Nash’s penalty puts Chilton on pole

Following the Q2 qualifying session for tomorrow’s WTCC first race at the Slovakia Ring, the FIA Scrutineers discovered that the ride height on James Nash’s Team AON Ford Focus did not conform to the WTCC regulations.

As a result, Nash has been given a penalty of ten grid positions for both of tomorrow’s races. He will therefore start from 14th place on the grid in both races.

Thanks to the reverse grid rule, the penalty means that Nash’s teammate Tom Chilton will start Race 2 from pole position after originally qualifying in 11th place.