The Macau Grand Prix (; ) is a single seater car race that is held annually on the Guia Circuit in Macau's streets on the third or fourth weekend of November. It was founded in 1954 by Fernando Macedo Pinto, Carlos da Silva and Paulo Antas as a local treasure hunt for car enthusiasts in the Pearl River Delta territory, but Swiss expatriate Paul Dutoit suggested that the route be used for local professional motor races. The race has variously been held to sports car, Formula Libre, Formula Pacific, Formula 3 (F3), Formula 4 (F4) and Formula Regional (FR) regulations throughout its history, and drivers consider it an event to progress to higher class series such as Formula One. The event is composed of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race to decide the starting order for the fifteen-lap main event. Each winner is presented with a trophy at a ceremony on a podium following the conclusion of both events and the final results of the main race determines the winner.
John MacDonald holds the record for the most Macau Grand Prix victories with four. Jan Bussell, António Félix da Costa, Arsenio Laurel, Geoff Lees, Edoardo Mortara, Riccardo Patrese, Felix Rosenqvist and Dan Ticktum are the eight drivers to have won the race twice. Six drivers have won the race twice in succession but none have claimed three or more consecutive victories. Laurel was the first driver to achieve consecutive victories when he won the 1962 and 1963 races. MacDonald holds the record for the longest period of time between two race victories–seven years between the 1965 and 1972 events. He also has the record for the longest period of time between his first Grand Prix win and his last–ten years between the 1965 and 1975 iterations. It has been won by British drivers 14 times, followed by Hong Kong racers with 9 wins and Italian competitors, French racers and drivers from Macau have taken 5 victories each. Theodore Racing have the highest number of victories of any team under all six regulations the race has been held to with 8, followed by Team TOM'S with 5. Ticktum is the race's youngest winner; he was 18 years and 5 months old when he won the 2017 race.
As of the 2025 edition, there have been 59 race winners in the 72 editions of the event. The race's first winner was the local driver Eduardo de Carvalho at the 1954 sports car event, and the most recent competitor to achieve their first victory in the territory was Théophile Naël of France who took his first win in the 2025 FR race. Hon Chio Leong was the first local driver to win the Grand Prix twice in succession in the 2020 and 2021 F4 events. The first competitor to win the event held to F3 regulations was the Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna for the West Surrey Racing team in the 1983 edition. Winners of the qualifying races, the support events and the Macau motorcycle Grand Prix are not included in this list.
Winners
+Winners of the Macau Grand Prix by year Year Nationality Winner Entrant Chassis and Engine make Rules 1954 Triumph TR2 Sports car 1955 Austin-Healey 100 Sports car 1956 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Sports car 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Sports car 1958 C. L. Choun Aston Martin DB3S Sports car 1959 Ron Hardwick Jaguar XKSS Sports car 1960 Martin Redfern Jaguar XKSS Sports car 1961 Lotus 15-Climax Formula Libre 1962 Lotus 22-Ford Formula Libre 1963 Lotus 22-Ford Formula Libre 1964 Lotus 23-Ford Formula Libre 1965 Lotus 18-Ford Formula Libre 1966 Alpine-Renault T66 Formula Libre 1967 Lotus 20B-Ford Formula Libre 1968 Brabham BT23C-Ford Formula Libre 1969 Alec Mildren Racing Mildren Mono-Alfa Romeo Formula Libre 1970 BMW BMW F270 Formula Libre 1971 McLaren M4C Formula Libre 1972 Brabham BT36 Formula Libre 1973 Brabham BT40 Formula Libre 1974 Theodore Racing March 72B-Ford Formula Pacific 1975 Ralt RT1-Ford Formula Pacific 1976 Theodore Racing Ralt RT1-Ford Formula Pacific 1977 Bob Harper Racing Chevron B40-Ford Formula Pacific 1978 Bob Harper Racing Chevron B42-Ford Formula Pacific 1979 Theodore Racing Ralt RT1-Ford Formula Pacific 1980 Theodore Racing Ralt RT1-Ford Formula Pacific 1981 Hayashi Racing Hayashi 220P-Toyota Formula Pacific 1982 Theodore Racing Ralt RT4-Ford Formula Pacific 1983 West Surrey Racing with Theodore Racing Ralt RT3-Toyota Formula 3 1984 Volkswagen Motorsport Ralt RT3-Volkswagen Formula 3 1985 West Surrey Racing with Theodore Racing Ralt RT30-Volkswagen Formula 3 1986 Madgwick Motorsport Reynard 863-Volkswagen Formula 3 1987 Intersport Racing Ralt RT31-Toyota Formula 3 1988 Forti Corse Dallara 388-Alfa Romeo Formula 3 1989 Bowman Racing Ralt RT33-Volkswagen/Spiess Formula 3 1990 WTS Racing Reynard 903-Volkswagen/Spiess Formula 3 1991 Paul Stewart Racing Ralt RT35-Mugen-Honda Formula 3 1992 Team TOM'S TOM'S 032F-Toyota Formula 3 1993 RSM Marko Dallara 393-Fiat Formula 3 1994 WTS Racing Dallara F394-Opel Formula 3 1995 WTS Racing Dallara F394 Opel-Spiess Formula 3 1996 Paul Stewart Racing Dallara F396 Honda-Mugen/NB Formula 3 1997 Graff Racing Dallara F396 Opel-Spiess Formula 3 1998 Team TOM'S Dallara F398 Toyota-TOM'S Formula 3 1999 Team TOM'S Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S Formula 3 2000 Bertram Schäfer Racing Dallara F399 Opel-Spiess Formula 3 2001 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F301 Honda-Mugen Formula 3 2002 ASM Dallara F302 Sodemo-Renault Formula 3 2003 Signature Plus Dallara F302 Renault-Sodemo Formula 3 2004 ASM Dallara F304 Mercedes-HWA Formula 3 2005 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305 Mercedes-HWA Formula 3 2006 Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F306 Mercedes-HWA Formula 3 2007 Team TOM'S Dallara F306 Toyota-TOM'S Formula 3 2008 Team TOM'S Dallara F308 Toyota-TOM'S Formula 3 2009 Signature Plus Dallara F308-Volkswagen Formula 3 2010 Signature Plus Dallara F308-Volkswagen Formula 3 2011 Prema Powerteam Dallara F308 HWA-Mercedes Formula 3 2012 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F312-Volkswagen Formula 3 2013 Theodore Racing with Prema Dallara F312-Mercedes Formula 3 2014 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312-Mercedes-HWA Formula 3 2015 Prema Powerteam Dallara F312-Mercedes Formula 3 2016 Carlin Dallara F312-Volkswagen Formula 3 2017 Motopark with VEBDallara F317-Volkswagen Formula 3 2018 Motopark Academy Dallara F318-Volkswagen Formula 3 2019 MP Motorsport Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome FIA Formula 3 Championship 2020 Smart Life Racing Mygale M14-F4-SARL F4 Chinese Championship 2021 Theodore Smart Life Racing Mygale M14-F4-SARL F4 Chinese Championship 2022 Champ Motorsport Mygale M14-F4-SARL F4 Chinese Championship 2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome FIA Formula 3 Championship 2024 R-ace GPTatuus F3 T-318-Alfa Romeo Formula Regional 2025 KCMG Enya Pinnacle MotorsportTatuus F3 T-318-Alfa Romeo Formula Regional
Records By driver + Multiple wins by driver Name Wins Years 4 1965, 1972, 1973, 1975 2 1968, 1971 2 2012, 2016 2 1962, 1963 2 1979, 1980 2 2020, 2021 2 2009, 2010 2 1977, 1978 2 2014, 2015 2 1974, 1976 2 2017, 2018
By nationality + Victories by nationality Nationality Wins Drivers 15 13 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
By entrant + Wins by entrant Entrant Wins Drivers Theodore Racing 8 7 Team TOM'S 5 5 Prema Powerteam 3 3 WTS Racing 3 3 Carlin 3 2 Signature Plus 3 2 ASM 2 2 Bob Harper Racing 2 2 Paul Stewart Racing 2 2 West Surrey Racing 2 2 Motopark Academy 2 1 Smart Life Racing 2 1 Bertram Schäfer Racing 1 1 Bowman Racing 1 1 BMW 1 1 C. L. Choon 1 1 Champ Motorsport 1 1 Forti Corse 1 1 Graff Racing 1 1 KCMG 1 1 Hayashi Racing 1 1 Hitech Pulse-Eight 1 1 Intersport Racing 1 1 Madgwick Motorsport 1 1 Manor Motorsport 1 1 Martin Redfern 1 1 MP Motorsport 1 1 Mücke Motorsport 1 1 R-ace GP 1 1 Räikkönen Robertson Racing 1 1 Ron Hardwick11 RSM Marko 1 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 1 1
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