ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Chilton took the World Touring Car Championship pole position at Beijing Goldenport was no fluke by converting his pole into a superb victory. The Chevrolet driver’s success is the first win of the season, although fellow Cruze runner Gianni Morbidelli scored a reversed-grid victory at the Hungaroring in May. Reigate driver Chilton executed a perfect start as third-qualifier Yvan Muller immediately jumped past front row man Gabriele Tarquini’s JAS Honda.
Tarquini was forced to pit from second five laps from home, while team-mate Tiago Monteiro failed to progress beyond lap 14. Former champion Tarquini’s problems promoted points leader Lopez to the final step on the podium. Morbidelli completed a strong but lonely run to take fourth, ahead of Sebastien Loeb, who dropped two places on lap 11 but battled up from seventh past Norbert Michelisz to finish fifth.
| Pos | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TC1 | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 28 | 35m44.890s | – |
| 2 | TC1 | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m47.383s | 2.493s |
| 3 | TC1 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m50.022s | 5.132s |
| 4 | TC1 | Gianni Morbidelli | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 28 | 35m55.363s | 10.473s |
| 5 | TC1 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 28 | 35m59.345s | 14.455s |
| 6 | TC1 | Norbert Michelisz | Zengo Motorsport | Honda | 28 | 36m02.128s | 17.238s |
| 7 | TC1 | James Thompson | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 28 | 36m03.228s | 18.338s |
| 8 | TC1 | Robert Huff | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 28 | 36m03.994s | 19.104s |
| 9 | TC1 | Mehdi Bennani | Proteam Racing | Honda | 28 | 36m22.856s | 37.966s |
| 10 | TC2 | Franz Engstler | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 28 | 36m39.761s | 54.871s |
| 11 | TC1 | Mikhail Kozlovskiy | LADA Sport Lukoil | Lada | 27 | 36m09.151s | 1 Lap |
| 12 | TC1 | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 27 | 36m53.374s | 1 Lap |
| 13 | TC2 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | SEAT | 26 | 36m41.552s | 2 Laps |
| 14 | TC2 | Filipe Souza | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW | 25 | 36m38.260s | 3 Laps |
| 15 | TC1 | Ma Qing Hua | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 24 | 31m59.620s | 4 Laps |
| 16 | TC1 | Gabriele Tarquini | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 24 | 33m38.453s | 4 Laps |
| 17 | TC1 | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 22 | 29m44.891s | 6 Laps |
| – | TC1 | Tiago Monteiro | Castrol Honda WTC Team | Honda | 13 | 19m30.978s | Retirement |
| – | TC1 | Dusan Borkovic | NIS Petrol by Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 1m17.082s | Retirement |
| – | TC1 | Rene Munnich | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1 | 1m18.052s | Retirement |
| – | TC2 | Michael Soong | Campos Racing | SEAT | 0 | – | Withdrawn |
