Coulthard keeps win amid points penalties

Fabian Coulthard has kept his Race 15 victory at the Austin 400 despite being found to have breached the Safety Car restart regulations.

The top three drivers in the race – Coulthard, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup – have all received 30 point penalties.

The original race result however remains unchanged.

The investigation occurred after Coulthard appeared to accelerate too early at the restart.

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The Kiwi later explained that he had simply jumped when told to do so by his team.

The victory is Coulthard’s third of the season following a double success at Symmons Plains last month.

See below for the updated points standings

1	Jamie Whincup	1217
2	Craig Lowndes	1075
3	Will Davison	1029
4	Fabian Coulthard	954
5	Jason Bright	945
6	Shane Van Gisbergen	907
7	Garth Tander	888
8	Mark Winterbottom	861
9	James Courtney	825
10	Jonathon Webb	768
11	Scott McLaughlin	695
12	Rick Kelly	651
13	James Moffat	638
14	David Reynolds	619
15	Alex Davison	619
16	Alexandre Premat	558
17	Russell Ingall	527
18	Tony D’Alberto	502
19	Dean Fiore	497
20	Lee Holdsworth	451
21	David Wall	435
22	Michael Caruso	434
23	Tim Blanchard	398
24	Tim Slade	391
25	Scott Pye	366
26	Todd Kelly	328
27	Chaz Mostert	252
28	Maro Engel	246