Honda’s Tiago Monteiro has been excluded from the second World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) race in Thailand, handing Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb his fourth win of the season.
Monteiro originally won the red-flagged second race, which was stopped early due to fading light. However the Portuguese star was later excluded from the results for having failed the post-race ride height check.
The left-hand side of Monteiro’s Civic was found to be below the required 60 mm required clearance.
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The decision elevates Loeb to the win, with Ma Qing Hua in second and new champion José María López taking third.
It also means that Loeb moves past team-mate Yvan Muller in the drivers’ championship standings to second overall.
Race result
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME/GAP | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien LOEB |  |
Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 10 | 16:41.918 | 1:39.378 | 8 | |
| 2 | 33 | MA Qing Hua |  |
Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 10 | 5.722 | 1:39.329 | 6 | |
| 3 | 37 | José María LÓPEZ |  |
Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 10 | 10.534 | 1:40.172 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | Y | Tom CHILTON |  |
ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 10 | 11.753 | 1:39.904 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Gabriele TARQUINI |  |
Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda Civic WTCC | 10 | 12.014 | 1:39.275 | 10 | |
| 6 | 12 | Rob HUFF | |
LADA Sport Rosneft | LADA Vesta WTCC | 10 | 12.609 | 1:39.864 | 14 | |
| 7 | 25 | Y | Mehdi BENNANI |  |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 10 | 13.056 | 1:39.933 | 5 |
| 8 | 26 | Y | Stefano D’ASTE | |
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 10 | 16.239 | 1:40.385 | 12 |
| 9 | 99 | Y | Tin SRITRAI |  |
Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 10 | 17.643 | 1:40.966 | 13 |
| 10 | 11 | Y | Grégoire DEMOUSTIER | |
Craft-Bamboo Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 10 | 18.163 | 1:40.545 | 11 |
| 11 | 27 | Y | John FILIPPI | |
Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 10 | 21.684 | 1:41.079 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | Y | Norbert MICHELISZ |  |
Zengő Motorsport | Honda Civic WTCC | 10 | 33 | 1:40.017 | 1 |
| R | 68 | Yvan MULLER | |
Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | 0 | 10 Laps | N/A | 7 | |
| NS | 10 | Nick CATSBURG |  |
LADA Sport Rosneft | LADA Vesta WTCC | – | DNS | N/A | 4 | |
| NS | 7 | Y | Hugo VALENTE | |
Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | – | DNS | N/A | 16 |
| NS | 4 | Y | Tom CORONEL | |
ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | – | DNS | N/A | 17 |
| NS | 47 | Nicolas LAPIERRE | |
LADA Sport Rosneft | LADA Vesta WTCC | – | DNS | N/A | 18 | |
| EX | 18 | Tiago MONTEIRO |  |
Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda Civic WTCC | 10 | 16:39.856 | 1:39.558 | 2 |