Qing Hua
Ma

Qing Hua Ma was born in Shanghai on 25 December 1987. He took up karting at the age of eight and won the national junior karting championship when he was twelve. In 2005 he began his professional career in Asian Formula Renault and later raced in Formula 3 in Spain and Britain, among other series.

In Formula 1, Ma joined the HRT development programme in 2012 and became the first China-born driver to drive an F1 car at an FIA-sanctioned event. At the 2012 Italian Grand Prix he took Narain Karthikeyan's place in first practice, making him the first Chinese driver to take part in a Grand Prix weekend. In 2013 he competed in GP2 for Caterham and drove in first practice at the Chinese Grand Prix. He never started a Formula 1 race. In 2014 he won the second race in Russia in the World Touring Car Championship for Citroën, becoming the first Chinese driver to win a race in an FIA world championship.

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