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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