WestCoast Racing’s Kevin Gleason kept Honda on top of the times during second practice for the TCR International Series in Shanghai, ahead of team-mate René Münnich and Target Competition’s Andrea Belicchi. Gleason finished the session 0.419 seconds faster than Münnich, who had also been second fastest in the morning’s earlier practice session.
Italian Andrea Belicchi was third and the top SEAT driver, ahead of Craft-Bamboo Racing’s Pepe Oriola who, like earlier, was fourth fastest. First practice pace-setter Gianni Morbidelli ended the session in fifth, 0.704 seconds slower than team-mate Gleason. Both of Engstler Motorsport’s Audi TT Cup Cars fared better in second practice, with Mikhail Grachev heading Franz Engstler in sixth and the veteran German in seventh.
Qualifying takes place at 09:45 local time (02:45 BST; 03:45 CEST) today, Saturday.
Top ten times
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 24 | Kevin GLEASON | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 8 | 2:18.046 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | 23 | René MÜNNICH | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 8 | 2:18.465 | 0.419 | |
| 3 | 33 | Andrea BELICCHI | Target Competition | SEAT León Racer | 8 | 2:18.504 | 0.458 | |
| 4 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA | Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León Racer | 8 | 2:18.538 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | 10 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | West Coast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | 8 | 2:18.750 | 0.704 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mikhail GRACHEV | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Audi Sport TT Cup | 9 | 2:18.807 | 0.761 | |
| 7 | 6 | Franz ENGSTLER | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Audi Sport TT Cup | 8 | 2:19.076 | 1.030 | |
| 8 | 77 | Sergey AFANASYEV | Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL | SEAT León Racer | 8 | 2:19.125 | 1.079 | |
| 9 | 25 | Stefano COMINI | Target Competition | SEAT León Racer | 8 | 2:19.241 | 1.195 | |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo VEGLIA | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | SEAT León Racer | 9 | 2:19.456 | 1.410 |
