The WTCR Race of Macau, previously Guia Race of Macau and WTCC Guia Race of Macau, is an international

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race, and currently a round of the

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. It is held on the temporary 6.2 km

Guia Circuit The Guia Circuit, or Circuito da Guia, is a street circuit located at the southeast region of the Macau Peninsula in Macau. It is the venue of the Macau Grand Prix and Guia Race of Macau. The circuit consists of long straights and tight corners ...

on the streets of

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, the

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as part of the

Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...

weekend. Before 2005 when the World Touring Car Championship began, the Guia race had been run annually as a one-off international touring car race.

History

Since its first running in 1972, the race has been won by international touring car greats such as

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and

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. Historically it is also one of the most popular races of the weekend as it featured cars that are commonly seen on the Hong Kong and Macau roads.

World Touring Car Championship

The Guia Race of Macau has been the final round of the World Touring Car Championship since the series was relaunched in

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. It often attracts local drivers competing alongside the series regulars, such as

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. The championship has been decided in Macau every year since 2005.

Previous championship status

Prior to being a World Touring Car Championship round, the Guia Race had previously been an FIA Championship round. In 1994, it was a round of the

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. The race also acted as a point scoring round for the

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from 2000 to 2003.

Technical regulation changes

The race has run to different touring car rules as European touring car championships went through their own changes. The race was run to European Group 5 regulations in the early eighties, then adopted FIA Group A rules between 1983 and 1990. It then ran to DTM rules from 1991 to 1993 before changing to Super Touring rules in 1994. From 2000, it started using Super Production regulations until 2004, when it sampled

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machinery before being upgraded to a round of the FIA WTCC.

Sporting regulation changes

The race has changed in format over the years, from the 30 lapper back in the Group A era to the current, double race format with each race lasting 9 laps. Prior to becoming a round of the WTCC in 2005, the race was staged over two legs, with the winner being declared as the driver with the best time aggregated from both legs.

Results

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World Touring Car Championship years

TCR International Series years

World Touring Car Cup years

TCR China Touring Car Championship years

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TCR Asia Challenge years

Most wins

After the "official" inaugural race in 1972

By driver

By nationality of drivers

By manufacturer

References

External links

Macau Grand Prix

FIA World Touring Car Championship
{{WTCC races Macau Grand Prix

World Touring Car Cup races