Stewards have issued penalties to Tony D’Alberto and Alexandra Whitley for separate incidents during TCR Australia Round 5 Race 1 at Winton Motor Raceway.
Wall Racing’s D’Alberto has been slapped with a five-second penalty demoting him from fourth to sixth in the results.
The Honda Civic driver was penalised for his part in contact with Nathan Morcom.
As a result, HMO Customer Racing’s Morcom has been classified in fourth position with Aaron Cameron (Melbourne Performance Centre, Volkswagen) in fifth.
Meanwhile, Whitley has copped a 30-second penalty for contact with Leanne Tander which sees the Alliance Autosport Volkswagen Golf driver drop from 12th to 13th in the results.
“I just completely out-braked myself and ran into the back of Leanne,” said Whitley.
“It was unfortunate for her, I really didn’t want to do that and sort of stuffed her race.
“Obviously we got a penalty. It’s a little bit disappointing because we know we could have been further up.”
Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Jordan Cox also received a 10 series points penalty for an incident with Wall Racing’s John Martin at Turn 1 on lap 7.
Race 1 was taken out by Alliance Autosport’s Jason Bright.
The series continues this afternoon with a further two 17 lap races.
UPDATED: TCR Australia Race 1 Results
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time |
| 1 | 8 | Jason Bright (Vic) | Taskforce / Alliance Autospor | Volkswagon Golf GTI | 16 | 23:06.9034 |
| 2 | 30 | William Brown (Qld) | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30N | 16 | 23:07.8427 |
| 3 | 9 | Dylan O’Keeffe (Vic) | Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta | 16 | 23:15.0596 |
| 4 | 11 | Nathan Morcom (NSW) | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30N | 16 | 23:20.0936 |
| 5 | 2 | Aaron Cameron (Vic) | Melbourne Performance Centre | Volkswagen Golf GTI | 16 | 23:20.1533 |
| 6 | 50 | Tony D’Alberto (Vic) | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 16 | 23:21.5374 |
| 7 | 777 | Andre Heimgartner (NZ) | Kelly Racing | Holden Astra | 16 | 23:21.9711 |
| 8 | 100 | Russell Ingall (Qld) | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 | 16 | 23:22.3507 |
| 9 | 38 | Tim Brook (NSW) | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 16 | 23:26.9974 |
| 10 | 97 | Liam McAdam (Qld) | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 | 16 | 23:39.1908 |
| 11 | 6 | Molly Taylor (NSW) | Kelly Racing | Subaru WRX STi | 16 | 23:50.8315 |
| 12 | 3 | Leanne Tander (Vic) | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 | 16 | 24:17.9154 |
| 13 | 35 | Alexandra Whitley (Qld) | Alliance Autosport | Volkswagon Golf GTI | 16 | 24:30.1609 |
| 14 | 24 | John Martin (NSW) | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 14 | 23:33.1349 |
| 15 | 37 | Bryce Fullwood (NT) | Kelly Racing | Subaru WRX STi | 12 | 23:55.8469 |
| 16 | 62 | Hamish Ribarits (Vic) | Kelly Racing | Holden Astra | 15 | 22:02.9527 |
| 17 | 7 | Jordan Cox (NSW) | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta | 6 | 8:54.4822 |
| 18 | 34 | James Moffat (Vic) | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Renault Megane RS | ||
| 19 | 33 | Chris Pither (NZ) | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Renault Megane RS |
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