Will Brown has been stripped of his victory in the third TCR Australia race at Sandown Raceway, for contact with a rival, over a month after the conclusion of the event.
Brown was adjudged to have been the responsible party in an incident with privateer Zac Soutar, and was thus given a post-race five-second time penalty.
That dropped the Melbourne Performance Centre driver to second, handing Ashley Seward Motorsport’s Michael Caruso the victory.
Also penalised was championship leader Tony D’Alberto, who had crossed the line in fifth. D’Alberto was deemed at fault for an incident with Hyundai racer Bailey Sweeny.
As a result, the Wall Racing driver has been given a post-race ten-second penalty, dropping him to tenth and narrowing his points advantage from 56 points to 46 points ahead of next month’s season finale at Bathurst.
Explaining the delay in applying the penalties, a statement from TCR Australia said that:
“The delay in confirming these penalties was due to the limited time available following the race, and the relevant officials being unavailable due to ongoing judicial matters from Race 2.
“Given some of the drivers involved were also competing in the recent Bathurst 1000 race meeting, it was decided to wait until the conclusion of that event to allow drivers and teams to properly consider the alleged infringements and recommended penalties.”
Race result
| POS | NO | CL | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 10 |  |
Michael CARUSO | Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 22 | 30:16.9737 | 1:20.927 | 7 | |
| 2 | 999 | |
Will BROWN | MPC Team Liqui Moly | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 22 | 3.847 | 1:21.219 | 1 | |
| 3 | 33 | |
Jordan COX | Swyftx GRM | Peugeot 308 TCR | 22 | 8.154 | 1:21.620 | 4 | |
| 4 | 30 | |
Josh BUCHAN | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 22 | 14.128 | 1:22.073 | 6 | |
| 5 | 71 | |
Ben BARGWANNA | Burson Auto Parts Racing | Peugeot 308 TCR | 22 | 16.484 | 1:22.246 | 5 | |
| 6 | 130 | |
Bailey SWEENY | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 22 | 19.776 | 1:21.505 | 10 | |
| 7 | 8 | |
Dylan O’KEEFFE | Schaeffler GRM | Peugeot 308 TCR | 22 | 21.194 | 1:22.000 | 16 | |
| 8 | 9 | |
Jay HANSON | AWC MPC Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 22 | 24.246 | 1:21.547 | 18 | |
| 9 | 34 | |
James MOFFAT | LCMT+ Racing GRM | Renault Mégane RS TCR | 22 | 24.773 | 1:21.567 | 15 | |
| 10 | 50 | |
Tony D’ALBERTO | Honda Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 22 | 15.525 | 1:21.926 | 3 | |
| 11 | 11 | |
Nathan MORCOM | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 22 | 25.689 | 1:22.257 | 12 | |
| 12 | 41 | |
Kody GARLAND | Valvoline Racing GRM | Renault Mégane RS TCR | 22 | 29.641 | 1:21.710 | 14 | |
| 13 | 22 | |
Iain MCDOUGALL | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 22 | 31.067 | 1:22.162 | 11 | |
| 14 | 15 | |
Michael CLEMENTE | Michael Clemente Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 22 | 36.443 | 1:22.386 | 8 | |
| 15 | 14 | |
Lachlan MINEEFF | Purple Sector | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 22 | 43.538 | 1:22.043 | 13 | |
| 16 | 110 | |
Zac SOUTAR | Team Soutar Motorsport | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 22 | 49.414 | 1:22.101 | 2 | |
| R | 2 | |
Luke KING | MOUTAI / Zip Pay | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 8 | DNF | 1:22.633 | 17 | |
| NS | 18 | |
Aaron CAMERON | Team Valvoline GRM | Peugeot 308 TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 9 |