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Wang Rue on pole position for Volkswagen at Zhuhai

Wang Rue has claimed pole position for the first round of the 2017 China Touring Car Championship at the Zhuhai circuit.

The Shanghai VW 333 Racing driver qualified just under four-tenths of a second faster than Changan Ford FRD Team’s Andy Yan, while Darryl O’Young was third fastest in the BAIC Senova D60.

Behind the top three was Volkswagen’s Jiang Tengyi, with David Zhu in his Senova D60 the only other driver within a second of Rue’s time.

Rainey He was sixth in his Ford Focus, with Juan Carlos Zhu seventh. Jim Ka To was the fastest Kia in eighth, with Macanese driver Rodolfo Avila ninth in the Volkswagen Lamando GTS, with Britain’s Dan Lloyd completing the top ten for the Changan Ford team, with 18 cars taking part this weekend.