Impact of the penalty on final medal positions

The result of 225 penalty points being applied to each Australian Team Pilot was that the Australian Pilot who was in first place in Club Class and the Australian Pilot who was in third place in Standard Class were no longer on the podium. The rankings for each class per country pre and post application of penalty points are as follows:

Countries which submitted a protest requesting the application of penalty points included:

• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Luxembourg

The penalty had a significant effect on the final placings, the medals and the prizes awarded