A rather downbeat Tom Kimber Smith in pitlane before the start of the COTA WEC race confirmed to DSC that CORE autosport had lost the points and prize money for their third place finish in LMPC in yesterday’s ALMS encounter.
The #05 Oreca failed post race scrutineering with a decision that their Elan V8 had been equipped with an illegal component.
“It wasn’t performance related,” said a clearly disappointed TKS, but the decision hands a major Championship advantage to Mike Gausch and the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport team in the LMPC team and driver standings.
