Cox cops penalty over D’Alberto contact

Jordan Cox has been hit with a five-second penalty over his contact with Tony D’Alberto in Race 1 of Supercheap Auto TCR Australia at Winton.

The Garry Rogers Motorsport driver almost turned around the #1 Honda Civic Type R when he forced his way past for fifth position at Turn 3 on Lap 1.

D’Alberto managed to straighten up before he went all the way around and they would go on to take the chequered flag still in fifth and sixth.

Such were the margins at the line, the five-second penalty for a driving infringement had the effect of reversing their positions for the final classification.

It also means they swap sides on the third row of the grid when Race 2 takes place this afternoon with a reverse top 10 for the start.

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Cox will also lose ground in the title race, but retain fourth position in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series standings.

Jordan Cox makes a big lunge on Tony D’Alberto 🥊#SpeedSeriesAU #SCAutoTCR #RaceWinton #StanSportAU #Shannons @wwos @StanSportAU @TCRAustralia pic.twitter.com/rqt7aG4MMO

— Shannons SpeedSeries (@SpeedSeriesAU) June 10, 2023

In other judicial matters, fellow GRM driver Aaron Cameron had his fastest lap invalidated.

The #18 Peugeot 308 had been clocked on a 1:22.0706s on its ninth lap, which broke the old lap record by more than two seconds on a day when no one else was faster than a 1:25.6899s in racing conditions.

That had already raised eyebrows, but so too would a 0:24.6559s second sector around Winton Motor Raceway which was almost six seconds faster than his next-quickest second sector (30.6136s).

Race 2 starts at 12:30 local time/AEST, with the Stan Sport live stream underway at 09:30 AEST.

That stream can be seen for free by international viewers on Speedcafe.

Results: Race 1 Updated

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Laps	Race time
1	15	Michael Clemente Motorsport	Michael Clemente	Cupra Leon Comp	18	26:02.2805
2	130	HMO Customer Racing	Bailey Sweeny	Hyundai i30N TCR	18	26:03.4686
3	110	Team Soutar Motorsport	Zac Soutar	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	18	26:10.7133
4	30	HMO Customer Racing	Josh Buchan	Hyundai i30N Sedan	18	26:17.3497
5	1	Honda Wall Racing	Tony D’Alberto	Honda Civic FK7 TCR	18	26:20.2901
6	33	Schaeffler GRM	Jordan Cox	Peugeot 308 TCR	18	26:23.0188
7	71	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Ben Bargwanna	Peugeot 308 TCR	18	26:25.1512
8	14	Purple Sector	Lachlan Mineeff	Audi RS3 LMS SEQ	18	26:26.0326
9	4	Shannons Ins /Penrite Oil	Clay Richards	Audi RS3 LMS SEQ	18	26:32.2781
10	115	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Tom Oliphant	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	18	26:33.1118
11	22	Challenge Motorsport	Iain McDougall	Audi RS3 LMS SEQ	18	26:34.4464
12	41	Valvoline Racing GRM	Kody Garland	Peugeot 308 TCR	18	26:35.0419
13	74	Exclusive Switchboards	Brad Harris	Honda Civic FK7 TCR	18	26:57.5797
14	18	Team Valvoline GRM	Aaron Cameron	Peugeot 308 TCR	17	27:22.4715

Series points Updated

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Bailey Sweeny	306
2	Michael Clemente	274
3	Josh Buchan	271
4	Jordan Cox	268
5	Aaron Cameron	253
6	Ben Bargwanna	234
7	Lachlan Mineeff	230
8	Tony D’Alberto	214
9	Kody Garland	212
10	Tom Oliphant	194
11	Zac Soutar	115
12	Brad Harris	115
13	Iain McDougall	108
14	William Brown	62
15	Clay Richards	32