Ma Qinghua
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Ma at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
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| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 25 December 1987 Shanghai (China) |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Citroën Total WTCC |
| Car no. | 33 |
| Starts | 34 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 13th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013 2011–12 2010 2009 2008 2006 2006 2005–06 2005 |
GP2 Series CTCC Superleague Formula British F3 Championship Spanish F3 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 A1 Grand Prix Italian Formula 3000 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 | CTCC 1600cc |
Ma Qinghua (simplified Chinese: 马青骅; traditional Chinese: 馬青驊) (born December 25, 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver.
Ma became the first Chinese driver to win an FIA World Championship race when he won race two of the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia.[1]
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Career
Ma has competed in such series as Italian Formula 3000 in 2005 and the British Formula 3 Championship. He also raced for A1 Team China at the China round of the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season. Driving for Beijing Hyundai, he won the China Touring Car Championship's 1600cc class drivers' title in 2011. Ma was added to HRT F1 driver development programme on 5 April 2012,[2] and made history as the first Chinese-born driver to drive a Formula One car at an FIA-sanctioned event, a milestone described as "heralding an important step for Chinese motorsport".[3][4] Ma also became the first Chinese driver to take part in a Grand Prix weekend when he replaced Narain Karthikeyan in the first Friday practice session of the Italian Grand Prix.[5] He was given three more chances to drive the car in Friday sessions later that year. After HRT collapsed at the end of the 2012 season, Ma moved to Caterham, continuing the role of Friday test driver whilst racing for their GP2 Series team for the season.[6] He made his debut GP2 Series race in 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round. Later in final stint, his lap time dropped to more than 2 minutes in every lap and finished only 21st in featured race, which is the last place in classified drivers. Later he was diagnosed with gastroenteritis leading to extreme dehydration by the medical team on track at Sepang and would not start the sprint race. In 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, he replaced Charles Pic to participated in the Free Practice 1 and became the first Chinese driver to drive in home Grand Prix session, but he was about 1.5 seconds off the pace to his team mate Giedo van der Garde and out of the 107% reference time to the quickest driver in Free Practice 1. Soon after the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, Caterham team claimed that he would be replaced by Alexander Rossi for the rest of the 2013 season. The team performance looks revived after this replacement. In the 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round, Alexander Rossi made his debut GP2 Series race and took a podium finish.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Shangsai FRD Team | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 16th |
| Asian Racing Team | |||||||||
| Italian Formula 3000 | Team Astromega | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd‡ |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Team Astromega | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 26th |
| 2008 | Spanish Formula Three Championship | Team West-Tec | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th |
| Formula 3 Spain Copa de España | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7th | ||
| 2009 | British Formula 3 – National Class | Team West-Tec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Team China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26th‡ |
| 2011 | China Touring Car Championship 1600cc Class | Beijing Hyundai | 8 | 3 | 4 | ? | ? | 116 | 1st |
| 2012 | Formula One | HRT Formula 1 Team | Test driver | ||||||
| 2013 | GP2 Series | Caterham Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Formula One | Caterham F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
| 2014 | World Touring Car Championship | Citroën Total WTCC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 13th |
| 2015 | World Touring Car Championship | Citroën Total WTCC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 241 | 4th |
† As Ma was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Team point score.
Complete Formula One participations
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | HRT Formula 1 Team | HRT F112 | Cosworth CA2012 V8 | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA TD |
SIN TD |
JPN | KOR | IND | ABU TD |
USA TD |
BRA | - | - |
| 2013 | Caterham F1 Team | Caterham CT03 | Renault RS27-2013 V8 | AUS | MAL | CHN TD |
BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | USA | BRA | - | - |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2014 | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | MAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
FRA 1 |
FRA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SVK 1 |
SVK 2 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
RUS 1 6 |
RUS 2 1 |
BEL 1 11 |
BEL 2 Ret |
ARG 1 |
ARG 2 |
BEI 1 15† |
BEI 2 12 |
CHN 1 2 |
CHN 2 5 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
MAC 1 8 |
MAC 2 Ret |
13th | 69 |
| 2015 | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën C-Elysée WTCC | ARG 1 7 |
ARG 2 6 |
MAR 1 2 |
MAR 2 10 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 9 |
GER 1 5 |
GER 2 Ret |
RUS 1 5 |
RUS 2 5 |
SVK 1 Ret |
SVK 2 Ret |
FRA 1 4 |
FRA 2 3 |
POR 1 6 |
POR 2 1 |
JPN 1 4 |
JPN 2 5 |
CHN 1 10† |
CHN 2 8 |
THA 1 3 |
THA 2 2 |
QAT 1 5 |
QAT 2 2 |
4th | 241 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
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External links
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Shanghai
- Chinese racing drivers
- A1 Team China drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- European F3 Open Championship drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Auto GP drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- World Touring Car Championship drivers
