Macau GP Committee announces Diamond Jubilee programme

The Macau Grand Prix Committee today announced an unprecedented programme for the two-weekend Diamond Jubilee Macau Grand Prix. To celebrate the 60th running of the event, the Grand Prix will be held over two weekends, with a total of six days of racing, with the first weekend on November 9th and 10th, and the second from November 14th to 17th.

The weekend of November 9th and 10th will see six races on the legendary Guia street circuit, including the Macau Touring Car Cup, a perennial crowd favourite, is an invitational race which sees up to 36 of Asia’s leading tin-top competitors compete in Super Production cars over 12 laps. The Macau/Hong Kong Interport Race is the annual showdown between the neighbouring cities, with each allocated up to 18 entries.

Joining the two local and regional touring car races are three sports car sprints, the Audi R8 LMS Cup, the Lamborghini Super Trofeo and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, which returns to the Guia Circuit for the first time since 2007.

The Formula Masters China Series will make also make its debut at Macau. The junior single seater series, for fledgling talent across mainland China and Asia, opens its inaugural season next month and a season finale invitational will be held as part of the Diamond Jubilee Grand Prix in Macau.

The second weekend, running from Thursday November 14th through to Sunday November 17th, will include the three prestigious headline races: The Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, the 47th running of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix and the final rounds of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship.

Also at the weekend will be the Macau GT Cup and the Macau Road Sport Challenge.

New to the programme for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations are the Lotus Greater China Race and the Master Challenge. The Lotus Greater China Race is an exclusive, one-make event, featuring a special limited edition Lotus Elise 1.6 Club Racer.

In the Master Challenge, some of the Macau Grand Prix’s best known former competitors as well as some of Asia’s most successful drivers, will all compete in one-make Volkswagen Scirocco R racing cars, the same model used in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup China Series.

Provisional Programme

9th of November (Saturday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:30 08:00 MAC/HKG Interport Race – Practice
08:15 08:45 Audi R8 LMS Cup- Practice
09:00 09:30 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Practice
09:45 10:15 Formula Masters China Series – Practice
10:30 11:00 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series – Practice
11:15 11:45 Macau Touring Car Cup – Practice
12:00 12:30 MAC/HKG Interport Race – Qualifying
12:45 13:15 Audi R8 LMS Cup – Qualifying
13:30 14:00 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Qualifying
14:15 14:45 Formula Masters China Series – Qualifying
15:00 15:30 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series – Qualifying
15:45 16:15 Macau Touring Car Cup – Qualifying
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened

10th of November (Sunday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:30 09:00 Practice
09:15 10:00 MAC/HKG Interport Race – 10 Laps
10:25 11:10 Audi R8 LMS Cup- 10 Laps
11:35 12:20 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – 10 Laps
12:45 13:45 Macau Touring Car Cup – 12 laps
14:10 14:55 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series – 10 laps
15:05 15:35 Special Event
16:00 16:45 Formula Masters China Series – 10 Laps
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened

14th of November (Thursday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:30 08:30 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 47th Edition – Practice
08:55 09:35 Lotus Greater China Race – Practice
09:55 10:35 Macau Road Sport Challenge – Practice
10:55 11:40 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Practice
12:00 12:30 Macau GT Cup – Practice
12:50 13:30 Master Challenge – Practice
13:50 14:20 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Testing
14:40 15:10 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Qualifying
15:50 16:35 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 47th Edition – Qualifying
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened

15th of November (Friday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:30 08:15 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 47th Edition – Qualifying
08:30 09:00 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Practice
09:20 09:50 Lotus Greater China Race – Qualifying
10:10 10:40 Macau Road Sport Challenge – Qualifying
11:00 11:45 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Practice
12:15 12:45 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Practice
13:05 13:35 Master Challenge – Qualifying
13:55 14:25 Macau GT Cup – Qualifying
14:45 15:15 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Qualifying
15:35 16:25 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Qualifying
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened

16th of November (Saturday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:30 07:50 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 47th Edition – Warm Up
08:20 09:20 Lotus Greater China Race – 10 laps
09:50 10:50 Macau Road Sport Challenge – 10 laps
11:20 12:20 Master Challenge – 8 laps
12:50 13:10 Macau GT Cup – Qualifying
14:00 14:50 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Qualification Race – 10 laps
15:30 16:30 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 47th Edition – 15 laps
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened

17th of November (Sunday)
06:00 06:00 Circuit Closed
06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection
07:15 07:40 Practice
07:55 08:05 Macau GT Cup – Warm Up
08:30 08:45 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – Warm Up
09:20 10:20 Macau GT Cup – 12 laps
10:45 13:00 FIA WTCC – Guia Race of Macau – 2 Races of 9 laps each with 15 minutes break between Races
13:20 14:10 Special Event
15:00 15:15 Lion Dance
15:30 16:30 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – 15 laps
18:30 18:30 Circuit Opened