2023 Macau Guia Race

Race details
Date 16–19 November 2023
Official name Macau Guia Race
Location Circuito da Guia, Macau Peninsula, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit
6.12 km (3.80 mi)
Supporting
Distance Race 1
9 laps, 55.08 km (34.23 mi)
Race 2
9 laps, 55.08 km (34.23 mi)
Race 1
Pole
Driver
Time
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First Hungary Norbert Michelisz Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
Second Argentina Néstor Girolami Macau MacPro Racing
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
Race 2
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou
Second Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co
Third France Yann Ehrlacher Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co

The 2023 Macau Guia Race - Kumho TCR World Tour Event of Macau was sixty-first edition of the Macau Guia Race and the eighth edition under the TCR Regulations held at Guia Circuit in Macau on 16–19 November 2023. The race was contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2023 edition of the Macau Grand Prix.

It was part of the TCR World Tour, as the final round, with the top 8 TCR Asia Challenge drivers calculated by points be part of the race.[1][2]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are entered into the event:

Entrant Car No. Driver
Hong Kong Evolve Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 1 Hong Kong Lo Sze Ho
China Z.Speed Hyundai i30 N TCR 6 China Li Wengji
China QMA Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 China Tian Kai
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 Italy Marco Butti
China Teamwork Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 21 Hong Kong Paul Poon
China Fancy Teamwork Lynk & Co 03 TCR 22 China Yan Chuang
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 27 France John Filippi
China 109 Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 33 China Deng Bao Wei
France Team Clairet Sport – Hangcha Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 111 Sweden Thed Björk
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Macau MacPro Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 155 China Ma Qing Hua
Sweden Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 168 France Yann Ehrlacher
Belgium Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff
Italy BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 196 Spain Mikel Azcona
Source:[3][4]

Results

Qualifying

Pos. No. Name Team Car Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2
1 105 Hungary Norbert Michelisz BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2:28.753 2:27.966 1
2 196 Spain Mikel Azcona BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2:28.708 2:28.038 2
3 168 France Yann Ehrlacher Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 2:29.279 2:28.296 3
4 129 Argentina Néstor Girolami MacPro Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2:29.869 2:28.712 4
5 179 United Kingdom Robert Huff Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2:29.183 2:28.873 5
6 155 China Ma Qing Hua Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 2:29.082 2:29.407 6
7 122 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2:29.309 2:29.675 7
8 27 France John Filippi Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2:30.799 2:30.088 8
9 111 Sweden Thed Björk Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 2:30.163 2:30.185 9
10 112 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 2:30.554 2:30.636 10
11 71 Australia Ben Bargwanna Team Clairet Sport – Hangcha Racing Peugeot 308 TCR 2:30.805 2:32.330 11
12 18 Italy Marco Butti BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2:31.406 No time 12
13 1 Hong Kong Lo Sze Ho Evolve Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR 2:31.551 13
14 22 China Yan Chuang Fancy Teamwork Lynk & Co 03 TCR 2:35.228 14
15 21 Hong Kong Paul Poon Teamwork Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2:36.481 15
107% time: 2:39.117
16 15 China Tian Kai QMA Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 2:40.567 16
17 33 China Deng Bao Wei 109 Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) 2:41.705 17
6 China Li Wengji Z.Speed Hyundai i30 N TCR 2:48.625 DNQ
Source:[5][6]

Race 1

Pos. No. Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
Source:[7]

Race 2

Pos. No. Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
Source:[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Latest Activity". Macau Grand Prix. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ "New TCR World Tour entries for Macau season finale as entry lists are released". TouringCarTimes. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ Provisional Entry List macau.grandprix.gov.mo
  4. ^ Entry listtcr-worldranking.com
  5. ^ Official final classification macau.grandprix.gov.mo
  6. ^ Macau qualifying list tcr-worldranking.com
  7. ^ Official final classification macau.grandprix.gov.mo
  8. ^ Official classification macau.grandprix.gov.mo November 2023