Red Bull Ring GP3: Esteban Ocon excluded from race two podium
Reigning European Formula 3 champion Esteban Ocon has lost his third-place finish in the GP3 sprint race at the Red Bull Ring

It was discovered in post-race technical checks that the undertray of his ART Grand Prix car was illegal.
As it was found not to comply with the height regulations, he was disqualified from the race.
This promotes Ghiotto to third place and also has a big impact on the championship standings, extending the Italian's lead at the top.
Based on the original result, Ghiotto had a 10-point advantage over Ocon, but now the Trident driver heads the standings by 17 points from Marvin Kirchhofer.
Jenzer Motorsport driver Matheo Tuscher was also excluded from sixth place for the same reason.
These two changes mean that Emil Bernstorff is promoted to fourth place, with Seb Morris jumping from seventh-on-the-road to fifth despite starting the race 19th.
Stewards have also decided to give Carlin driver Antonio Fuoco a three-place grid penalty for hitting team-mate Jann Mardenborough at Turn 2 on the first lap of the sprint race.
The accident also eliminated Sandy Stuvik.
REVISED RESULTS - 18 LAPS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oscar Tunjo | Trident | 26m51.893s |
2 | Marvin Kirchhofer | ART Grand Prix | 3.034s |
3 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 4.093s |
4 | Emil Bernstorff | Arden International | 5.394s |
5 | Seb Morris | Status Grand Prix | 10.494s |
6 | Alex Fontana | Status Grand Prix | 11.179s |
7 | Matt Parry | Koiranen GP | 11.257s |
8 | Ralph Boschung | Jenzer Motorsport | 14.686s |
9 | Artur Janosz | Trident | 18.900s |
10 | Jimmy Eriksson | Koiranen GP | 19.657s |
11 | Mitch Gilbert | Carlin | 19.787s |
12 | Adderly Fong | Koiranen GP | 19.940s |
13 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | 20.255s |
14 | Zaid Ashkanani | Campos Racing | 27.495s |
15 | Alex Bosak | Arden International | 28.306s |
16 | Samin Gomez | Campos Racing | 1 Lap |
- | Esteban Ocon | ART Grand Prix | Disqualified |
- | Matheo Tuscher | Jenzer Motorsport | Disqualified |
- | Antonio Fuoco | Carlin | Retirement |
- | Alfonso Celis | ART Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Alex Palou | Campos Racing | Retirement |
- | Sandy Stuvik | Status Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Kevin Ceccon | Arden International | Withdrawn |
- | Pal Varhaug | Jenzer Motorsport | Not started |
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Luca Ghiotto | 66 |
2 | Marvin Kirchhofer | 47 |
3 | Esteban Ocon | 44 |
4 | Emil Bernstorff | 41 |
5 | Jann Mardenborough | 32 |
6 | Antonio Fuoco | 30 |
7 | Jimmy Eriksson | 20 |
8 | Oscar Tunjo | 17 |
9 | Kevin Ceccon | 10 |
10 | Alex Fontana | 7 |
11 | Seb Morris | 6 |
12 | Sandy Stuvik | 6 |
13 | Ralph Boschung | 5 |
14 | Matt Parry | 2 |
15 | Alfonso Celis | 1 |
16 | Artur Janosz | 0 |
17 | Zaid Ashkanani | 0 |
18 | Pal Varhaug | 0 |
19 | Mitch Gilbert | 0 |
20 | Matheo Tuscher | 0 |
21 | Alex Palou | 0 |
22 | Adderly Fong | 0 |
23 | Alex Bosak | 0 |
24 | Samin Gomez | 0 |
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