Engel wins Macau’s FIA GT World Cup wet weather thriller

FIA newsNine years after his victory in the inaugural running of the FIA GT World Cup, the German secured his second triumph in what was also third straight victory for Mercedes-AMG in the world’s most prestigious sprint race for GT3 machinery, following the manufacturer’s successes in the previous two editions with current BMW man Raffaele Marciello.The race got underway with the safety car leading the pack for the first four laps, leaving the 22 runners…

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Marciello keeps Vanthoor at bay to FIA GT World Cup Qualification Race success, securing pole for Sunday’s title-decider

Sport newsVanthoor briefly took the lead once the race went underway. The Belgian aboard his BMW M4 GT3 manged to gets his nose ahead of the sister machine of polesitter Raffaele Marciello, but did not get to enjoy his lead for too long, having gone too deep into the Lisboa corner, thus allowing the reigning FIA GT World Cup winner Marciello to resettle into the lad.The younger of the Vanthoor brothers wasn’t, however, willing to…

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Marciello secures pole for Sunday’s FIA GT World Cup-decider

Sport newsVanthoor briefly took the lead once the race got underway. Aboard his BMW M4 GT3, the Belgian manged to get his nose ahead of the sister machine of polesitter Raffaele Marciello, but did not get to enjoy the lead for long, running too deep into the Lisboa corner and allowing the incumbent FIA GT World Cup winner to resettle into the lead.The younger of the Vanthoor brothers wasn’t, however, willing to lay his weapons down, demonstrating stellar pace and…

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FIA FR World Cup: The joy of racing and the promise of future glory

Sport newsThe Macau Grand Prix has long been a pivotal proving ground for drivers dreaming of a career in the FIA Formula One World Championship, and this year’s event brings five of the most recent crop of talented youngsters who are already a part of one of the Formula 1 team’s junior driver programmes.Having already garnered this attention is undoubtedly something that sets these racers apart in this highly-talented field, but even amongst their ranks…

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Marciello leads BMW’s 1-2 in Macau GP’s FIA GT World Cup qualifying

Sport newsThe Italian racer who switched to BMW for 2024, having spent the bulk of his career with Mercedes-AMG, is set to start Saturday’s 12-lap qualification race from pole position, with his qualifying triumphed being the first time his named appeared atop of the timing screens this weekend.The younger of the two Vanthoor brothers came a close second aboard his M4 GT3, being only 0.053s down on the sister car with Marciello behind the wheel.Third…

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Noel Leon quickest before bringing out red flag in final Macau practice session

Sport newsWhile track conditions were certainly improved compared to yesterday’s first qualifying session, it was still far from ideal for the young drivers in the FIA FR World Cup as they attempted to gather as much experience and data ahead of this afternoon’s second qualifying.It was a similar case of the fastest times being set early on as rain started to fall mid-way through the 40-minutes of practice. The first foray of laps were sighters,…

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From Hypercars and world circuits to GT cars and the ultimate street racing challenge – WEC top class racers on Macau experience

Sport newsThe seventh edition of the FIA GT World Cup enjoys arguably the strongest entry in the history of the event held annually on the streets of Macau. Out of 23 drivers, 16 are platinum-ranked, which translates to nearly 70% of the grid being top-level sportscars professionals. Out of these 16, 10 have competed in the FIA WEC this season, with eight representing the Hypercar class, which is the pinnacle of endurance racing.Less than two…

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