The WTCC in Macau, 2005

The Guia Race (東望洋大賽) is an international touring car race run during the Macau Grand Prix weekend. Since 2005, it has become the final round of the World Touring Car Championship, also known as the WTCC. WTCC redirects here. ...

The race has been won by international touring car greats such as Tom Walkinshaw, Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia, Joachim Winkelhock and Andy Priaulx. Tom Walkinshaw (born November 17, 1950 Scotland) is a racing car driver and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing. ... Italian Roberto Ravaglia currently runs BMWs Team Italy-Spain in the WTCC, who took Alessandro Zanardi to a famous race victory at Oschersleben. ... Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960), a German motor racing driver. ... Andrew Priaulx (born Guernsey, 8 August 1976) is a racing driver. ...

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.

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 2005, when it sampled Super 2000 machinery before being upgraded to a round of the FIA WTCC.

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.

Sponsors

The race has been sponsored by the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) since 2004. STDM boss Stanley Ho has presented the trophies to the race winners on the podium since the sponsorship began. Stanley Ho (born November 25, 1921), also known as Ho Hung-sun, Stanley Ho Hung-sun (Chinese: 何鴻燊; Pinyin: Hé Hóngshēn), is a famous entrepreneur in Hong Kong and Macau. ...

Past winners

Super 2000

• 2005 Race 2 Duncan Huisman, BMW 320i, Race 1 Augusto Farfus Jr, Alfa Romeo 156
• 2004 Jörg Müller, BMW 320i

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Super Production

• 2003 Duncan Huisman, BMW 320i
• 2002 Duncan Huisman, BMW 320i
• 2001 Duncan Huisman, BMW 320i
• 2000 Patrick Huisman, BMW 320i

Super Touring

• 1999 Michael Bartels, Audi A4 Quattro
• 1998 Joachim Winkelhock, BMW 320i
• 1997 Steve Soper, BMW 320i
• 1996 Frank Biela, Audi A4 Quattro
• 1995 Kelvin Burt, Toyota Corona EXiVs
• 1994 Joachim Winkelhock, BMW 318is

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DTM

• 1993 Charles Kwan, BMW M3
• 1992 Emanuele Pirro, BMW M3
• 1991 Emanuele Pirro, BMW M3

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Group A

• 1990 Masahiro Hasemi, Nissan Skyline R32
• 1989 Tim Harvey, Ford Sierra RS500
• 1988 Alfred Heger, BMW M3
• 1987 Roberto Ravaglia, BMW M3
• 1986 Johnny Cecotto, Volvo 240 Turbo
• 1985 Gianfranco Brancatelli, Volvo 240 Turbo
• 1984 Tom Walkinshaw, Jaguar XJS
• 1983 Hans-Joachim Stuck, BMW 635 CSi

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Group 5

• 1982 Helmut Greiner , Porsche Carrera RSR
• 1981 Manfred Winkelhock, BMW 320
• 1980 Hans-Joachim Stuck, BMW 320
• 1979 Herbert Adamzyck, Porsche Carrera
• 1978 Peter Chou, Toyota Celica
• 1977 Peter Chou, Toyota Celica
• 1976 Herbert Adamzyck, Porsche Carrera RS

Manfred Winkelhock (October 6, 1951 - August 12, 1985) was a German auto racing driver. ... Hans Joachim Stuck was a Formula One driver from Germany and son of the legendary Hans Von Stuck. ...

Trivia

• BMW has taken part in every modern edition of the race with its teams except 1986, when its slow starting 635 CSi was deemed to be at a disadvantage against the Volvo 240 Turbo.

• Charles Kwan was the only Hong Kong winner of the modern edition of the race in 1993, when he drove a DTM specification BMW M3 and beat the European teams who were running Super Touring race cars.

External Links

• Macau Grand Prix