Cox gets penalty after Bathurst TCR Race 1 clash

Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series title contender Jordan Cox has been hit with a penalty after Race 1 at Bathurst.

He had drawn the ire of Luke King following a clash in the latter stages of that encounter, when he fired his Peugeot up the inside of the #2 Hyundai at The Cutting.

King indicated he would request a review and it is understood that a stewards hearing was held in the hours after the race over a charge of careless driving.

Cox has now been given a five-second penalty and is classified 14th in the final results, three positions behind series leader Tony D’Alberto.

Furthermore, given he was ninth at the chequered flag, the Garry Rogers Motorsport driver misses out on a grid inversion for Race 2 which would have put him on the front row and heaped more pressure on D’Alberto.

He also drops to third in the series standings, behind Will Brown.

The latter gained a position in the Race 1 classification when Michael Caruso was also given a five-second penalty, with his name having also been mentioned by Cox about an incident on Mountain Straight.

Caruso is now classified 10th in Race 1, and hence will start Race 2 from first position.

That contest takes place at 09:25 local time/AEDT, as part of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International.

All races are live and ad-free on Stan Sport.

Results: Race 1 Updated

Series points Updated