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Nissan granted win after Aston penalties

The British Sumo Power Nissan team has been awarded victory in the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone, Britain's round of the FIA GT1 World Championship

Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter have been declared the winners after the two cars that finished ahead of them in the one-hour 'championship' race received penalties.

The winning Young Driver AMR Aston Martin driven by Darren Turner and Tomas Enge was excluded because its mandatory underfloor skid plank was worn beyond the permitted tolerance.

The Hexis Aston shared by Frederic Makowiecki and Thomas Accary, which finished second, was given a 15-second penalty for not taking a drive-through penalty within three laps.

The penalties mean that Hexis is still classified second, now behind the Nissan. The Reiter Lamborghini driven by Jos Menten and Frank Kechele moves up to fourth.

Sumo Power team manager Allen Orchard said: "Wow! Normally I like to talk, but I don't know what to say. No one wants to win like this and the Young Driver guys are nice people, but rules are rules. Our plank was checked, just like everyone else's."

It is expected that the German-run Young Driver team will appeal the decision.

Pos  Drivers                 Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Hughes/Campbell-Walter  SumoPower Nissan      1h01m46.717s
 2.  Makowiecki/Accary       Hexis Aston Martin    +     1.885s
 3.  Menten/Kechele          All-Inkl Lamborghini  +    10.284s
 4.  Bobbi/Longin            Triple H Maserati     +    10.875s
 5.  Nygaard/Mucke           Young Driver Aston    +    11.051s
 6.  Margaritis/Heger        Triple H Maserati     +    11.787s
 7.  Bertolini/Bartels       Vitaphone Maserati    +    19.310s
 8.  Leinders/Martin         Marc VDS Ford         +    22.413s
 9.  Ara/Nilsson             SRT Nissan            +    27.708s
10.  Palttala/Kuppens        Marc VDS Ford         +    28.790s
11.  Maassen/Armindo         MadCroc Corvette      +    35.507s
12.  Schwager/Pastorelli     Reiter Lamborghini    +    58.724s
13.  Piccione/Hirschi        Hexis Aston Martin    +  1m25.799s
14.  Gavin/Kuismanen         MadCroc Corvette      +     3 laps
15.  Bernoldi/Ramos          Vitaphone Maserati    +     4 laps

Retirements

     Kox/Haase               Reiter Lamborghini    16 laps
     Wendlinger/Moser        SRT Nissan            16 laps
     Zuber/Hennerici         Phoenix Corvette      15 laps
     Krumm/Dumbreck          SumoPower Nissan      10 laps
     Hezemans/Kumpen         Phoenix Corvette       2 laps
     Bouchut/Basseng         All-Inkl Lamborghini   1 lap
     Turner/Enge             Young Driver Aston    Excluded

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