WTCC: Honda gets Hungary results back after appeal

Part of Honda's appeal of its exclusion from rounds three and four of the World Touring Car Championship has been successful, with its Hungary race results reinstated.

The marque was excluded from the Hungarian and Moroccan rounds after the flat floor of its four Honda Civics (including the independent Zengo Motorsport car) were adjudged to be non-compliant with the championship's regulations by stewards at the Nurburgring event at the end of May.

The construction of the floors had been changed between the second round of the season at the Slovakiaring and round three at the Hungaroring.

Honda announced its intention to appeal the decision on the Friday of the Nurburgring round and formally appealed the rulings relating to its three factory cars via the Automobile Club D'Italia last week. A hearing at the International Court of Appeal was held on Thursday, and found the appeal to be admissible.

The four-man panel ruled that while decisions 1, 3 and 5 – which related to Hungary rulings – were to be set aside, the exclusion of the manufacturer's three cars from the Marrakech rounds was to be upheld.

Rob Huff therefore loses his main race victory in Morocco, having headed a Honda 1-2-3, which is instead awarded to championship leader Jose Maria Lopez.

Originally on Autosport.com