Corvette, Lamborghini disqualified
The first-placed Chevrolet Corvette and third-placed Lamborghini Murcielago have been disqualified from Sunday's FIA GT race at Oschersleben
The Corvette, driven by Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin, and the Lamborghini, driven by Stefen Mucke and Christophe Bouchut, were disqualified after post-race scrutineering discovered problems with the legality of each of the cars.
The Corvette was disqualified after it was discovered size of the fuel tank exceeded what it was permitted under the regulations, while the gearbox in the Lamborghini was found not to conform to the regulations governing it.
This promotes the Vitaphone Maserati of Michael Bartels and Thomas Biagi to victory ahead of the Playteam Maserati of Andrea Bertolini and Andrea Piccini, with the Aston Martin of Jamie Davies and Fabio Babini completing the podium.
All other finishers move up two places from their original finishing position.
These changes to the results have changed the order in the championship, Biagi now holding an eight point advantage over fellow Maserati drivers Bertolini and Piccini, with six drivers a further three points behind.
Revised results:
Pos Drivers Car Time
1. Bartels/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 2h02:22.704
2. Bertolini/Piccini Maserati MC12 GT1 + 1 lap
3. Davies/Babini Aston Martin DBR9 + 1 lap
4. Pier Guidi/Giannoccaro Maserati MC12 GT1 + 1 lap
5. Menten/Kox Lamborghini Murcielago + 1 lap
6. Alessi/Monfardini Aston Martin DBR9 + 3 laps
7. Bruni/Ortelli Ferrari 430 GT2 + 3 laps
8. Aucott/Macari Maserati MC12 GT1 + 4 laps
9. Collard/Malucelli Porsche 997 GT3 RSR + 4 laps
10. Mullen/Janis Ferrari 430 GT2 + 4 laps
11. Muller/Vilander Ferrari 430 GT2 + 4 laps
12. Ruberti/Pasini Ferrari 430 GT2 + 5 laps
13. Montanari/Ramos Maserati MC12 GT1 + 5 laps
14. Kirkaldy/Niarchos Ferrari 430 GT2 + 6 laps
15. Kutemann/Gosse Maserati MC12 GT1 + 7 laps
16. Edwards/Machitski Porsche 997 GT3 RSR + 7 laps
17. Zani/Busnelli Porsche 997 GT3 RSR + 16 laps
18. Cressoni/Rugolo Ferrari 430 GT2 + 25 laps
Not classified
Wendlinger/Sharp Aston Martin DBR9 40 laps
Hezemans/Deletraz Corvette C6R 21 laps
Lechner/Lichtner-Hoyer Aston Martin DBR9 1 lap
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