Teddy Clairet given post-race penalty, loses points

Teddy Clairet was given a post-race 30-second penalty for contact with Martin Ryba in the second TCR Europe race at Zolder, dropping the Peugeot driver out of the top ten.

Clairet turned Ryba around on the opening lap of the second race at the first chicane, dropping the Slovakian driver to the back of the field.

Whilst the Team Clairet Sport driver was able to continue to a ninth place finish, Ryba struggled to make up the lost ground and brought his Honda home in 17^th, without scoring any points.

Clairet’s penalty drops him to 18^th and last of the classified finishers, whilst promoting Target Competition’s John Filippi and Jessica Bäckman to ninth and tenth respectively.

Other incidents investigated, including at the start between Julien Briché and Andreas Bäckman, and Mat’o Homola and Sami Taoufik, resulted in no further action.

Revised race result

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	53	Michelle HALDER		Profi Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR	14	14 LAPS	1:38.528	2
2	123	Daniel LLOYD		Brutal Fish Racing Team	Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR	14	1.953	1:38.627	1
3	99	Dániel NAGY		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	14	5.475	1:38.873	5
4	7	Mike HALDER		Profi Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR	14	5.792	1:38.884	6
5	250	Mehdi BENNANI		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	14	6.663	1:38.846	8
6	8	Nicolas BAERT		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	14	8.265	1:38.485	10
7	74	Pepe ORIOLA		Brutal Fish Racing Team	Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR	14	11.261	1:38.741	12
8	70	Mat’o HOMOLA		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	14	17.034	1:39.034	9
9	27	John FILIPPI		Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	14	17.856	1:39.412	16
10	26	Jessica BÄCKMAN		Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	14	19.479	1:39.497	14
11	25	Sami TAOUFIK		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	14	20.988	1:38.957	7
12	21	Jimmy CLAIRET		Team Clairet Sport	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	21.926	1:39.545	15
13	6	Jean Laurent NAVARRO		JSB Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	26.617	1:40.038	20
14	81	Stéphane VENTAJA		Team Clairet Sport	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	29.579	1:40.249	19
15	66	Gilles COLOMBANI		Team Clairet Sport	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	30.212	1:40.264	18
16	17	Martin RYBA		Brutal Fish Racing Team	Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR	14	31.224	1:39.929	11
17	4	Florian BRICHÉ		JSB Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	32.237	1:39.762	17
18	20	Teddy CLAIRET		Team Clairet Sport	Peugeot 308 TCR	14	47.288	1:39.432	13
R	24	Julien BRICHÉ		JSB Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	5	DNF	1:39.283	4
R	19	Andreas BÄCKMAN		Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	0	DNF	N/A	3