GP2 Hungary: Coletti loses podium, Marciello loses race two pole
Two post-race penalties have totally rearranged the outcome of Saturday's Hungaroring GP2 race, with both of Racing Engineering's drivers affected
Stefano Coletti has lost his second place finish after being found at fault for the collision with Julian Leal that removed the Colombian driver from the race on lap five.
He had 20 seconds added to his time, which drops him to the bottom of the top 20.
His team-mate Raffaele Marciello, who was due to start the sprint race from pole position after finishing the feature race in eighth, was found guilty of passing Stoffel Vandoorne under the safety car.
He too was given a 20-second penalty, and will start behind Coletti.
Marciello explained: "When I entered the pits, I had Vandoorne next to me, who all of the sudden slowed down in front of the safety car line, which caused me to pass him unintentionally.
"This means I was handed a post-race penalty and instead of starting from pole position I will be at the back of the field."
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and Takuya Izawa are promoted to second and third, with Nathanael Berthon taking Marciello's sprint race pole.
Revised results - 35 laps: Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. Arthur Pic Campos 1h00m18.627s 2. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax +3.151s 3. Takuya Izawa ART +3.661s 4. Jolyon Palmer DAMS +3.828s 5. Daniel Abt Hilmer +5.111s 6. Felipe Nasr Carlin +5.190s 7. Stoffel Vandoorne ART +6.213s 8. Nathaneal Berthon Lazarus +7.038s 9. Tom Dillmann Caterham +7.605s 10. Marco Sorensen MP +8.102s 11. Simon Trummer Rapax +8.398s 12. Mitch Evans Russian Time +8.756s 13. Conor Daly Lazarus +11.641s 14. Daniel de Jong MP +13.436s 15. Andre Negrao Arden +14.224s 16. Artem Markelov Russian Time +15.944s 17. Jon Lancaster Hilmer +16.066s 18. Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering +22.787s* 19. Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering +25.954s* 20. Rene Binder Arden -1 lap * Inc 20s post-race penalty Retirements: Rio Haryanto Caterham 30 laps Sergio Canamasas Trident 29 laps Jonny Cecotto Jr Trident 22 laps Kimiya Sato Campos 10 laps Stephane Richelmi DAMS 5 laps Julian Leal Carlin 5 laps
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