Tony D’Alberto drops from fourth to sixth after a penalty
Stewards have issued penalties to Tony D’Alberto and Alexandra Whitley for separate incidents during TCR Australia Round 5 Race 1 at Winton Motor Raceway.
Wall Racing’s D’Alberto has been slapped with a five-second penalty demoting him from fourth to sixth in the results.
The Honda Civic driver was penalised for his part in contact with Nathan Morcom.
As a result, HMO Customer Racing’s Morcom has been classified in fourth position with Aaron Cameron (Melbourne Performance Centre, Volkswagen) in fifth.
Meanwhile, Whitley has copped a 30-second penalty for contact with Leanne Tander which sees the Alliance Autosport Volkswagen Golf driver drop from 12th to 13th in the results.
“I just completely out-braked myself and ran into the back of Leanne,” said Whitley.
“It was unfortunate for her, I really didn’t want to do that and sort of stuffed her race.
“Obviously we got a penalty. It’s a little bit disappointing because we know we could have been further up.”
Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Jordan Cox also received a 10 series points penalty for an incident with Wall Racing’s John Martin at Turn 1 on lap 7.
Race 1 was taken out by Alliance Autosport’s Jason Bright.
The series continues this afternoon with a further two 17 lap races.
UPDATED: TCR Australia Race 1 Results
| Pos |
Num |
Driver |
Team |
Car |
Laps |
Time |
| 1 |
8 |
Jason Bright (Vic) |
Taskforce / Alliance Autospor |
Volkswagon Golf GTI |
16 |
23:06.9034 |
| 2 |
30 |
William Brown (Qld) |
HMO Customer Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
16 |
23:07.8427 |
| 3 |
9 |
Dylan O’Keeffe (Vic) |
Ashley Seward Motorsport |
Alfa Romeo Giulietta |
16 |
23:15.0596 |
| 4 |
11 |
Nathan Morcom (NSW) |
HMO Customer Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
16 |
23:20.0936 |
| 5 |
2 |
Aaron Cameron (Vic) |
Melbourne Performance Centre |
Volkswagen Golf GTI |
16 |
23:20.1533 |
| 6 |
50 |
Tony D’Alberto (Vic) |
Wall Racing |
Honda Civic Type R |
16 |
23:21.5374 |
| 7 |
777 |
Andre Heimgartner (NZ) |
Kelly Racing |
Holden Astra |
16 |
23:21.9711 |
| 8 |
100 |
Russell Ingall (Qld) |
Melbourne Performance Centre |
Audi RS 3 |
16 |
23:22.3507 |
| 9 |
38 |
Tim Brook (NSW) |
Wall Racing |
Honda Civic Type R |
16 |
23:26.9974 |
| 10 |
97 |
Liam McAdam (Qld) |
Melbourne Performance Centre |
Audi RS 3 |
16 |
23:39.1908 |
| 11 |
6 |
Molly Taylor (NSW) |
Kelly Racing |
Subaru WRX STi |
16 |
23:50.8315 |
| 12 |
3 |
Leanne Tander (Vic) |
Melbourne Performance Centre |
Audi RS 3 |
16 |
24:17.9154 |
| 13 |
35 |
Alexandra Whitley (Qld) |
Alliance Autosport |
Volkswagon Golf GTI |
16 |
24:30.1609 |
| 14 |
24 |
John Martin (NSW) |
Wall Racing |
Honda Civic Type R |
14 |
23:33.1349 |
| 15 |
37 |
Bryce Fullwood (NT) |
Kelly Racing |
Subaru WRX STi |
12 |
23:55.8469 |
| 16 |
62 |
Hamish Ribarits (Vic) |
Kelly Racing |
Holden Astra |
15 |
22:02.9527 |
| 17 |
7 |
Jordan Cox (NSW) |
Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Alfa Romeo Giulietta |
6 |
8:54.4822 |
| 18 |
34 |
James Moffat (Vic) |
Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Renault Megane RS |
|
|
| 19 |
33 |
Chris Pither (NZ) |
Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Renault Megane RS |
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