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Final grid for race one confirmed

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After penalties handed out after qualifying yesterday, the grid for today’s first WTCC race at the Salzburgring has been confirmed, with Michel Nykjaer starting on pole position for Nika Racing ahead of James Nash’s bamboo-engineering Chevrolet.

The final grid is:

1 – Michel Nykjaer – Chevrolet
2 – James Nash – Chevrolet
3 – Mehdi Bennani – BMW
4 – Mikhail Kozlovskiy – Lada
5 – Fredy Barth – BMW
6 – Franz Engstler – BMW
7 – Marc Basseng – SEAT
8 – James Thompson – Lada
9 – Charles Ng – BMW
10 – Rene Munnich – SEAT
11 – Fernando Monje – SEAT
12 – Alex MacDowall – Chevrolet
13 – Yvan Muller – Chevrolet
14 – Rob Huff – SEAT
15 – Tom Chilton – Chevrolet
16 – Stefano D’Aste – BMW
17 – Pepe Oriola – SEAT
18 – Darryl O’Young – BMW
19 – Tom Coronel – BMW
20 – Hugo Valente – SEAT
21 – Gabriele Tarquini – Honda
22 – Tiago Monteiro – Honda
23 – Norbert Michelisz – Honda