Nine drivers have had their times disallowed from yesterday's World Touring Car qualifying session at Pau, including pole-sitter Andy Priaulx.

The championship's governing body, the FIA, requested that race stewards investigate the maximum engine revs used by each car in the session. Priaulx, Yvan Muller, Tom Coronel, Rob Huff, Alain Menu, Nicola Larini, Sergio Hernandez, Felix Porteiro and Stefano D'Aste were all found to have exceeded the limit.

The seven of those nine drivers that made it through to Q2 had their times from that segment of qualifying taken away, but have been allowed to count times from Q1. Muller and D'Aste, who didn't make it to Q2, just had their best laps from Q1 disallowed.

The revised grid has Augusto Farfus and Jorg Muller on the front row, Franz Engstler and Rob Huff on the second, and Andy Priaulx and Tom Coronel on the third.
Revised grid
Pos Driver Car Q1 Q2


1. Augusto Farfus BMW 1:23.201 1:22.473

2. Jorg Muller BMW 1:22.960 1:23.051

3. Franz Engstler BMW 1:23.625 1:24.442

4. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1:22.900 time disallowed

5. Andy Priaulx BMW 1:22.942 time disallowed

6. Tom Coronel SEAT 1:23.375 time disallowed

7. Nicola Larini Chevrolet 1:23.425 time disallowed

8. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:23.516 time disallowed

9. Felix Porteiro BMW 1:23.577 time disallowed

10. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1:23.768 time disallowed

11. Alex Zanardi BMW 1:23.806

12. Marin Colak SEAT 1:23.815

13. Mehdi Bennani SEAT 1:23.929

14. Rickard Rydell SEAT 1:24.118

15. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1:24.196

16. Jordi Gene SEAT 1:24.284

17. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 1:24.506

18. Laurent Cazenave BMW 1:24.621

19. Eric Cayrolle SEAT 1:24.742

20. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1:24.874

21. Yvan Muller SEAT 1:24.894

22. Jaap van Lagen Lada 1:24.925

23. Kristian Poulsen BMW 1:25.280

24. Tom Boardman SEAT 1:25.299

25. Kirill Ladygin Lada 1:25.457

26. Viktor Shapovalov Lada 1:26.054