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Shanghai, FP2: Ma fastest as Demoustier impresses

Tom Chilton was third fastest

By Franck Drui

26 September 2015 - 06:20

Ma Qing Hua has continued to set the pace at the Shanghai International Circuit, venue for rounds 19 and 20 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship this weekend, by going quickest in Free Practice 2 for ROSNEFT WTCC Race of China.

The Citroën-driving local hero topped the 30-minute session in a time of 1m51.217s with Grégoire Demoustier (pictured) impressing by going second fastest, 0.604s slower than Ma in his Chevrolet.

Tom Chilton was third fastest, one place behind his Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy rival, with ROAL Motorsport team-mate Tom Coronel next up in another Chevrolet.

World champion José María López was fifth quickest followed by Hugo Valente, LADA driver Rob Huff, Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb and Chevrolet privateer John Filippi with Mehdi Bennani completing the top 10.

Qualifying begins at 14h30 local time.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Ma Qing Hua	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:51.217
2	Grégoire Demoustier	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Chevrolet	1:51.821
3	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:52.113
4	Tom Coronel	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:52.180
5	Jose Maria Lopez	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:52.307
6	Hugo Valente	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1:52.311
7	Robert Huff	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:52.393
8	Sebastien Loeb	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:52.414
9	John Filippi	Campos Racing	Chevrolet	1:52.490
10	Mehdi Bennani	Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroen	1:52.529
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:52.851
12	Stefano D’Aste	Munnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	1:52.886
13	Yvan Muller	Citroen Total WTCC	Citroen	1:53.135
14	Norbert Michelisz	Zengo Motorsport	Honda	1:53.148
15	Nicky Catsburg	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:53.876
16	Tiago Monteiro	Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda	1:54.012
17	Nicolas Lapierre	LADA Sport Rosneft	Lada	1:54.147