Prepare for mass pileups and some dramatic racing, cause this weekend is Macau.
Here is the schedule:
15/11
07:30 ~ 08:30
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 52nd Edition - Free Practice
09:05 ~ 09:35
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR - Free Practice 1
09:55 ~ 10:35
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup - Free Practice 1
10:50 ~ 11:20
Suncity Group Greater Bay Area Lotus Cup - Free Practice
11:35 ~ 12:05
FOOD4U Macau Touring Car Cup - Free Practice
12:25 ~ 12:55
SJM Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup - Free Practice 1
13:30 ~ 14:00
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR - Free Practice 2
14:20 ~ 15:00
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup – Qualifying 1
16:00 ~ 16:45
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 52nd Edition - Qualifying
16/11
07:30 ~ 08:15
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 52nd Edition - Qualifying
08:50 ~ 09:30
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR - Qualifying
09:50 ~ 10:20
Suncity Group Greater Bay Area Lotus Cup - Qualifying
10:40 ~ 11:10
FOOD4U Macau Touring Car Cup - Qualifying
11:30 ~ 12:10
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup - Free Practice 2
12:30 ~ 13:00
SJM Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup - Free Practice 2
13:35 ~ 14:50
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR – Q1, Q2, Q3
15:10 ~ 15:50
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup – Qualifying 2
16:10 ~ 16:40
SJM Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup – Qualifying
17/11
09:00 ~ 10:00
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup - Qualification Race - 10 laps
10:25 ~ 11:25
FOOD4U Macau Touring Car Cup - 12 laps
11:50 ~ 12:10
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 52nd Edition - Warm Up
13:05 ~ 14:05
SJM Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup - Qualification Race - 12 laps
14:25 ~ 15:15
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR Race 1 - 8 laps
15:55 ~ 16:55
Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 52nd Edition - 12 laps
18/11
08:20 ~ 09:10
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR Race 2 - 8 laps
09:35 ~ 10:35
Suncity Group Greater Bay Area Lotus Cup -12 laps
11:00 ~ 12:00
Suncity Group Macau Guia Race - FIA WTCR Race 3 - 11 laps
12:25 ~ 13:40
SJM Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup - 18 laps
15:30 ~ 16:30
Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup - 15 laps
FIA releases 15-car entry list for November’s GT World Cup at Macau.
A total of 15 cars and five GT3 manufacturers are set to take part in next month’s FIA GT World Cup in Macau, with the entry list for the Nov. 15-18 event at the Guia Circuit having been released on Thursday.
While featuring the return of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and the addition of Nissan, it marks a decrease from the 20-car, seven manufacturer entry in last year’s accident-filled event.
Reigning champion Edoardo Mortara has been confirmed alongside inaugural winner Maro Engel in the three-car GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 effort, which also sees newly crowned Blancpain GT Series champion Raffaele Marciello also in the lineup.
2016 champion Laurens Vanthoor, meanwhile, is set to return in a Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R with Earl Bamber as his teammate.
Audi will have three supported entries on the grid, with Robin Frijns and Dries Vanthoor, who is set for his Macau debut, set to pilot WRT Speedstar-entered Audi R8 LMS cars and Christopher Haase placed with Audi Sport Team Rutronik.
BMW, meanwhile, will be represented by a single Schnitzer-entered BMW M6 GT3 for Augusto Farfus.
KCMG’s previously announced three-car Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 effort, meanwhile, will be spearheaded by Oliver Jarvis, who makes his return to Macau for the first time since winning the Formula 3 event in 2007.
The Briton will be joined by Alexandre Imperatori and Tsugio Matsuda in the Hong Kong-based team’s effort.
There will be additional local talent on the grid with Adderly Fong set to drive a Zun Motorsport Crew-entered Audi and Darryl O’Young at the wheel of a Craft Bamboo Racing Porsche, in a two-car operation that will mark Porsche Young Professional Mathieu Jaminet’s Macau debut.
As in recent years, the event will be run over a 12-lap qualifying race and 18-lap main race to determine the FIA GT World Champion.
WTCR - Wild at home: Six newcomers on Macau WTCR Entry
Six wildcard racers from Macau will get their moment in the spotlight when they contest the final rounds of the 2018 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO in the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China from 15-18 November.
André Couto, winner of the Macau Grand Prix in 2000 and a former World Touring Car driver, has been nominated by the TCR China promoter – at the invitation of WTCR promoter Eurosport Events – for the street event as the representative of title-winning entrant MacPro Racing Team.
Meanwhile, Filipe de Souza, Lo Kai Fung, Lam Kam San, Kevin Wing Kin Tse andRui Valente were among a number of drivers to apply to the Macanese ASN, the AAMC, to take part in the three WTCR OSCARO races, which make up the legendary Suncity Group Macau Guia Race. Following a rigorous assessment process, they were selected and their inclusion on the entry list, along with Couto, has been approved by the FIA.
De Souza and Lam will race the Audi RS 3 LMS for Champ Motorsport, Lo – who races as Billy Lo – will drive one of the German machines for TSRT Zuver Team, while Valente will line up in a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for PCT-IXO Models Racing Team. Couto is entered by MacPro Racing Team in a Honda Civic Type R TCR. Teamwork Motorsport will run Tse in an Audi RS 3 LMS.
François Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Events, said: “Although we always managed to welcome one or two drivers from Macau during the TC1 era, the cost and scarcity of the former WTCC cars did not make it easy for local drivers to join the Macau grid. Given the amount of TCR cars running in Asia, the scenario is now very different from the TC1 regulations. We have received around 20 enquiries from local drivers but we obviously could not accommodate them all. As well as counting as the Guia Race, WTCR Race of Macau is the deciding event of the 2018 season with prestigious FIA titles up for grabs. We have therefore worked closely with the FIA, the Macau ASN and the TCR China promoter to ensure the drivers handed wildcard status are ready for the high-level competition they will face, and will be capable of qualifying within the lowered 105 per cent limit. With 31 cars on the grid, the Macau finale promises to be a great spectacle with all the action live on television around the world.”
The venue of the closing round of the inaugural WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO, Circuito da Guia challenges and thrills in equal measure. Blending twisting turns and narrow blasts with long, wide-open straights and sweeping corners, the demanding 6.120-kilometre layout also contains a plethora of gradient and surface changes. WTCR racer Tom Coronel describes Macau as the “coolest track on the planet”, record nine-time Guia Race winner Rob Huff calls it “magical”, while Esteban Guerrieri says it’s the most “intense lap” in racing.
Startnummer - Fahrer - Team - Fahrzeug
5 - Norbert Michelisz - BRC Racing Team - Hyundai i30 N TCR
6 - Rui Valente - PCT-IXO Models Racing Team - Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
7 - Aurelien Comte - DG Sport Competition - Peugeot 308 TCR
8 - Norbert Nagy - Zengö Motorsport - Cupra Leon TCR
9 - Tom Coronel - Boutsen Ginion Racing - Honda Civic Type R TCR
11 - Thed Björk - M Racing-YMR - Hyundai i30 N TCR
12 - Rob Huff - Sebastien Loeb Racing - Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
16 - Luigi Ferrara - Team Mulsanne - Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
20 - Denis Dupont - Comtoyou Racing- Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
21 - Aurelien Panis - Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
22 - Frederic Vervisch - Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
23 - Nathanael Berthon - Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
25 - Mehdi Bennani - Sebastien Loeb Racing - Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
27 - John Filippi - Campos Racing - Cupra Leon TCR
28 - Kevin Tse - Teamwork Motorsport - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
30 - Gabriele Tarquini - BRC Racing Team - Hyundai i30 N TCR
31 - Kevin Ceccon - Team Mulsanne - Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
36 - Lo Kai Fung - Sainteloc Racing - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
42 - Timo Scheider - Münnich Motorsport - Honda Civic Type R TCR
48 - Yvan Muller - M Racing-YMR - Hyundai i30 N TCR
52 - Gordon Shedden - Team WRT - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
55 - Ma Qing Hua - Boutsen Ginion Racing - Honda Civic Type R TCR
60 - Filipe de Souza - Champ Motorsport - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
66 - Zsolt Szabo - Zengö Motorsport - Cupra Leon TCR
68 - Yann Ehrlacher - Münnich Motorsport - Honda Civic Type R TCR
52 - Jean-Karl Vernay - Team WRT - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
70 - Mat'o Homola - DG Sport Competition - Peugeot 308 TCR
74 - Pepe Oriola - Campos Racing - Cupra Leon TCR
77 - Lam Kam San - Champ Motorsport - Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
86 - Esteban Guerrieri - Münnich Motorsport - Honda Civic Type R TCR
89 - Andre Couto - MacPro Racing Team - Honda Civic Type R TCR
Start list GT World Cup
1 - Edoardo Mortara - GruppeM Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3
18 - Alexandre Imperatori - KCMG - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
23 - Tsugio Matsuda - KCMG - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
28 - Christopher Haase - Team Rutronik - Audi R8 LMS
35 - Oliver Jarvis - KCMG - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
42 - Augusto Farfus - Schnitzer Motorsport - BMW M6 GT3
55 - Darryl O'Young - Craft-Bamboo Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R
66 - Robin Frijns - Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS
77 - Adderly Fong - Zun Motorsport Crew - Audi R8 LMS
88 - Dries Vanthoor - Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS
888 - Maro Engel - GruppeM Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3
911 - Laurens Vanthoor - Manthey-Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R
912 - Earl Bamber - Manthey-Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R
991 - Mathieu Jaminet - Craft-Bamboo Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R
999 - Raffaele Marciello - GruppeM Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3
Startlist Motor Grand-Prix
4 - John McGuinness - Tak Chun Group by PBM - Ducati
7 - Gary Johnson - Briggs Equipment Kawasaki - Kawasaki
8 - Michael Rutter Bathams Racing - Honda
9 - Craig Neve - CN-Racing - BMW
14 - Andre Pires - Beauty Machines - Yamaha
20 - David Johnson - PR-Racing - BMW
22 - Paul Jordan - Devitt Racing - Kawasaki
26 - Didier Grams - G&G Motorsport - BMW
34 - Ben Wylie - Bimota Racing - Bimota
38 - Erno Kostamo - Penz13 - BMW
40 - Martin Jessopp - Tak Chun Group - Ducati
44 - Rob Hodgson - JGH Racing - BMW
45 - Marek Cerveny - Penz13 - BMW
49 - Raul Torras - Martimotos - Yamaha
50 - Horst Saiger - Saiger-Racing - Yamaha
54 - Steve Heneghan - Reactive Parts.com - Ducati
55 - Andrew Dudgeon - VRS Racing - BMW
62 - Sam West - PRL/OHA Motorsport - BMW
65 - Michael Sweeney - Martin Jones Racing - BMW
67 - Dominic Herbertson - Devitt Racing - Kawasaki
71 - Davy Morgan DM71 - BMW
74 - Davey Todd - Penz13 - BMW
77 - Phillip Crowe - JCR Racing - BMW
82 - Derek Sheils - Penz13 - BMW
88 - Peter Hickman - Bathams Racing - BMW
99 - Danny Webb - Penz13 - BMW
104 - Daley Mathison - Penz13 - BMW
182 - Xavier Denis - PerformanX Racing - BMW
Brian Redman: "Mr. Fangio, how do you come so fast?" "More throttle, less brakes...."
Robin Frijns tops time charts for Audi in opening Free Practice in Macau…
Robin Frijns led the way in the opening Free Practice for this weekend’s FIA GT World Cup in Macau, in a strong early showing from Audi.
The Dutchman laid down a best lap of 2:18.588 in his No. 66 Team WRT Speedstar Audi R8 LMS to go quickest in the 30-minute scheduled session, which was extended following a red flag for an incident involving Dries Vanthoor.
Frijns was 0.129 seconds quicker than defending race winner Edoardo Mortara in the No. 1 GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3, with Macau debutant Christopher Haase third, also in an Audi.
Augusto Farfus and Earl Bamber completed the top-five, for BMW Team Schnitzer and Manthey Racing, respectively.
Apart from multiple stoppages at the Melco Hairpin, Vanthoor’s brush with the wall was the only incident.
It brought out a red flag with five minutes remaining, with the 20-year-old Belgian able to bring his Audi back to the pits under power with minimal damage.
Free Practice 2 is set for Friday at 12:30 p.m. local time, followed by qualifying in the afternoon.
Red flag in the Macau F3 qualy 1. 28 mins to go.
Currently Ilott, Ericsson and Ticktum head the times.
Schu Jnr went down an escape road earlier without damage but is way down in 21st atm.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Ticktum takes pole for tomorrows qualifying race with a record 2:09.99.
Ilott was 2nd. Ericsson managed 4th but crashed on his last lap when he came across another crashed car.
Schu only managed 9th in the end.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
