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Audi excluded from Silverstone WEC win for worn skidblock
Audi has lost victory in the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship following post-race scrutineering at Silverstone, handing the win to Porsche.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Apr 18, 2016, 9:39 AM
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The race winning #7 Audi R18 has lost its win at the 6 Hours of Silverstone after failing the mandatory skidblock test at post-race scrutineering.
The new LMP1 machine, driven by Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler, was excluded after the block was measured as being under the regulation 20mm.
Audi Sport Team Joest has since decided to appeal the decision.
The stewards decision detailed that the front skidblock ‘does not comply with Article 3.5.6a3 of the technical regulations’ and that Audi explained the wear as more than 5mm was ‘due to the circumstances during the race'.
The bulletin, numbered decision No.27 went on to state: “The stewards consider it is the liability of the competitor to respect the Technical Regulations in any case in order the car complies after the race with this regulation."
The official decision means that the victory in the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship goes to the #2 Porsche 919 of Marc Lieb, Neel Jani and Romain Dumas.
The Rebellion team scores an overall podium, albeit 11 laps down from the winner.
Revised Silverstone WEC results:
PosDriverCarTime 1 
Marc Lieb
Romain Dumas
Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid '16 6:01:53.028 2 
Kamui Kobayashi
Mike Conway
Stéphane Sarrazin Toyota TS050 HYBRID +1 lap 3 Alexandre Imperatori
Mathéo Tuscher
Dominik Kraihamer Rebellion R-One +11 laps 4 
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Nick Heidfeld
Nicolas Prost Rebellion R-One +13 laps 5 
Ricardo Gonzalez
Filipe Albuquerque
Bruno Senna Ligier JS P2 +15 laps 6 Ryan Dalziel
Pipo Derani
Chris Cumming Ligier JS P2 +15 laps 7 
Roman Rusinov
René Rast
Nathanael Berthon ORECA 05 +15 laps 8 Nicolas Lapierre
Gustavo Menezes
Stéphane Richelmi Alpine A460 +16 laps 9 Jonny Kane
Nick Leventis
Danny Watts Gibson 015S +17 laps 10 
Roberto Merhi
Matt Rao
Richard Bradley ORECA 05 +17 laps 11 Nelson Panciatici
Ho-Pin Tung
David Cheng Alpine A460 +18 laps 12 Vitaly Petrov
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar BR Engineering BR01 +18 laps 13 Scott Sharp
Ed Brown
Johannes van Overbeek Ligier JS P2 +19 laps 14 James Rossiter
Oliver Webb
Simon Trummer CLM P1/01 +22 laps 15 Nicolas Minassian
Maurizio Mediani BR Engineering BR01 +23 laps 16 Anthony Davidson
Kazuki Nakajima
Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS050 HYBRID +24 laps 17 Davide Rigon
Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE +27 laps 18 Gianmaria Bruni
James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE +28 laps 19 
Nicki Thiim
Marco Sorensen
Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage V8 +28 laps 20 Andy Priaulx
Marino Franchitti
Harry Tincknell Ford GT '16 +29 laps 21 Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Stefan Mücke Ford GT '16 +29 laps 22 Emmanuel Collard
Rui Aguas
François Perrodo Ferrari F458 Italia +31 laps 23 Pedro Lamy
Paul Dalla Lana
Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage V8 +32 laps 24 Paolo Ruberti
Yutaka Yamagishi
Pierre Ragues Chevrolet Corvette C7 +33 laps 25 Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR +40 laps 26 Christian Ried
Joel Camathias
Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR +40 laps 27 
Khaled Al Qubaisi
David Heinemeier Hansson
Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 RSR +41 laps DQ Andre Lotterer
Benoit Tréluyer
Marcel Fassler Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro '16 R 
Richie Stanaway
Fernando Rees Aston Martin Vantage V8 R 
Tor Graves
Will Stevens
James Jakes ORECA 05 R 
Mark Webber
Brendon Hartley
Timo Bernhard Porsche 919 Hybrid '16 R Loic Duval
Oliver Jarvis
Lucas di Grassi Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro '16 R Mike Wainwright
Adam Carroll
Ben Barker Porsche 911 RSR
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