Sebastien Loeb gets Buriram WTCC win after Tiago Monteiro excluded

The announcement of Honda driver Monteiro's exclusion came seven hours after he had taken his third victory of a season in a race that was stopped early when darkness fell.

Monteiro's Civic failed a ground clearance check, with the left-hand side of the car found to be below the required minimum of 60 millimetres.

Honda intends to appeal the decision to the FIA International Court of Appeal.

Loeb, who was reeling Monteiro in at the time of the red flag, gets his fourth triumph of the year in a Citroen 1-2-3 ahead of Ma Qing Hua and Jose Maria Lopez.

The change moves Loeb ahead of team-mate Yvan Muller and into second in the standings behind Lopez, who had earlier secured his second straight WTCC title by winning race one.

Muller was eliminated from both races by first-lap contact.

REVISED RESULTS - 10 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap
1	Sebastien Loeb	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	16m41.918s
2	Ma Qinghua	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	5.722s
3	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	10.534s
4	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	11.753s
5	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	12.014s
6	Rob Huff	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	12.609s
7	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	13.056s
8	Stefano D'Aste	All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	16.239s
9	Tin Sritrai	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	17.643s
10	Gregoire Demoustier	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Chevrolet	18.163s
11	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	21.684s
12	Norbert Michelisz	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	33.000s
-	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	Disqualified
-	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	Retirement
-	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Not started
-	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	Not started
-	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	Not started
-	Nicolas Lapierre	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	Not started

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jose Maria Lopez	441
2	Sebastien Loeb	329
3	Yvan Muller	324
4	Ma Qinghua	213
5	Gabriele Tarquini	191
6	Norbert Michelisz	172
7	Tiago Monteiro	171
8	Rob Huff	103
9	Tom Chilton	96
10	Hugo Valente	95
11	Mehdi Bennani	95
12	Tom Coronel	39
13	Nicky Catsburg	38
14	Stefano D'Aste	28
15	Jaap van Lagen	16
16	James Thompson	6
17	Nicolas Lapierre	6
18	John Filippi	6
19	Nestor Girolami	5
20	Gregoire Demoustier	5
21	Rickard Rydell	4
22	Tin Sritrai	3
23	Sabine Schmitz	1