Ma Qing Hua and Norbert Michelisz penalised in race two

Ma Qing Hua and Norbert Michelisz were handed post-race penalties in the second World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) race at Ningbo, with Ma penalised for hitting Yann Ehrlacher whilst Michelisz was punished for not respecting track limits.

Boutsen Ginion Racing’s Ma made contact with fellow Honda driver Ehrlacher on the last lap of the race, eliminating the Münnich Motorsport driver from what was tenth position.

The Chinese driver was handed a post-race drive through penalty, adding 30 seconds to his finishing time and dropping him from 14^th position to 17^th in the revised result.

“I don’t know what happened with the Chinese guy – if he just forgot to brake or had an issue or whatever,” said Ehrlacher of the incident. “But he fucked my race – the left-rear left was completely fucked. It’s like this – a lot of points gone for nothing, but that’s racing.”

BRC Racing’s Michelisz, meanwhile, was hit with a smaller five-second time penalty for not respecting track limits, dropping the Hyundai racer from ninth to 11^th and losing him the two points he would have added to his tally.

That means Michelisz loses a small amount of ground in the title race, leaving him 46 points adrift of team-mate Gabriele Tarquini.

Comtoyou Racing’s Frédéric Vervisch had initially been given a post-race 10-second penalty for contact with Ehrlacher which had initially dropped the Frenchman out of a podium position, but the penalty was revoked when “new significant and relevant elements not previously available” were considered, along with additional video evidence.

Revised race result

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	48	Yvan MULLER		YMR	Hyundai i30 N TCR	13	24:32.355	1:52.356	2
2	25	Mehdi BENNANI		Sébastien Loeb Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	13	2.620	1:52.757	1
3	86	Esteban GUERRIERI		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	13	8.569	1:52.537	8
4	20	Denis DUPONT		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	13	9.965	1:52.844	5
5	12	Rob HUFF		Sébastien Loeb Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	13	12.526	1:52.933	6
6	22	Frédéric VERVISCH		Audi Sport Team Comtoyou	Audi RS3 LMS	13	12.629	1:52.703	4
7	11	Thed BJÖRK		YMR	Hyundai i30 N TCR	13	12.796	1:52.682	10
8	23	Nathanaël BERTHON		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	13	12.961	1:53.042	11
9	74	Pepe ORIOLA		Team Oscaro by Campos Racing	CUPRA TCR	13	15.337	1:53.102	15
10	21	Aurélien PANIS		Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS3 LMS	13	18.019	1:53.391	16
11	5	Norbert MICHELISZ		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	13	18.257	1:52.923	9
12	31	Kevin CECCON		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	13	22.473	1:53.588	19
13	88	Fabrizio GIOVANARDI		Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	13	27.413	1:54.122	25
14	52	Gordon SHEDDEN		Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team	Audi RS3 LMS	13	31.601	1:54.100	22
15	9	Tom CORONEL		Boutsen Ginion Racing	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	13	32.475	1:54.111	23
16	70	Mat’o HOMOLA		DG Sport Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	13	33.618	1:54.286	24
17	55	MA Qing Hua		Boutsen Ginion Racing	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	13	1:01.012	1:53.113	12
18	68	Yann EHRLACHER		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	12	+ 1 LAP	1:52.713	3
19	42	Timo SCHEIDER		ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	12	+ 1 LAP	1:52.574	18
20	8	Norbert NAGY		Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA TCR	10	+ 3 LAPS	1:54.053	20
R	7	Aurélien COMTE		DG Sport Compétition	Peugeot 308 TCR	9	DNF	1:53.543	14
R	27	John FILIPPI		Team Oscaro by Campos Racing	CUPRA TCR	8	DNF	1:54.352	21
R	69	Jean-Karl VERNAY		Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team	Audi RS3 LMS	3	DNF	10:11.723	13
R	30	Gabriele TARQUINI		BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	3	DNF	14:18.762	7
R	66	Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ		Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA TCR	3	DNF	14:16.976	17