Penalty costs Perez second place
Sergio Perez has lost his second place finish from today's GP2 Series sprint race at the Algarve after incurring a 25s post-race penalty for overtaking the safety car
The Mexican had been one of the drivers to benefit when six of the frontrunners were issued with drive-through penalties for passing the safety car as it slowed to enter the pits prior to a restart, however an investigation after the race found the Arden rookie to be guilty of the same breach.
Perez has now dropped to 11th in the final standings, promoting Javier Villa up to second behind Luca Filippi for a Super Nova one-two.
The result also changes the final standings in the teams' championship, as it edges Super Nova ahead of Racing Engineering for second on a countback of second places.
Racing Engineering's Dani Clos has been promoted to third, with the final points falling to Alvaro Parente, Diego Nunes and Giedo van der Garde.
Revised result:
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. Luca Filippi Super Nova 1h01m55.822s 2. Javier Villa Super Nova + 8.351s 3. Dani Clos Racing Engineering + 9.026s 4. Alvaro Parente Ocean + 9.430s 5. Diego Nunes iSport + 13.646s 6. Giedo van der Garde iSport + 13.932s 7. Alberto Valerio Piquet + 19.357s 8. Edoardo Mortara Arden + 21.674s 9. Davide Rigon Trident + 21.882s 10. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS + 24.031s 11. Sergio Perez Arden + 29.141s 12. Andreas Zuber Coloni + 30.244s 13. Karun Chandhok Ocean + 33.425s 14. Davide Valsecchi Addax + 33.869s 15. Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering + 34.790s 16. Nico Hulkenberg ART + 35.036s 17. Luiz Razia Coloni + 39.546s 18. Johnny Cecotto Jr DPR + 50.684s 19. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS + 51.728s 20. Pastor Maldonado ART + 52.557s 21. Ricardo Teixeira Trident + 1 lap Retirements: Roldan Rodríguez Piquet 5 laps Michael Herck DPR 0 laps Vitaly Petrov Addax 0 laps
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