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Cox went on to storm through the field<\/a>, eventually finishing ninth.<\/p>\n That gave Cox a front-row start in his Peugeot 308 for the second race courtesy of the top 10 reverse grid.<\/p>\n However, overnight, it was determined a pass that Cox had made on Hyundai i30 N driver Luke King late in the piece was over the line.<\/p>\n Contact between them resulted in damage to King's car, forcing him to the pit lane and to retire.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Wallabies hit rock bottom in historic loss to Italy<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Rennie's 'poor coaching' ripped after shock loss<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Kiwis win World Cup by snapping 30 game streak<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Instead of finishing ninth, Cox wound up 14th after a five-second penalty. Instead of a 35-point margin, that's blown out to 51 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n Will Brown now sits second in the drivers' standings, 49 points adrift.<\/p>\n Cox admitted after the race that he needed to make the move.<\/p>\n At the time, King and Cox were 10th and 11th respectively, making the pass all the more important for the latter.<\/p>\n However, they were each given a place when Jay Hanson crashed out of second.<\/p>\n "It's massive," a downbeat Cox told Stan Sport's Greg Rust.<\/p>\n "It's heartbreaking to have a decision like that. It hurts. We were in with a good shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n "We race hard and fair. That's been the philosophy. That's been the GRM philosophy and they've backed me all the way there. Disappointing.\u00a0<\/p>\n "We just have to reset and move forward. Approach the next two races like we do any other races, move forward and we'll press on."<\/p>\n Speaking after Saturday's race, King said he felt hard done by.\u00a0<\/p>\n "I got [Cox] on the restart. He could see we were quicker, all he had to do was be patient," King said on the Stan Sport broadcast.<\/p>\n "Then he's just shoved it up the inside at [The Cutting] and barged us out of the way; caused a flat tyre and a damaged rim and damaged side skirts.<\/p>\n "We got rapped over the knuckles at Sandown for some very small incidents and we almost had a huge turn one shunt with [Michael] Caruso moving over on us going up Mountain Straight.<\/p>\n "Usually, I wouldn't be this upset, but I'm just over getting bashed around. I've had a lot of damage on that car this year and it's just pointless shit, so it's just not needed."<\/p>\n The second race of the TCR Australia Series at the Bathurst International is scheduled for 9:30am.<\/p>\n The season will come to a close with the final race at 3:50pm.<\/p>\n \ufeffFor a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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