[FIA GT World Cup] The Return to Macau

[erwin greven]

FIA GT World Cup Returns to Macau

Macau to return to FIA GT World Cup status this year for first time since 2019…

The FIA GT World Cup will return to Macau for the first time in four years, having been confirmed as part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend on Nov. 16-19.

Announced on Monday, the event, featuring professional GT3 drivers, will have world cup status after several years of the event being run as a national GT Cup race due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Macau, and neighboring China, lifted all COVID-19 restrictions in February, resulting in no mandatory hotel quarantine for foreign travelers, which severely impacted the international participation of the event.

A total of 17 GT3 cars took part in the last Macau event under world cup status, including factory-supported entries from Audi, BMW, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche.

Entries will open on July 1 with the deadlines set for Aug. 31.

“The return of the FIA GT World Cup is great news,” said FIA circuit sport department director Marek Nawarecki.

“The volume of manufacturers involved and homologated cars make the GT3 platform the FIA’s most successful customer racing category.

“It is therefore important that it has its own pinnacle in the form of a standalone sprint format event awarding an FIA World Cup title.

“The importance of the GT3 class will further grow, therefore having FIA racing back at the streets of Macau is an extremely positive development for all involved, including the fans as this circuit has always produced great racing.

“I’m expecting a strong entry with wide range of GT3 models and with some of the world’s best GT drivers on the grid.”

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[Everso Biggyballies]

Hopefully they do better than in 2017, during the qualification race, when the complete track was blocked for about a hundred metres or more with millions of $$ worth of GT cars on top of each other pretty much. This shows the wonderful sight of GT cars racing on the track..... and then at about 1:45 in the downside.

[erwin greven]

I don't think Macau is a fit for GT3 cars. I always said, Macau is good for hotlapping, bad for racing. It is Monaco plus a long straight. And it is only at the straight you actually can pass.