Bruni, Lietz stripped of second-place Silverstone finish
Porsche GTE Pro drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz have been stripped of their second-place finish in the Silverstone FIA World Endurance Championship round.
#91 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR: Richard Lietz, Gianmaria Bruni
Paul Foster
Bruni and Lietz had fought their way through from the rear of the GTE Pro class grid to claim second place in their class, 14 seconds down on the winning #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
However, in post-race scrutineering the #91 Porsche 911 RSR’s ride height was found to be 2mm lower than the minimum permissible 50mm, resulting in their disqualification.
It promotes the #67 Ford of Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx to second in class, while the second Porsche, the #92 car of Michael Christensen and Kevin Estre, moves up to third.
The leading entries from Aston Martin and BMW meanwhile move up to fourth and fifth places respectively.
Be part of Motorsport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments