Penalty costs Hanley podium
Ben Hanley has dropped from second to seventh in the results of the first World Series by Renault race at Misano after receiving a 25 second penalty
The penalty was a punishment for blocking Andy Soucek at the start of the race.
The second position had been Hanley's best result so far in his debut World Series season.
Hanley's demotion means that Formula Three graduate Sebastian Vettel now earns second place in his first WSbyR appearance, and also brings Soucek onto the podium.
The race was won by new championship leader Pastor Maldonado.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Pastor Maldonado Draco 30:04.444 2. Sebastian Vettel Carlin + 6.715 3. Andy Soucek Interwetten + 14.189 4. Alvaro Parente Victory + 14.612 5. Borja Garcia RC + 26.198 6. Alx Danielsson Carlin + 26.619 7. Ben Hanley Cram + 28.431 8. Michael Aleshin Carlin + 28.887 9. Enrico Toccacelo EuroInternational + 30.571 10. James Rossiter Pons + 31.138 11. Robbie Kerr KTR + 31.799 12. Gregory Franchi Prema + 32.669 13. Ryo Fukuda Tech 1 + 34.167 14. Celso Miguez Pons + 37.427 15. Steven Kane Epsilon Euskadi + 40.435 16. Patrick Pilet GD + 40.885 17. Jerome D'Ambrosio Tech 1 + 42.752 18. Milos Pavlovic Cram + 44.882 19. Matteo Meneghello GD + 45.459 20. Alessandro Bonetti Jenzer + 45.995 21. Tomas Kostka Draco + 47.709 22. Bruce Jouanny RC + 55.469 23. Eric Salignon Interwetten + 1 lap
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Sean McIntosh KTR + 4 laps
Davide Valsecchi Epsilon Euskadi + 4 laps
Christian Montanari Prema + 4 laps
Hayanari Shimoda Victory + 4 laps
Alvaro Barba Jenzer + 20 laps
Carlos Iaconelli EuroInternational + 20 laps
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