Thed Björk inherited the opening FIA TCR World Tour win of the year in Mexico, after his Cyan Racing team-mate Yann Ehrlacher was handed a ten-second penalty.
Ehrlacher spent the race in a fierce battle with team-mate Santiago Urrutia, but the Frenchman lost the win as he was deemed to have trespassed the track limits when overtaking Urrutia on lap 13.
The result was still a Cyan Racing 1-2-3, as Ehrlacher’s penalty only dropped him to third behind Santiago Urrutia.
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Revised race results
POS | NO | CL | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
1 | 111 | WT | Thed BJÖRK | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 20 | 33:10.930 | 1:35.386 | 3 | |
2 | 112 | WT | Santiago URRUTIA | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 20 | 1.963 | 1:35.597 | 5 | |
3 | 168 | WT | Yann EHRLACHER | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 20 | 6.419 | 1:35.355 | 2 | |
4 | 186 | WT | Esteban GUERRIERI | GOAT Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 20 | 6.619 | 1:35.427 | 1 | |
5 | 107 | WT | Aurélien COMTE | SP Compétition | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 8.574 | 1:35.770 | 6 | |
6 | 155 | WT | MA Qing Hua | Lynk & Co Cyan Racing | Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR | 20 | 9.105 | 1:36.067 | 7 | |
7 | 1 | WT | Julio REJÓN | ProRally Mothers | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 10.357 | 1:36.092 | 8 | |
8 | 18 | WT | Michel JOURDAIN | Peralta Racing Team | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 17.553 | 1:36.673 | 11 | |
9 | 55 | WT | Rodrigo REJÓN | ProRally Mothers | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 23.136 | 1:36.644 | 10 | |
10 | 196 | WT | Mikel AZCONA | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 20 | 23.586 | 1:37.302 | 14 | |
11 | 129 | WT | Néstor GIROLAMI | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 20 | 24.887 | 1:37.024 | 13 | |
12 | 127 | WT | John FILIPPI | SP Compétition | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 26.059 | 1:37.384 | 9 | |
13 | 34 | MX | Carlo ZESATI | Zesati Racing VP Garage 34 | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 20 | 36.855 | 1:37.651 | 18 | |
14 | 88 | MX | Juan Pablo SIERRA | Centur Silen Petrol Racing | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 45.424 | 1:37.023 | 15 | |
15 | 45 | MX | Franco ZANELLA | Z Racing Team | CUPRA Leon Competición TCR | 20 | 50.151 | 1:38.604 | 19 | |
16 | 2 | MX | Santiago CREEL | RE Motorsport | CUPRA Leon VZ TCR | 20 | 51.816 | 1:37.894 | 17 | |
17 | 44 | MX | César Tiberio JIMÉNEZ | Orangino Racing Team | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 20 | 58.862 | 1:39.915 | 22 | |
18 | 105 | WT | Norbert MICHELISZ | BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 20 | 1:16.471 | 1:37.151 | 12 | |
19 | 33 | MX | Todd SLOAN | Orea Ross Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 20 | 1:22.168 | 1:39.985 | 21 | |
20 | 12 | MX | Horia-Traian CHIRIGUT | RE Motorsport | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 19 | + 1 LAP | 1:38.780 | 16 | |
21 | 43 | MX | Humberto ZESATI | Zesati Racing VP Garage 34 | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 19 | + 1 LAP | 1:40.139 | 23 | |
22 | 7 | MX | Ignacio SÁNCHEZ | M&M Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR | 19 | + 1 LAP | 1:42.557 | 24 | |
23 | 35 | MX | Mario DOMÍNGUEZ | Apycsa Racing Team | Audi RS3 LMS TCR II | 16 | + 4 LAPS | 1:38.647 | 20 | |
R | 123 | WT | Ignacio MONTENEGRO | GOAT Racing | Honda Civic Type-R FL5 TCR | 0 | DNF | N/A | 4 |