Ma Qinghua

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.

Ma Qinghua
Ma at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1987-12-25) 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
Formula E career
Debut season	2015–16
Current team	Techeetah
Car no.	33
Former teams	Team Aguri
Starts	7
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2015–16
Finished last season	19th
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

Citroën-Total C-Elysée WTCC 2014

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]

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 Formula Renault Challenge	Asian Racing Team	5	0	0	0	0	35	16th
	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
2008	Formula 3 Spain Copa de España	Team West-Tec	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	—	—
2013	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
2015-16	Formula E	Team Aguri	4	0	0	0	0	0	19th
2016–17	Formula E	Techeetah	2	0	0	0	0	0	19th*

^† As Ma was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^‡ Team point score.
^* Season still in progress.

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
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.

Complete Formula E 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	Pos	Points
2015–16	Team Aguri	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	BEI	PUT	PDE	BNA	MEX	LBH	PAR Ret	BER 14	LON 11	LON 12			19th	0
2016–17	Techeetah	Spark-Renault Z.E. 16	HKG Ret	MAR 15	BNA	MEX	MON	PAR	BER	BRU	NYC	NYC	MTR	MTR	19th*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

References

↑ "RACE 2 – MA WRITES MOTORSPORT HISTORY". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
↑ "HRT signs Chinese driver to development programme". ESPNF1 Staff. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
↑ Mallett, Tom (2012-07-13). "Who is Ma Qing Hua and why does he matter?". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
↑ Mallett, Tom (12 July 2012). "Bottas tops timesheets for Williams on opening morning of young driver test at Silverstone". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ Collantine, Keith (5 September 2012). "Ma Qing Hua to drive for HRT in Monza practice". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
↑ "@MyCaterhamGP2 — 1 March". Twitter. Twitter, Inc. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

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