WTCC Shanghai, Jose Maria Lopez On Pole
World Touring Car Championship leader Jose Maria Lopez achieved his fifth pole position of the season at Shanghai.The Argentinean’s lap of 1m48.782 denied his increasingly impressive Chinese team-mate Ma Qing Hua a maiden pole position in his home circuit. Reigning WTCC champion Muller was fastest in Q2, and the final runner in the Q3 single-lap shootout segment. The Alsace racer appeared to lose ground to his rivals in the first sector and was unable to recover the time over the remainder of the lap.
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TC1 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1m48.782s | – |
| 2 | TC1 | Ma Qing Hua | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1m48.898s | 0.116s |
| 3 | TC1 | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1m49.424s | 0.642s |
| 4 | TC1 | Norbert Michelisz | Zengo Motorsport | Honda | 1m49.681s | 0.899s |
| 5 | TC1 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1m49.830s | 1.048s |
| 6 | TC1 | Tiago Monteiro | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 1m50.178s | 1.396s |
| 7 | TC1 | Gabriele Tarquini | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 1m50.229s | 1.447s |
| 8 | TC1 | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1m50.351s | 1.569s |
| 9 | TC1 | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 1m50.406s | 1.624s |
| 10 | TC1 | Mehdi Bennani | Proteam Racing | Honda | 1m50.528s | 1.746s |
| 11 | TC1 | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1m50.548s | 1.766s |
| 12 | TC1 | Dusan Borkovic | NIS Petrol by Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 1m51.665s | 2.883s |
| 13 | TC1 | Gianni Morbidelli | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1m51.655s | 2.873s |
| 14 | TC1 | James Thompson | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 1m51.662s | 2.880s |
| 15 | TC1 | Robert Huff | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 1m51.781s | 2.999s |
| 16 | TC1 | Mikhail Kozlovskiy | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 1m51.953s | 3.171s |
| 17 | TC1 | Rene Munnich | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1m52.393s | 3.611s |
| 18 | TC2 | Franz Engstler | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 1m55.315s | 6.533s |
| 19 | TC2 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | SEAT | 1m56.753s | 7.971s |
| 20 | TC2 | Williams Lok | Campos Racing | SEAT | 1m58.664s | 9.882s |
| 21 | TC2 | Filipe Souza | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 1m58.719s | 9.937s |
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