Filippi relegated! Buemi rewarded! Grosjean 4th!

Luca Filippi has been demoted by the race stewards, they announced shortly after their post-race meeting.

The Brazilian had won race 1 in Indonesia, at Sentul for the second round of the championship during 46 very eventful laps. After checking the Brazilian driver’s tires, it turned out they did not belong to him… In violation, it was therefore Sébastien Buemi, who finished second after a battle with Filippi in the final laps of the race, who claimed this victory.

« The rear tires of car number 27 [Filippi] were assigned to car number 26 [Yoshimoto]. This is not in accordance with the regulations, and as a result, the car has been excluded from the results. » Announced the track marshals.

For more precision, the team explained having switched the tires during Yoshimoto’s stop, which was scheduled after Filippi’s but occurred before…

Adrian Valles, then third, becomes second, and it’s Ben Hanley, in his first race in the GP2 championship across all series, who steps onto the podium.

Romain Grosjean finished in 5th position, so he ends up in 4th, and so on. In the end, Filippi is last and will start the second race at the back of the grid. Therefore, it’s Fairuz Fauzy (9th), who, thanks to this disqualification, will start in pole position tomorrow.