|| *Comments on Guia Circuit:* View the most recent comment <#26> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Seibaru posted: 11.25.2016 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Guia...oh boy. Located in Macau, a former Portuguese colony and current administrative area of China famous for its casinos and just how densely populated it is (650000 people in 12 square miles, making it the most densely populated country/territory/whatever in the world), this 3.8 mile street circuit is a little different from the others. It's got wide sections and thin sections, flat areas and undulating areas, and focuses on both pure speed and driver technique. It was first used in the early fifties. The WTCC used to end their year here, but when they left after. 2014, the TCR International Series took their spot for THEIR finale. The Macau GP for F3 cars, the FIA GT World Cup for GT3 cars, and plenty of touring car races (mostly Chinese touring car series, though oddly enough, not the actual Chinese Touring Car Championship) are also held, along with a superbike race for the ballsy. 2. RaceFanX posted: 11.25.2016 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This long but iconic street circuit is infamous for its almost complete lack of runoff areas. A F3 race has been the premier race since 1983 and has become well-known as a showcase of rising stars in the open wheel world, the race attracts competitors from all over the world since it takes place after most season championships have concluded. 3. pimmy posted: 11.25.2016 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Probably the most difficult circuit in the world, and I love it! There is a possibility that WTCC will return in 2017. 4. Anonymous posted: 11.25.2016 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) honestly one of the best racing tracks in the world 5. Seibaru posted: 11.29.2016 - 10:44 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @3 I hope so. TCR has just announced that they are not headed back in 2017. This TCR schedule is strange, I must say. Ten, and only ten, rounds. 1. Rustavi, which is a circuit in the country of Georgia (near Azerbaijan, where the Baku Grand Prix is) 2. Bahrain 3. Spa 4. MONACO 5. Salzburgring 6. Hungaroring 7. Oschersleben 8. Chang 9. TBA 10. Abu Dhabi 6. Unser1 posted: 11.29.2016 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Macau Grand Prix is one of the rare national grand prix races that is not nor has ever been a Formula One race. Its only companion in that category is the New Zealand Grand Prix, currently the premier race in the New Zealand's domestic open wheel Toyota Racing Series. 7. JSPorts posted: 11.29.2016 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder what it would take for a track like this to get onto the F1 circuit. I would like to see them run more races, in different countries. 8. Seibaru posted: 11.30.2016 - 8:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @5 Speaking of which, Manfeild, the track which holds the New Zealand Grand Prix, was recently renamed. It is now Circuit Chris Amon. 9. Seibaru posted: 11.30.2016 - 8:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) *@6 10. pimmy posted: 11.30.2016 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This circuit was unique, in that it has a permanent yellow flag zone at the Melco hairpin. The corner is so tight, that if you were to attempt a pass up the inside, you wouldn't be able to get around the corner. I said "was", because the newer Bangsaen circuit in Thailand has a similar feature. 11. Seibaru posted: 12.01.2016 - 11:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @10 Weird that Monaco's hairpin isn't like that... Oh, and WTCC IS returning to Macau. 12. Biscuits In A Red Bull posted: 12.01.2016 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not at all weird regarding Monaco's hairpin. You can feasibly overtake at the hairpin, unlike most other corners at the track, whilst Melco is such a thin part of the track that most overtakes would be lunges and likely result in a pile up. I believe it's the turn 4 hairpin at Pau which is always yellow flagged on the first lap due to the sheer amount of pile ups there in the past. 13. Seibaru posted: 12.03.2016 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) @12 Actually, yes, misinterpretation on my part. At Monaco, it's impossible for two modern F1 cars to go side by side the whole way. However, if someone messes up the entry into Loews, it's possible to get by them on the inside. Speaking of Bangsaen, due to the death of His Eternal Majesty, there will be no Speed Festival this year. Next year's will be run in June, to compensate. Yes, I know 'His Eternal Majesty' is kinda overdoing it, but the Thai revere their king (either by choice or by force), so as a foreigner with a future in journalism I want to cover my tracks. 14. RaceFanX posted: 12.03.2016 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Macau Grand Prix is one of the oldest continually run street course races. It was first held in 1954 as a sports car race. It originally was a club race for local racers then became an international event in 1960. (Miami's one-off Formula E course also had a corner tight enough it was under a permanent yellow.) 15. 23andJoe posted: 12.03.2016 - 10:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^ I frequent boards with a somewhat knowledgable and vocal Thai presence, and I can assure you there is /nothing/ "by force" about their feelings for their King. 16. Seibaru posted: 12.03.2016 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) @15 Under Thai law you may not criticize or mock the King (those who do so can receive prison time, and remember, Thailand's prisons are quite famous for being cruel), so there are likely a few people who really didn't like the King and just can't make it known. However, the general international consensus seems to be that, despite the coup late into His reign, He was all in all a rather good King, so I will trust your word on that. (Again a case of covering my tracks. A potential employer will probably want examples of past online conduct, seeing as...well, I think my dream job's pretty well known by this point, but I suppose this one is less covering tracks and more paranoia...) 17. RaceFanX posted: 12.06.2016 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm glad to see the WTCC returning here in 2017. I read an article that teams in the series comstantly questioned the scheduling when they weren't racing there, it was something that was hard to justify to their sponsors. 18. Mr.Victory posted: 11.21.2018 - 12:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This track is hungry for blood. It has some of the worst accidents in all of racing. 19. RaceFanX posted: 11.21.2018 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Guia Circuit is unique among street circuits in that its layout has been roughly the same every since its debut in 1954. Another unique feature is the guardrails that run all the way around the circuit as they have all been painted with yellow and black stripes. 20. Canadianfan posted: 11.21.2018 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This circuit has undergone only two minor changes in its existence. The run to the Melco Hairpin was once 160 meters longer and the hairpin was once tighter which doesn't seem possible but it was. Also in 1993 the start/finish line was moved from just before Mandarin Bend to between R. Bend and Reservoir Bend. 21. JSPorts posted: 11.21.2018 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Has this made the track any safer? 22. Canadianfan posted: 11.21.2018 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @21 Moving the start/finish line was a good idea that's a very fast part of the track. That definitely made it safer. 23. Canadianfan posted: 11.21.2018 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) In 2003 to celebrate the 50th running of the Macau Grand Prix an F1 car made a series of demonstration laps around the Guia Circuit. Ralph Firman in his Jordan EJ13 absolutely shattered the track record over the 3 day period. His best lap from what I can find was a 1:56.399 that's nearly 14 seconds faster than the current track record. https://youtu.be/ZDzd2I962r4 Oh that beautiful sound. 24. RaceFanX posted: 09.29.2020 - 9:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With all the street course races cancelled this year due to Covid-19 it's a surprise at first glance that the 2020 Macau Grand Prix is going forward. However the race will be a more domestic-focused F4 event instead of an international F3 showcase of rising talent like it usually is. Most of the entrants will likely come from the China F4 Championship. Macau hasn't been hit too hard by the pandemic, with only 46 cases through all of it and none officially of recent, but a 14-day quarantine policy may discourage much international competition from coming this time out. The GT and touring car races have also been altered into more regional instead of international events this time out. 25. RaceFanX posted: 11.20.2020 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 2020 Macau Grand Prix ended up being a points race for the China Formula 4 Championship after the Covid-19 pandemic scuttled the usual international F3 approach. All of the competing drivers were from China, Hong Kong, or Macau due to travel restrictions. 26. JFM01 posted: 11.20.2020 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rob Huff will be the only European driver in the touring car race, trying to get his 10th win at Macau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: