Piquet Loses Fastest Lap
Nelson Piquet Jr has lost his fastest lap, and the two points that go with it, after changing his tyres in race two at the Circuit Nevers Magny Cours
Piquet, who had an ill-handling car for most of the race, came into the pits twice - once on the second lap and again in the closing stages of the race - and both times he was fitted with new tyres.
Before the season, the sporting regulations allowed competitors to change tyres in the second race, but as a result of a large number of drivers changing tyres in race two at Imola in search of the fastest lap it was felt that this gave an unfair advantage.
As a result of this, section 34.5 of the sporting regulations was amended to allow competitors to change tyres during race two only if they have a problem with their tyres.
Accordingly Gianmaria Bruni has been given the two points for fastest lap, set on lap two, and he now moves into third place overall in the Championship with 31 points, just three behind Adam Carroll.
"I am okay but it's been a really bad weekend for me, especially now because I have fallen back in the Championship," Piquet commented. "I was feeling really confident but when there's a problem with the car in the first race, it affects the whole weekend.
"Now I'm just going to concentrate on doing a good job at Silverstone next week. It's a great track, one of my favourites, and I've won there a few times before in F3. We have to stay positive and work hard and hopefully we will have a good race there."
Revised Standings:
Drivers' Championship Teams' Championship 1. Kovalainen 52 1. Arden International 64 2. Carroll 34 2. Super Nova International 44 3. Bruni 31 3. ART Grand Prix 43 4. Rosberg 29 4. Coloni Motorsport 34 = Speed 29 5. iSport International 31 6. Lopez 25 6. DAMS 25 7. Jani 20 7. Racing Engineering 20 8. Piquet Jr. 18 8. Hitech Piquet Sports 19 9. Premat 14 9. Durango 10 10. Lapierre 12 = BCN Competicion 10 11. Pantano 10 11. DPR 4 12. Piccione 9 12. Campos Racing 3 13. Yoshimoto 8 14. Hernandez 3 = Lauda 3 16. Pla 2 = Artam 2 = Viso 2 = Sharp 2 20. Monfardini 1 = Negrao 1
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