Coronary heart of Racing has misplaced its second-place GTD end from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at VIRginia Worldwide Raceway after non-homologated components have been discovered on the No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo in post-race technical inspection. The automotive was moved to the again of the category as a penalty.
Moreover, as a result of the components have been discovered to have been provided by the producer, Aston Martin was fined $10,000. The bulletins posted by IMSA didn’t specify which components have been out of homologation.
The third-place end in GTD PRO for the No. 23 Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin of Alex Riberas and Ross Gunn was not affected.
Roman De Angelis and Zacharie Robichon had made a powerful run at VIR, pressuring winners Korthoff Preston Motorsports within the closing phases to complete second on the checker. The No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 of Misha Goikhberg and Loris Spinelli strikes as much as second because of the penalty, and championship leaders Russell Ward and Philip Ellis within the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes AMG to 3rd.
The penalty additionally signifies that the No. 27 staff loses 150 championship factors. Whereas De Angelis and Coronary heart of Racing have been properly out of the championship hunt, De Angelis dropped two locations from sixth to eighth, and the staff went from fifth to seventh within the staff standings. Aston Martin went from second within the producer standings to fifth.
The subsequent spherical of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is a the six-hour IMSA Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sept. 20-22.
