The removal of Bjork from the qualifying results changes the order for the first race of the day tomorrow.

Honda’s Rob Huff effectively demoted to second as he’s now classified as ninth in the combined qualifying results, and with Lada’s Hugo Valente promoted to pole position for the opening race.

“We checked it in Q1 and it was OK when I went in, but something happened afterwards and we don’t know,” said Bjork.

“I don’t think I went over anything, so we don’t know, but the pace from free practice shows we are there.”

The Swede will now start 16th on the grid for both races tomorrow, while team-mate Fredrick Ekblom will start third and eighth for the two races, after his car was cleared.

“I was looking forward to starting fifth and sixth and starting in the pack, but now I have to start from the back and have a race from there,” added Bjork.

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