Three Drivers Given Time Penalties
Twenty five seconds were added to the race time of Olivier Pla, Ferdinando Monfardini and Can Artam as a result of technical infringements during race two in Istanbul today
The time penalties were handed to the drivers because they failed to have all four tyres on their cars with five minutes remaining before the start of the race, as specified in the rules.
The race was due to start at 11:00 local time but was delayed by fifteen minutes after rain started just before the race was due to start, so as to allow the team to modify their set ups to run in the wet.
But despite the delay, the three drivers did not have all four tyres on their cars five minutes before the new start time.
Monfardini is unaffected by the penalty as he was classified last, while Artam and Pla each move back one place, to sixteenth and seventeenth respectively.
Pla's two points for setting fastest lap were unaffected, and no changes were made to the Championship standings.
Revised results of Race Two in Istanbul:
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Kovalainen Arden International 43:48.581
2. Carroll Super Nova International + 7.985
3. Rosberg ART Grand Prix + 8.556
4. Speed iSport International + 9.328
5. Garcia Racing Engineering + 11.341
6. Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports + 18.360
7. Lopez DAMS + 21.618
8. Pantano Super Nova International + 24.032
9. Bruni Coloni Motorsport + 25.718
10. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion + 34.197
11. Piccione Durango + 39.720
12. Viso BCN Competicion + 39.750
13. Lapierre Arden International + 40.095
14. Premat ART Grand Prix +1:03.412
15. Fauzy DAMS +1:17.374
16. Artam iSport International +1:28.799
17. Pla DPR +1:30.662
18. Lauda Coloni Motorsport + 1 Lap
19. Negrao Hitech Piquet Sports + 1 Lap
20. Hernandez Campos Racing + 3 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Driver Team On Lap
Monfardini Durango 18
Jani Racing Engineering 14
Alvarez Campos Racing 10
Mondini DPR 2
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