimetres.
Honda intends to appeal the decision to the FIA International Court of Appeal.
Loeb, who was reeling Monteiro in at the time of the red flag, gets his fourth triumph of the year in a Citroen 1-2-3 ahead of Ma Qing Hua and Jose Maria Lopez.
The change moves Loeb ahead of team-mate Yvan Muller and into second in the standings behind Lopez, who had earlier secured his second straight WTCC title by winning race one.
Muller was eliminated from both races by first-lap contact.
REVISED RESULTS - 10 LAPS:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 16m41.918s |
| 2 | Ma Qinghua | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 5.722s |
| 3 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 10.534s |
| 4 | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 11.753s |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | 12.014s |
| 6 | Rob Huff | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | 12.609s |
| 7 | Mehdi Bennani | Sebastien Loeb Racing | Citroen | 13.056s |
| 8 | Stefano D'Aste | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 16.239s |
| 9 | Tin Sritrai | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 17.643s |
| 10 | Gregoire Demoustier | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Chevrolet | 18.163s |
| 11 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 21.684s |
| 12 | Norbert Michelisz | Zengo Motorsport | Honda | 33.000s |
| - | Tiago Monteiro | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | Disqualified |
| - | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | Retirement |
| - | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | Not started |
| - | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | Not started |
| - | Nicky Catsburg | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | Not started |
| - | Nicolas Lapierre | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | Not started |
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Maria Lopez | 441 |
| 2 | Sebastien Loeb | 329 |
| 3 | Yvan Muller | 324 |
| 4 | Ma Qinghua | 213 |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | 191 |
| 6 | Norbert Michelisz | 172 |
| 7 | Tiago Monteiro | 171 |
| 8 | Rob Huff | 103 |
| 9 | Tom Chilton | 96 |
| 10 | Hugo Valente | 95 |
| 11 | Mehdi Bennani | 95 |
| 12 | Tom Coronel | 39 |
| 13 | Nicky Catsburg | 38 |
| 14 | Stefano D'Aste | 28 |
| 15 | Jaap van Lagen | 16 |
| 16 | James Thompson | 6 |
| 17 | Nicolas Lapierre | 6 |
| 18 | John Filippi | 6 |
| 19 | Nestor Girolami | 5 |
| 20 | Gregoire Demoustier | 5 |
| 21 | Rickard Rydell | 4 |
| 22 | Tin Sritrai | 3 |
| 23 | Sabine Schmitz | 1 |
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