Countdown to WTCR’s High Five with Ma Qing Hua

Not only does 2022 mark season five of the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup, it also marks the return of Ma Qing Hua to the all-action series after two years. But having spent those two seasons winning in a Lynk & Co 03 TCR, Shanghai star Ma won’t be short on car knowledge when he competes for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, which is expanding for 2022 to include a third car the 34-year-old alongside his new team-mates Thed Björk and Santiago Urrutia.

Ad/> On returning…“Because of the global pandemic I could not travel internationally so I raced in China for two years. But I’m now really happy to be back in World Touring Cars and also very happy to join Cyan Racing as a title-winning team.

It’s a real honour to be one of them and to stand with those top drivers as a team-mate and to compete this season.” WTCRWhy it could have been #1 not #68 for King of WTCR Ehrlacher4 HOURS AGO On his team-mates…“We communicate a lot, the team is fair and gives me lots of good advice and between team-mates we share information. They give me a lot of suggestions about the settings and the driving side from the previous experience and so far it’s been good.” On 2022 targets…“As I have been away for a while, in the beginning of the season the main target is to learn as quick as possible and adapt to the car and the team.

As the team has good experience it’s a good step for me to take this from them. I will try to catch up the experience and start to compete for higher places from the middle of the season because I want to fight and get the best result as I can.

There are some new tracks for me to learn but in the past I could do this quite quickly. I had never been to Moscow Raceway before but I won there on my first weekend in WTCC [in 2014].