Handicaps for Farfus and Tarquini

Augusto Farfus (BMW Team Germany) and Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT Sport), who are currently lying third and fifth respectively in the championship standings, face this weekend’s WTCC Race of France meeting at Pau knowing that they have to cope with an important handicap.

Both drivers were given a 10 position drop on the starting grid for the first race, as the Stewards judged them responsible for causing two avoidable collisions in Valencia’s Race 1.

Tarquini caused the pile-up at the start that eliminated six cars including his own, while in the late stages of the same race Farfus was involved in a clash with Tom Coronel and Stefano D’Aste, while they were fighting for the 10th position. Recovering from their handicaps on Pau’s infamous street circuit won’t be an easy task for them.