Day 2 of quali kicks off with another TQ run from Matsukura
Defending Champion Naoto Matsukura has become the first driver to register multiple TQ runs at the 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship. Day 2 of qualifying at RC Addict in Bangkok witnessed one of the more unusual causes for a delay in the timetable as works on trees running on the street forced the action to be halted halfway through the fourth round. While outside the track, there was saw dust from the tree cutting and the large chunks of tree being craned away were very close to the track edge caused about an hour delay to proceedings. With the section of track clean by the club when qualifying resumed each of the remaining heats was given an extra minute of warm-up time. In the end it was Matsukura who picked up from where he left off in Q3 yesterday to top the times from Infinity team-mate Jilles Groskamp and Takaaki Shimo. After posting a TQ run in Q2, Dominic Greiner would be on target for a second TQ at one stage until he flipped. Dario Balestri suffered similar faith in the edgy track conditions.
