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Farfus excluded from Spa

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After having penalised by 3 seconds Stefano D’Aste in the second race, the Stewards investigated on the collision between Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller at the end of the first race.

The two drivers crossed the finishing line while clashing door-to-door; the German driver managed to squeeze between his rival’s Alfa Romeo and the pit wall, claiming third position. The Stewards decided to exclude Farfus for dangerous driving, and also to penalise Jörg Müller for having caused an avoidable collision; Müller will be dropped ten places on the starting grid of the next race.

Alfa Romeo racing appealed against Farfus’ exclusion. As for the title fight, the Belgian event worked in favor of Dirk Müller and Giovanardi. Dirk managed to stretch his lead by two points ahead of Giovanardi, which is now 4 points. But the Alfa Romeo man is on the ball, wth three victories in three consecutive events. Priaulx has retained his third position, but he is now 11 points off the lead.

SEAT was hit by very bad luck, as none of their works drivers managed to finish within the points in either of the two races. Only Coronel saved the Spanish Manufacturer’s honour. Ford had even a darker day, with newcomer Michael Funke going upside down at the start of Race 1, and Thomas Klenke sent crashing into Jordi Gené’s car in Race 2.

After Nicola Larini and Robert Huff had scored Chevrolet’s first points in the Drivers championship at Puebla, the team’s third man, Alain Menu, was able to do the same by finishing sixth in Race 2. In the Independents’ Trophy, Coronel reduced the gap between he and the leader Marc Hennerici.

Results of both races remain provisional, pending the appeal lodged by Alfa Romeo and the technical inspection of the ECU of car #7 (Farfus).