International online automotive channel news: WTCR 2021 season, Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team won the annual team, driver double champion, with the first three consecutive championships in the history of WTCR racing to draw the end of the 2021 season. In the 2022 season, Ma Qinghua, the first Chinese champion driver of WTCR and the 2021 Shell JKELL Lynk & Co team, will return to the king and join the Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team to drive the Lynk & Co 03 TCR car to the WTCR Touring Car World Cup. The stunning debut of "Chinese Driving a Chinese Car" will refresh the expectations of all fans in the world's top races.
Lynk & Co 03 TCR Racing
WTCR World Champion Ma Qinghua
Ma Qinghua said: "As a Chinese driver, I am extremely excited to be able to drive a Chinese brand of racing, join the best team in the history of WTCR, and appear in the highest international touring car race. In Ma Qinghua's body, there is no shortage of many strength labels: "the first Chinese driver to enter F1, the first Chinese driver to win the F1 super race, the first Chinese driver to win the FIA event", etc., each track journey has created enough glory to stand in the annals of Chinese racing history, with a number of remarkable achievements to prove that Chinese cars can occupy a place on the world stage, and Chinese drivers are enough to compete with the world's top drivers.
In 2019, Ma Qinghua won the Slovakia race in the Alfa Romeo race car, and won the first WTCR world championship belonging to the Chinese driver. At the 2020 TCR China Series, Ma Qinghua, as the leader of the Shell JK&Lynk team, won the Driver of the Year Championship, and his royal demeanor was fully revealed. At the 2021 TCR Asia Series, Ma Qinghua took the podium nine times with 4 championships, 4 Asian and 1 season, and as the soul of the team, he locked three annual championship trophies for the "Red Devil Lynk& Co" in advance, and once again polished the medal of glory of the Lynk & Co 03 TCR.
Lynk & Co 03 racing
Nowadays, the Chinese drivers represented by Ma Qinghua are pointing to the WTCR and driving Chinese racing cars to the world arena, which will be a great encouragement for domestic car fans who pay attention to racing cars and for the continuous upward development of Chinese auto sports.
Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team logo
Commenting on the upcoming WTCR 2022 season, Cyan Racing Team Manager Fredrik Wahlén said: "Ma Qinghua's performance over the past two seasons has been impressive and we are delighted to have him join the team. His solid experience driving the Lynk & Co 03 TCR and racing in the WTCR will be key to our breakthrough and we are very much looking forward to working closely with him." ”
Ma Qinghua
At present, Ma Qinghua is actively preparing for the competition and said: "I can't wait to go to Sweden to prepare for the race with the team. As a Chinese driver, being able to drive a Chinese brand of racing at an international top touring car event and let the world witness China's speed is a very rare opportunity for me. I believe that the race in the new season will be more intense, our opponents will be stronger, Cyan Racing is a world-class strong team, I believe the team will give me all-round help, I hope that I can defend the glory of the championship with the team in future races. In addition, I would like to thank Geely Holdings, Lynk & Co and our partner Shell for their support, and thank all the fans and friends, we will certainly live up to expectations. ”
Ma Qinghua is actively preparing for the battle
Yang Xueliang, Senior Vice President of Geely Holding Group, said: "I congratulate Ma Qinghua on successfully joining the Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team. The Lynk & Co team has achieved its first triple crown at WTCR, and Chinese fans have been looking forward to having Chinese drivers work hand in hand with Lynk & Co in top events like WTCR, and now everyone will get their wish and witness the historical moment of 'Chinese - Chinese Car'. As the first Chinese driver to drive a Chinese racing car to compete for the WTCR, Ma Qinghua will play a positive role in leading and promoting the development of Chinese automobile sports, and it is also a highlight moment in the history of China's racing development. ”
Lynk & Co Cyan Racing Team
With Ma Qinghua's strong return to WTCR, geely holding group's two customer fleets, "Red and Blue Lynk & Co", will also achieve the first internal "blood transfusion" since its inception, which is of great significance for the improvement and development of Geely's auto sports matrix. Geely continues to cultivate in racing and racing, constantly launching an impact on higher goals, and gradually forming a development path of "popularizing racing culture, cultivating youth strength, starting from China to the world's highest level", demonstrating Geely's all-round layout in the field of auto sports and the strength of the wider automotive industry, and promoting China's automotive industry to move towards the middle and high end of the global value chain.
2022 WTCR calendar
Ma's next stop will be at the headquarters of Cyan Racing in Gothenburg, Sweden, where pre-match preparations will be made for the upcoming 2022 WTCR season. With unprecedented momentum, the Lynk & Co team will once again open the road to the top international competitions. In the 2022 season, the Blue Legion, again.