Penalties Hand AF Corse Brands Hatch Sprint Cup Race 1 Win

Overview

• AF Corse’s No. 50 Ferrari was promoted to victory after stewards applied yellow-flag penalties to nine entries that reshuffled the final order.
• The No. 3 Mercedes of Chris Lulham and Dani Juncadella lost the win after a five-second pit infraction was followed by a post-race drive-through for a yellow-flag breach that left the car 15th.
• Pole-sitter Lionspeed GP led early with Ricardo Feller but retired after its stop with a suspected steering problem that ended a dominant start.
• An opening-lap crash for the No. 10 Boutsen VDS Porsche at Stirling’s triggered a red flag, and Razoon driver Simon Birch received a 20-second stop-and-go for causing the spin.
• Dorian Boccolacci finished second for Boutsen VDS and WRT’s No. 32 BMW took third, while the grid for Race 2 remains set by Q2 with Bastian Buus putting Lionspeed on pole.