World touring: Morbidelli penalized

Salzburgring fastest qualifier Gianni Morbidelli has been awarded a five-place post-qualifying grid penalty for Sunday's opening World Touring Car Championship race, handing pole position to Yvan Muller.

Munnich Motorsport driver Morbidelli was judged by race officials to have set his fastest lap in the opening Q1 segment of the three-part qualifying session under a yellow flag.

As a result of the decision, Morbidelli loses his fastest Q1 time and is penalised five places on the race one grid.

He will now start from sixth place in the first encounter and fifth in the reversed-grid second race.