Pepe Oriola who jumped on top of the standings after the latest race meeting at Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring will carry the maximum success ballast of 30 kilos in the next event at Singapore.
The young Spaniard and his Craft-Bamboo Lukoil SEAT León scored 33 points in Austria finishing third and second in the two races.
Target Competition’s Stefano Comini, who is currently second in Drivers’ Championship only two points behind Oriola, pocketed 29 points at the Red Bull Ring where he inherited victory in the first race after Gianni Morbidelli was handed a penalty. Comini’s SEAT will be laden by 20 kilos of success ballast in Singapore.
Oriola’s teammate Jordi Gené was the third best scorer in Austria (27 points) and will race at Singapore with 10 kilos of extra weight.