The Macau Guia Race - Kumho TCR World Tour Event of Macau, previously Guia Race of Macau, WTCC Guia Race of Macau, WTCR Macau Guia Race and Macau Guia Race - TCR Asia Challenge, is an international touring car race, and currently a round of the TCR World Tour. It is held on the temporary 6.2 km Guia Circuit on the streets of Macau, the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China as part of the Macau Grand Prix 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 Tom Walkinshaw, Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia, Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock and Andy Priaulx.
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.
TCR Since 2018, it has been run under the TCR championship banner, first as World Touring Car, then China Touring Car from 2020 to 2022.
In 2023, it was part of the TCR World Tour, as the final round, with the top 8 TCR Asia Challenge drivers calculated by points be part of the race.
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 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship. The race also acted as a point scoring round for the Asian Touring Car Championship from 2000 to 2003. From 2005 to 2019, it was the final round of the World Touring Car Championship. It often attracts local drivers competing alongside the series regulars, such as André Couto and Ao Chi Hong.
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 Super 2000 machinery before being upgraded to a round of the FIA WTCC.
Since 2018, it has been run to TCR regulations.
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.
Sponsors The race has been sponsored by the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM) since 2004. STDM boss Stanley Ho has presented the trophies to the race winners on the podium since the sponsorship began.
Results Year Winner Car Runner-up Car Third place Car Production era 1963 Albert Poon Ford Lotus Cortina Charles Ching Ford Lotus Cortina K.F. Chang Volvo P120 1964 Eugen Böhringer Mercedes-Benz 300SE 1965 Grant Wolfkill Austin Cooper S Walter Sulke Austin Cooper S Anthony Tsui Austin Cooper S George Baker Jaguar Mark 2 Frank Wong Ford Corsair GT Paul Chan Ford Cortina GT 1966 Mauro Bianchi Alpine A210 1967 Albert Poon Alfa Romeo GTA Yoshimi Katayama Mazda 1000 1968 Peter Chow Alfa Romeo GTV Steve Harvey BMC Mini Cooper S Brian Foley Datsun Sunny 1969 Erich Waxenberger Albert Poon Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Klaus Doerr Herb Adamczyk Porsche 911S Jan Bussell Ted Moorat Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 1970 Anne Wong Austin Cooper S Lucky Kirtisinghe Austin Cooper S Ahmed Khan Ford Escort Twin-Cam 1971 Dieter Glemser Ford Capri RS Albert Poon Alfa Romeo GTV Peter Brock Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Group 4 & Group 1 1972 John MacDonald Austin Cooper S Harold Lee Opel Ascona SR Albert Poon Opel Ascona SR 1973 Peter Chow Toyota Celica GT (TA 22) Harold Lee Opel Ascona 1.9SR Dante Silverio Toyota Corolla Levin (TE27) 1974 Nobuhide Tachi Toyota Celica (TA 22) Herbert Adamczyk Porsche Carrera RS Siu Man Tou BMW 2002tii 1975 Nobuhide Tachi Toyota Celica (TA 22) Junichi Isobe Toyota Celica Ahmed Khan Toyota Celica 1976 Herbert Adamczyk Porsche Carrera RS Nobuhide Tachi Toyota Celica (TA 22) Jim Sweeney Porsche Carrera RS 1977 Peter Chow Toyota Celica Ahmed Khan Toyota Celica Junichi Isobe Toyota Celica 1978 Peter Chow Toyota Celica (TA 22) Hans Heyer Zakspeed Escort Datsun 260Z Group 5 & Group 1 1979 Herbert Adamczyk Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 Masahiro Hasemi Datsun 160J Nobuhide Tachi Toyota Starlet 1980 Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW 320 Helmut Greiner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 Jim Sweeney Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 1981 Manfred Winkelhock BMW 320 Helmut Greiner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 Nobuhide Tachi Toyota Corolla Levin (E70) 1982 Helmut Greiner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 Adrian Fu BMW 320 Peter Chow Datsun Silvia Group A 1983 Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW 635 CSi Dieter Quester BMW 635 CSi Ford Capri 1984 Tom Walkinshaw Jaguar XJS Hans Heyer Jaguar XJS Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW 635 CSi 1985 Gianfranco Brancatelli Volvo 240 Turbo Gerhard Berger BMW 635 CSi Mitsubishi Starion 1986 Johnny Cecotto Volvo 240 Turbo Tom Walkinshaw Rover 3500 Volvo 240 Turbo 1987 Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 Dieter Quester BMW M3 Fabien Giroix BMW M3 1988 Altfrid Heger BMW M3 Markus Oestreich BMW M3 Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS 500 1989 Tim Harvey Ford Sierra RS 500 Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS 500 Hisashi Yokoshima Ford Sierra RS 500 1990 Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Skyline GT-R Emanuele Pirro BMW M3 Joachim Winkelhock BMW M3 DTM & Group A 1991 Emanuele Pirro BMW M3 Evolution Kurt Thiim Mercedes-Benz 190E Evo.II Klaus Ludwig Mercedes-Benz 190E Evo.II 1992 Emanuele Pirro BMW M3 Evolution Joachim Winkelhock BMW M3 Evolution Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 Evolution 1993 Charles Kwan BMW M3 Evolution Joachim Winkelhock BMW 320i Emanuele Pirro BMW 320i Super Touring 1994 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i Steve Soper BMW 318i Tom Kristensen Toyota Corona 1995 Kelvin Burt Toyota Corona EXIV Steve Soper BMW 318i Julian Bailey Toyota Corona EXIV 1996 Frank Biela Audi A4 Quattro Brad Jones Audi A4 Quattro Michael Krumm Toyota Corona EXIV 1997 Steve Soper BMW 320i Michael Krumm Toyota Corona EXIV Charles Kwan BMW 320i 1998 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 320i Max Angelelli Toyota Corona EXIV Brad Jones Audi A4 Quattro 1999 Michael Bartels Audi A4 Quattro Paul Morris BMW 320i Oliver Mayer Audi A4 Quattro Super Production 2000 Patrick Huisman BMW 320i Henry Lee Junior Peugeot 306 Simon Harrison Ford Focus 2001 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Manabu Orido Toyota Altezza Nattavude Charoensukawattana Peugeot 306 2002 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 147 Franz Engstler BMW 320i 2003 Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Franz Engstler BMW 320i Marc Hennerici BMW 320i Super 2000 2004 Jörg Müller BMW 320i Andy Priaulx BMW 320i Rickard Rydell SEAT Toledo Cupra World Touring Car Championship (Super 2000) 2005 Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo 156 Andy Priaulx BMW 320i Rickard Rydell SEAT Toledo Cupra Duncan Huisman BMW 320i Andy Priaulx BMW 320i Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo 156 2006 Andy Priaulx BMW 320si Duncan Huisman BMW 320si Yvan Muller SEAT León Jörg Müller BMW 320si Yvan Muller SEAT León Tom Coronel SEAT León 2007 Alain Menu Chevrolet Lacetti Gabriele Tarquini SEAT León TDI Rob Huff Chevrolet Lacetti Andy Priaulx BMW 320si Nicola Larini Chevrolet Lacetti James Thompson Alfa Romeo 156 2008 Alain Menu Chevrolet Lacetti Andy Priaulx BMW 320si Yvan Muller SEAT León TDI Rob Huff Chevrolet Lacetti Yvan Muller SEAT León TDI Andy Priaulx BMW 320si 2009 Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze Gabriele Tarquini SEAT León TDI Jordi Gené SEAT León TDI Augusto Farfus BMW 320si Jörg Müller BMW 320si Yvan Muller SEAT León TDI 2010 Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze Tiago Monteiro SEAT León TDI Norbert Michelisz SEAT León TDI Gabriele Tarquini SEAT León TDI Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 2011 Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Gabriele Tarquini Sunred SR León 1.6T Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Tom Coronel BMW 320 TC Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2012 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Alain Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic Super 2000 TC Alain Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 2013 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic WTCC Rob Huff SEAT León WTCC Rob Huff SEAT León WTCC Pepe Oriola Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Tom Coronel BMW 320 TC World Touring Car Championship (TC1 & TC2) 2014 José María López Citroën C-Elysée WTCC Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic WTCC Gabriele Tarquini Honda Civic WTCC Rob Huff LADA Granta 1.6T Yvan Muller Citroën C-Elysée WTCC Hugo Valente Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 TCR International Series (TCR) 2015 Rob Huff Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Jordi Gené SEAT León Racer Stefano Comini SEAT León Racer Stefano Comini SEAT León Racer Andrea Belicchi SEAT León Racer Mikhail Grachev Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR 2016 Stefano Comini Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Tiago Monteiro Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Pepe Oriola SEAT León TCR World Touring Car Championship (TC1) 2017 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée WTCC Tom Coronel Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 Ryo Michigami Honda Civic WTCC Rob Huff Citroën C-Elysée WTCC Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic WTCC Tom Chilton Citroën C-Elysée WTCC World Touring Car Cup (TCR) 2018 Jean-Karl Vernay Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Yvan Muller Hyundai i30 N TCR Rob Huff Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Timo Scheider Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Yvan Muller Hyundai i30 N TCR Esteban Guerrieri Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Rob Huff Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Norbert Michelisz Hyundai i30 N TCR 2019 Yvan Muller Lynk & Co 03 TCR Norbert Michelisz Hyundai i30 N TCR Kevin Ceccon Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Yvan Muller Lynk & Co 03 TCR Thed Björk Lynk & Co 03 TCR Kevin Ceccon Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR Andy Priaulx Lynk & Co 03 TCR Rob Huff Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR Jean-Karl Vernay Audi RS 3 LMS TCR TCR China (TCR) 2020 Rob HuffThe first race counted as Race 1 for the TCR China Touring Car Championship, but as the Qualification Race for the Macau Guia Race. MG6 TCR Ma Qing Hua Lynk & Co 03 TCR Filipe Clemente de Souza Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Jason Zhang Zhi QiangThe second race counted as Race 2 for the TCR China Touring Car Championship, but as the Main Race for the Macau Guia Race. Lynk & Co 03 TCR Sunny Wong Yat Shing Lynk & Co 03 TCR Lo Sze Ho Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) TCR Asia (TCR) 2021 Ma Qing Hua Lynk & Co 03 TCR Jason Zhang Zhi Qiang Lynk & Co 03 TCR Lo Sze Ho Hyundai i30 N TCR Jason Zhang Zhi Qiang Lynk & Co 03 TCR Ma Qing Hua Lynk & Co 03 TCR Yang Xiao Wei CUPRA TCR TCR Asia Challenge (TCR)The 2022 TCR Asia Challenge is the Guia Race of 2022. 2022 Filipe de Souza Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) HU Heng Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Cheong Chi On Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Filipe de Souza Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Lo Sze Ho Hyundai i30 N TCR Yan Cheuk Wai Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) TCR World Tour (TCR) 2023 Norbert Michelisz Hyundai Elantra N TCR Néstor Girolami Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) Robert Huff Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Frédéric Vervisch Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Santiago Urrutia Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR Yann Ehrlacher Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR 2024 Thed Björk Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR Norbert Michelisz Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) Mikel Azcona Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) Dušan Borković Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) Esteban Guerrieri Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) Marco Butti Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2025 Néstor Girolami Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) Mikel Azcona Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2004) Yann Ehrlacher Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR Josh Buchan Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) Ma Qing Hua Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) Thed Björk Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR The car was in fact, a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 with 935 bodykit.
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