Local hero Ma Qing Hua emerged as the fastest driver in the second free practice.
Halfway through the session the young Chinese was timed at 1:51.032, leaving the rest of the field nearly one second behind. Two other Citroën cars were classified in second and third: José María López’s (1:51.499) and Sébastien Loeb’s (1:51.541).
“Track conditions have changed since this morning, so we have worked and found a good set up for balancing the car,” said Ma.
With a few seconds left on the clock, Mehdi Bennani posted the fourth fastest lap (1:51.618) demoting Yvan Muller to fourth (1:51.662).
Except for Ma, the other top drivers were all very close. The gap between López and the Tiago Monteiro in tenth position was less than six tenths of a second.
Hugo Valente was the best of the Chevrolet men in senth position (1:51.796), while James Thompson led the LADA trio in 13th. Franz Engstler continued to rule in the TC2T class followed by John Filippi.
Qualifying will start at 13.30.
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qing Hua MA | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 1:51.032 |
| 2 | José Maria LOPEZ | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 1:51.499 |
| 3 | Sébastien LOEB | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 1:51.541 |
| 4 | Mehdi BENNANI | Honda Civic WTCC | 1:52.618 |
| 5 | Yvan MULLER | Citroen C-Elysee WTCC | 1:51.662 |
| 6 | Norbert MICHELISZ | Honda Civic WTCC | 1:51.695 |
| 7 | Hugo VALENTE | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:51.796 |
| 8 | Dusan BORKOVIC | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:51.812 |
| 9 | Gabriele TARQUINI | Honda Civic WTCC | 1:51.842 |
| 10 | Tiago MONTEIRO | Honda Civic WTCC | 1:52.096 |
| 11 | Tom CORONEL | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:52.245 |
| 12 | Tom CHILTON | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:52.685 |
| 13 | James THOMPSON | LADA Granta 1.6T | 1:53.000 |
| 14 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:53.248 |
| 15 | René MUNNICH | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | 1:53.545 |
| 16 | Rob HUFF | LADA Granta 1.6T | 1:53.931 |
| 17 | Mikhail KOZLOVSKIY | LADA Granta 1.6T | 1:54.933 |
| 18 | Franz ENGSTLER | BMW E90 320 TC | 1:56.114 |
| 19 | John FILIPPI | Seat Leon WTCC | 1:56.826 |
| 20 | Williams LOK | Seat Leon WTCC | 2:00.416 |
| 21 | Filipe DE SOUZA | BMW E90 320 TC | 2:00.462 |