2016 Macau Grand Prix

Race details
Date	20 November 2016
Official name	63rd Suncity Grupo Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup
Location	Guia Circuit, Macau
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race 10 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi) Main Race 15 laps, 91.800 km (57.042 mi)
Weather	Qualifying Race: Overcast Main Race: Overcast
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver	George Russell	HitechGP
Time	2:10.100
Fastest Lap
Driver	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing
Time	2:11.445 (on lap 9)
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing
Third	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin
Main Race
Pole
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Fastest Lap
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam
Time	2:11.080 (on lap 14)
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam
Third	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin

The 2016 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 63rd Macau Grand Prix race held on the streets of Macau on 20 November 2016. It was the 34th edition for Formula Three cars and was the first of FIA F3 World Cup.^[1]

Yokohama tyres had been used since 1983, but for 2016 a new deal had been struck with Pirelli.^[2]

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Main series
SJM Theodore Racing by Prema	1	Felix Rosenqvist[3]	Mercedes	Indy Lights
	2	Maximilian Günther[3]		European Formula 3
	3	Nick Cassidy[3]
B-Max Racing Team	5	Jann Mardenborough[3]	Volkswagen	All-Japan Formula Three
	6	Daiki Sasaki[3]		Super GT
	7	Hongli Ye[3]		All-Japan Formula Three
HitechGP	8	George Russell[3]	Mercedes	European Formula 3
	9	Daniel Juncadella[3]		Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	10	Nikita Mazepin[3]		European Formula 3
ThreeBond with T-Sport	11	Kenta Yamashita[3]	Tomei	All-Japan Formula Three
	12	Wing Chung Chang[3]	NBE	European Formula 3
Team TOM'S[3]	15	Sho Tsuboi[3]	Toyota	All-Japan Formula Three
Motopark	16	Joel Eriksson[3]	Volkswagen	European Formula 3
	17	Arjun Maini[4]		GP3 Series
	18	Guanyu Zhou[3]		European Formula 3
Toda Racing[3]	19	Tadasuke Makino[3]	Toda	All-Japan Formula Three
Van Amersfoort Racing	20	Callum Ilott[3]	Mercedes	European Formula 3
	21	Anthoine Hubert[3]
	22	Pedro Piquet[3]
kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	23	David Beckmann[3]	Mercedes	European Formula 3
	25	Keyvan Andres Soori[3]		Euroformula Open
Carlin	26	Lando Norris[3]	Volkswagen	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
	27	Sérgio Sette Câmara[5]		European Formula 3
	28	Jake Hughes[3]		GP3 Series
	29	António Félix da Costa[5]		Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Double R Racing	30	Alexander Sims[3]	Mercedes	British GT
	31	Daniel Ticktum[3]		European Formula 3
Fortec Motorsport	32	Sam MacLeod[3]	Mercedes	Euroformula Open
	33	Ferdinand Habsburg[3]

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap	Grid
1	8	George Russell	HitechGP	2:12.670	13	2:10.100	1		1
2	20	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	2:11.761	2	2:10.470	2	+ 0.370 s	2
3	29	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	2:11.535	1	2:10.501	3	+ 0.401 s	3
4	27	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	2:11.994	6	2:10.716	4	+ 0.616 s	4
5	11	Kenta Yamashita	ThreeBond with T-Sport	2:11.797	4	2:10.731	5	+ 0.631 s	5
6	28	Jake Hughes	Carlin	2:12.360	9	2:10.776	6	+ 0.676 s	6
7	2	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	2:13.017	15	2:10.996	7	+ 0.896 s	7
8	1	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam	2:11.797	3	2:11.054	8	+ 0.954 s	8
9	26	Lando Norris	Carlin	2:11.996	7	2:11.067	9	+ 0.967 s	9
10	3	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	2:12.123	8	2:11.341	10	+ 1.241 s	10
11	9	Daniel Juncadella	HitechGP	2:11.821	5	2:11.470	11	+ 1.370 s	11
12	30	Alexander Sims	Double R Racing	2:12.600	11	2:11.597	12	+ 1.497 s	12
13	31	Daniel Ticktum	Double R Racing	2:13.102	16	2:11.674	13	+ 1.574 s	13
14	21	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	2:12.727	14	2:11.751	14	+ 1.651 s	14
15	23	David Beckmann	Mücke Motorsport	2:14.062	22	2:11.775	15	+ 1.675 s	15
16	32	Sam MacLeod	Fortec Motorsport	2:12.536	10	2:11.799	16	+ 1.699 s	16
17	17	Arjun Maini	Motopark	2:12.657	12	2:11.871	17	+ 1.771 s	17
18	10	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	2:13.438	19	2:11.987	18	+ 1.887 s	18
19	16	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	2:13.479	20	2:12.455	19	+ 2.355 s	19
20	18	Guanyu Zhou	Motopark	2:14.278	24	2:12.465	20	+ 2.365 s	20
21	22	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	2:13.276	17	2:12.609	21	+ 2.509 s	21
22	19	Tadasuke Makino	Toda Racing	2:15.618	29	2:12.838	22	+ 2.738 s	22
23	33	Ferdinand Habsburg	Fortec Motorsport	2:15.336	28	2:12.879	23	+ 2.779 s	23
24	12	Wing Chung Chang	ThreeBond with T-Sport	2:13.336	18	2:12.897	24	+ 2.797 s	24
25	5	Jann Mardenborough	B-Max Racing Team	2:14.174	23	2:13.673	25	+ 3.573 s	25
26	6	Daiki Sasaki	B-Max Racing Team	2:15.261	27	2:13.772	26	+ 3.672 s	26
27	7	Hongli Ye	B-Max Racing Team	2:14.012	21	no time	29	+ 3.912 s	27
28	25	Keyvan Andres Soori	Mücke Motorsport	2:14.803	25	2:15.028	28	+ 4.703 s	28
29	15	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	2:15.051	26	2:14.868	27	+ 4.768 s	29
Source: [6]
Bold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order.

Qualification Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	29	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	10	27min 07.011sec	3
2	20	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	+ 0.850 s	2
3	27	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	10	+ 5.030 s	4
4	11	Kenta Yamashita	ThreeBond with T-Sport	10	+ 5.797 s	5
5	8	George Russell	HitechGP	10	+ 7.351 s	1
6	1	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam	10	+ 7.889 s	8
7	9	Daniel Juncadella	HitechGP	10	+ 10.136 s	11
8	31	Daniel Ticktum	Double R Racing	10	+ 17.416 s	13
9	30	Alexander Sims	Double R Racing	10	+ 17.859 s	12
10	28	Jake Hughes	Carlin	10	+ 20.564 s	6
11	3	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	10	+ 21.050 s	10
12	22	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	+ 21.358 s	21
13	23	David Beckmann	Mücke Motorsport	10	+ 21.607 s	15
14	17	Arjun Maini	Motopark	10	+ 21.996 s	17
15	16	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	10	+ 24.194 s	19
16	12	Wing Chung Chang	ThreeBond with T-Sport	10	+ 24.940 s	24
17	33	Ferdinand Habsburg	Fortec Motorsport	10	+ 26.006 s	23
18	10	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	10	+ 28.215 s	18
19	19	Tadasuke Makino	Toda Racing	10	+ 31.905 s	22
20	5	Jann Mardenborough	B-Max Racing Team	10	+ 32.589 s	25
21	15	Sho Tsuboi	TOM'S	10	+ 33.073 s	29
22	25	Keyvan Andres Soori	Mücke Motorsport	10	+ 34.143 s	28
23	32	Sam MacLeod	Fortec Motorsport	10	+ 56.743 s	16
Ret	6	Daiki Sasaki	B-Max Racing Team	8	Retired	26
Ret	18	Guanyu Zhou	Motopark	7	Retired	20
Ret	2	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	1	Accident Damage	7
Ret	26	Lando Norris	Carlin	0	Accident	9
Ret	21	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Accident	14
Ret	7	Hongli Ye	B-Max Racing Team	0	Accident	27
Fastest lap: Callum Ilott, 2:11.445, 167.61 km/h (104.15 mph) on lap 9[7]
Source:[7]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	29	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	15	37min 57.447sec	1
2	1	Felix Rosenqvist	Prema Powerteam	15	+ 1.603 s	6
3	27	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Carlin	15	+ 3.194 s	3
4	11	Kenta Yamashita	ThreeBond with T-Sport	15	+ 3.862 s	4
5	20	Callum Ilott	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+ 4.348 s	2
6	28	Jake Hughes	Carlin	15	+ 6.191 s	10
7	8	George Russell	HitechGP	15	+ 7.027 s	5
8	9	Daniel Juncadella	HitechGP	15	+ 7.840 s	7
9	22	Pedro Piquet	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+ 9.361 s	12
10	30	Alexander Sims	Double R Racing	15	+ 11.294 s	9
11	26	Lando Norris	Carlin	15	+ 13.040 s	27
12	12	Wing Chung Chang	ThreeBond with T-Sport	15	+ 15.101 s	16
13	21	Anthoine Hubert	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	+ 15.520 s	28
14	19	Tadasuke Makino	Toda Racing	15	+ 17.674 s	19
15	18	Guanyu Zhou	Motopark	15	+ 17.913 s	25
16	15	Sho Tsuboi	TOM'S	15	+ 18.530 s	21
17	32	Sam MacLeod	Fortec Motorsport	15	+ 19.081 s	23
18	25	Keyvan Andres Soori	Mücke Motorsport	15	+ 19.972 s	22
19	23	David Beckmann	Mücke Motorsport	15	+ 20.325 s	13
20	5	Jann Mardenborough	B-Max Racing Team	15	+ 22.895 s	20
21	17	Arjun Maini	Motopark	15	+ 48.349 s	14
22	6	Daiki Sasaki	B-Max Racing Team	13	+ 2 laps	24
Ret	16	Joel Eriksson	Motopark	11	Retired	15
Ret	3	Nick Cassidy	Prema Powerteam	9	Retired	11
Ret	31	Daniel Ticktum	Double R Racing	7	Retired	8
Ret	33	Ferdinand Habsburg	Fortec Motorsport	6	Retired	17
Ret	2	Maximilian Günther	Prema Powerteam	4	Accident damage	26
Ret	10	Nikita Mazepin	HitechGP	3	Accident	18
Fastest lap: Felix Rosenqvist, 2:11.080, 145.0 km/h (90.1 mph) on lap 14[8]
Source:[8]

See also

• 2016 FIA GT World Cup
• 2016 Guia Race of Macau

References

1. Simmons, Marcus (14 September 2016). "Formula 3's Macau Grand Prix given World Cup status by FIA". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. Simmons, Marcus (28 September 2016). "Yokohama loses 33-year Macau Grand Prix F3 deal to Pirelli". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
3. Simmons, Marcus (6 October 2016). "Macau F3 Grand Prix entry list revealed, Felix Rosenqvist returns". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
4. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (27 October 2016). "Maini takes Kari's Motopark seat for Macau". motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
5. Simmons, Marcus (24 October 2016). "Macau Grand Prix winner da Costa to contest 2016 event with Carlin". Autosport]. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
6. "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 World Cup Qualifying 1 & 2 - Provisional Combined Classification" (PDF). Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
7. "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 Qualification Race - Provisional Classification" (PDF). Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
8. "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 Race - Provisional Classification" (PDF). Macau Grand Prix. Macau Grand Prix Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

External links

• The official website of the 63rd Macau Grand Prix