China's first F1 driver, Ma Qing Hua, set another landmark Friday just by taking part in his home grand prix weekend in Shanghai. Ma Qing Hua may have clocked the slowest time of the session, but when he took to the circuit during morning practice he became the only Chinese driver to have featured in a Chinese Grand Prix weekend, adding to a growing list of "firsts". The 25-year-old, a reserve driver for Caterham, brought up the rear just behind team-mate Giedo van der Garde. Not that his lap time appeared to matter to home fans and media, who crowded round the Shanghai native, scrambling for his signature and posing for photos with their Formula One trailblazer. "I hope I...
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