Ma Qing Hua was handed a post-race five-second penalty in the second World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) race on the streets of Wuhan, after the Honda driver knocked Rob Huff out of the points.
Ma had originally been classified in eighth but was given a post-race five-second penalty for the contact with Huff at the hairpin on lap nine. The bump also allowed YMR’s Yvan Muller to pass, and left the Brit facing no points from the race.
The change to the result promotes Comtoyou Racing’s Denis Dupont to eighth, YMR’s Muller to ninth and Huff into tenth, with Ma being classified in 12th behind Team Mulsanne’s Kevin Ceccon after the penalty.
Elsewhere, Campos Racing’s John Filippi has been given a drop of ten grid places for the next race in Japan for contact with YMR’s Thed Björk in the same race.
Münnich Motorsport’s Timo Scheider faces a grid drop of three places in the next race at Suzuka after contact with Gabriele Tarquini in the second race.
Revised race two result
POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
1 | 25 | Mehdi BENNANI | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 18 | 25:35.996 | 1:24.456 | 1 | |
2 | 7 | Aurélien COMTE | DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 18 | 0.478 | 1:24.645 | 3 | |
3 | 23 | Nathanaël BERTHON | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 18 | 0.618 | 1:24.704 | 5 | |
4 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA | Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 18 | 5.115 | 1:24.707 | 4 | |
5 | 69 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 18 | 5.516 | 1:24.734 | 7 | |
6 | 22 | Frédéric VERVISCH | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS3 LMS | 18 | 5.988 | 1:24.563 | 9 | |
7 | 21 | Aurélien PANIS | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 18 | 6.489 | 1:24.537 | 11 | |
8 | 20 | Denis DUPONT | Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS3 LMS | 18 | 11.585 | 1:24.596 | 8 | |
9 | 48 | Yvan MULLER | YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 18 | 12.176 | 1:24.950 | 15 | |
10 | 12 | Rob HUFF | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 18 | 12.482 | 1:24.668 | 13 | |
11 | 31 | Kevin CECCON | Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 18 | 13.814 | 1:24.825 | 12 | |
12 | 55 | MA Qing Hua | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR | 18 | 15.229 | 1:24.630 | 2 | |
13 | 86 | Esteban GUERRIERI | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR | 18 | 15.373 | 1:24.860 | 6 | |
14 | 5 | Norbert MICHELISZ | BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 18 | 16.025 | 1:25.365 | 21 | |
15 | 68 | Yann EHRLACHER | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR | 18 | 16.664 | 1:25.199 | 20 | |
16 | 88 | Fabrizio GIOVANARDI | Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 18 | 26.507 | 1:25.575 | 24 | |
17 | 66 | Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ | Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 18 | 41.252 | 1:25.514 | 22 | |
R | 8 | Norbert NAGY | Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 13 | DNF | 1:25.546 | 23 | |
R | 30 | Gabriele TARQUINI | BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | DNF | 1:25.286 | 16 | |
R | 9 | Tom CORONEL | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR | 7 | DNF | 1:25.601 | 25 | |
R | 11 | Thed BJÖRK | YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 7 | DNF | 1:25.275 | 14 | |
R | 27 | John FILIPPI | Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 3 | DNF | 1:25.324 | 17 | |
R | 42 | Timo SCHEIDER | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR | 3 | DNF | 12:40.628 | 18 | |
R | 70 | Mat’o HOMOLA | DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 1 | DNF | N/A | 19 | |
R | 52 | Gordon SHEDDEN | Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 1 | DNF | N/A | 10 |