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TCR Scandinavia was dramatically shaken
up during the fourth event of the season
at Karlskoga, where all the PWR Racing
Cupra cars were excluded for a technical
infringement after winning both races
over the weekend.
Following protests from WestCoast Racing
and Mattias Andersson, the Swedish
scrutineers argued that the exhaust
system of the cars did not conform to
the regulations and so excluded Daniel
Haglöf (first), Philip Morin (second) and
Robert Dahlgren (fifth) from Race 1 and
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky (first) from
Race 2.
This technical earthquake completely
reshuffled the championship standings
that are now led by KMS’ Johan
Kristoffersson with 123 points, one more
than the defending champion Dahlgren
and ten ahead of Lestrup Racing Team’s
Andreas Wernersson, while Haglöf has
Technical earthquake
at Karlskoga
PWR RACING CARS DEPRIVED OF RACE VICTORIES
dropped to fourth, 30 points behind
the leader.
However, the situation remains
uncertain as PWR Racing has appealed
against the decisions, fully supported
by Cupra Racing.
PWR Racing claimed an emphatic 1-2 in
Race 1 after pole-sitter Morin led for
the first half of the race until his
teammate Haglöf dived up the inside
on lap 9; the pair then holding those
positions until the end.
Nearly all of the action happened
during the first half of the race, with
Kristoffersson passing Dahlgen for third
place early on the opening lap and
Wernersson also passing Dahlgren for
fourth position two laps later.
On the penultimate lap, Kristoffersson
was unable to capitalize on an
opportunity to pass Morin going into
Turn 1, so the Volkswagen driver had to