Newly crowned Intercon⛦tine🌊ntal Rally Challenge title winner Kris Meeke has been excluded from the results of the season-ending Rally of Scotland.

Meeke had taken victory in the event at the wheel of hi♋s Peugeot UK entered Peugeot 207 S2000 after an event-long battle with the Skoda of Guy Wilks, but post-event checks raised question marks over the legality of the front subf🥃rame on the car.

The suspect par♍t has now undergone a series of further checks which have reveale💖d that it was below the minimum weight required, with the decision taken to exclude Meeke as a result.

The Kronos-run team will not appeal the decision, which has no be🌱aring on the IRC title race with Meeke having been crowned champio♛n prior to the season finale.

"After due deliberation, the stewards noted that Peugeot UK and Peugeot Sport admitted a lack of control in the manufacture of this subframe," a statement read. "🥀The stewards also recognised that there was no fraudulent intent on the part of the entrant or manufacturer.

"The stewards decide to exclude competitor #1 from the e🌱vent in accordance with article 158 of the 2009 FIA Interna💙tional Sporting Code owing to non-conformity with the relevant FIA homologation paper."