It is auto translation of Portugese article from this great blog https://macauantigo.blogspot.com/. I made it for myself (as long as i am very interested in my almost local Gran Prix, but i don’t speak Portugese). So probably more english speaking mates can read it. But all credit go to the original source.

1954
The first Macau Grand Prix featured 15 entrants in a 51-lap race around the Guia Circuit (6.2 km) lasting four hours. Eddie Carvalho’s Triumph TR2 won the opening race while Gordon “Dinga” Bell set the fastest lap of 4:12.00 in a Morgan. However, the circuit left a lot to be desired and the stewards reported that “the inner part of the circuit was very dirty and with loose sand”.

1955
During the spring and early summer of 1955, the entire inner part of the circuit was closed to traffic so that its old cobblestones could be removed and replaced by asphalt. Robert Richie of Hong Kong won the second 60-lap Macau Grand Prix in an Austin Healey 100 with a time of 3:55.55.7. Less than a second later, he finished Douglas Steane’s Mercedes 190 SL, while third place went to Neville Fullford in a Triumph TR 2.

1956
The third GP witnessed the construction of the central stand in concrete that included 10 “boxes” and a capacity for 300 people. The 77-lap race was won by Douglas Steane in a Mercedes 190 SL, with a lead of over two laps over his nearest rivals.

1957 – The 4th edition included a 160 km “Handicap” race which was won by Pan Am pilot George Baker, a Ladies Race and a Beginners Race. The 77-lap Grand Prix was won by Arthur Pateman, in a Mercedes 300, who also set a new fastest lap of 3:25.50.

1958 – The Guia circuit was reduced to its current length of 6.1 km for the 5th GP. This year came the ACP Trophy with 15 laps. A total of 31 cars, the largest contingent to date, took part in the race, which was reduced to 66 laps to avoid the glare of sunset. Chan Lye-choon of Singapore won the GP in an Aston Martin DB 3S.

1959 – The 6th GP program now includes official practice sessions for the first time. Hong Kong’s Ron Hardwick took charge of the event, but the red flag came up when a steel pedestrian bridge collapsed, injuring 21 spectators. Hardwick led again in the second start, winning in a Jaguar XKSS, setting a new fastest lap of 3:24.10. In 2nd place was Australian Bill Wyllie in a DKW 1000 RS, while third place went to Chan Lye-choon in an Aston Martin DB 3S. Carol Ungricht won the last edition of the Ladies Race in her MGA.

1960 – For the first time, the Macau Grand Prix was part of the international motor racing calendar as a “national race with foreign participation”, and was also for the first time held in accordance with the FIA ​​regulations relating to luxury cars. sport and big tourism. Scotsman Martin Redfern, in the Jaguar XK SS, won the 7th GP with a time of 3:27:24.4. The second place went to the American Grant Wolfkill, in a Porsche Spyder, while the third place went to the Englishman Jan Bussell, in a Ferrari Monza. In the race the lap record was broken 11 times – four by Redfern, two by Bussel and five by Wolkill, who came to set the fastest lap with 3:17.20.

1961
Peter Heath, from Thailand, who, along with Chan Lye-choon, was almost excluded from the race when the inspectors rejected their cars, ended up winning the eighth GP in a Lotus 15. 26 seconds later, he cut the finish line for Bill Baxter in his new Jaguar E-Type, while Heinz Gosslar, in a Porsche Carrera, finished third, a lap behind.

1962
On his second appearance in Macau, popular Filipino Arsenio “Dodgie” Laurel won the Grand Prix in a Lotus 22 Ford FJ and set the fastest lap time of 3:10.1. In second place was Don Bennett, in a Lotus S7, and in third place was Albert Poon, from Hong Kong, in the first of his many participations in the Macau Grand Prix.

1963
With his 1963 victory, Dodgie Laurel became the first driver to win two consecutive Grands Prix. His Lotus was also the fastest car ever on the Guia circuit, reaching a top speed of 118 km/h midway through the race. Although four laps behind, the Jaguar E-Types of Bill Baxter and Teddy Yip qualified second and third respectively.

1964
The 11th GP was dominated by Lotus. First place went to Albert Poon in a Lotus 23, second to John Kirk in a Lotus Elan and third to Steve Holland in a Lotus 18 Ford FJ. The Argentine rally champion won the 60-lap Production Car Race in a Mercedes 300 SE.

1965
Of the record 40 entries received, only 24 would start the 1965 GP. Victory came to belong to Hong Kong garage owner John Kirk in a Lotus 18. In second place was film producer Grant Wolfkill in a Jaguar E -Type, while third place went to Lieutenant Aviator Tony Goodwin, in Lotus Elite. Albert Poon set the fastest lap before being forced to retire.

1966
In 1966, the fame of the Macau GP had already reached Europe and, for the first time, an “imported” driver, the Italian Mauro Bianchi, won the race. Bianchi, in a Renault Alpine, covered the 60 laps of the Guia circuit in a time of 3:12:33.30, setting the fastest lap at 2:59.80. Albert Poon also broke the participation record, ranking second with a Lotus 23, while Japanese driver Shintiro Taki, in a Porsche Carrera, finished third.

1967
The first edition of the GP on motorcycles was won by the Japanese Hiroshi Hasegawa, riding a Yamaha RD 56, who covered the 30 laps of the circuit in 1:53:34.0. The race also had its first fatality when the car driven by favorite Dodgie Laurel crashed and caught fire. The race was not interrupted, although Teddy Yip withdrew out of solidarity, and was won by Tony Maw, from Malaysia, in a Lotus 20B.

1968
With the appearance of Japanese pilots Osamu Mochizuki and Osamu Masuko (Mitsubishi Colt Formula 2) the race had its first true single-seaters. Albert Poon in a Brabham Alfa set the fastest lap in practice, while the two Mitsubishi were close behind on the starting grid of the 45-lap GP. Poon led most of the race, but a clutch failure gave the command and victory to Jan Bussel, from Singapore, in a Brabham F2. The Motorbike GP was won by Japanese rider Hiroshi Hasegawa.

1969
John MacDonald became the first and only rider to win the Macau Grand Prix (1965) and the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix. Riding a Yamaha, MacDonald’s time for the 30 laps of the circuit was 1:45:31.50. Australian Kevin Bartlett won the 16th Macau Grand Prix in his Mildren Waggott, setting the fastest lap record of 2:39.03.

1970
Austrian Dieter Quester, driving a BMW Formula 2, won the 17th GP with three laps ahead of second place, Albert Poon, in Brabham BT30. Anne Wong of Singapore won the 20-lap Touring Car Race in a Mini-Cooper S, and Benny Hidajat of Indonesia, riding a Yamaha YSI, was the winner of the Motorcycle GP.

Anne Wong wins Production Cup race and became first and only woman to with this legendary race event.

1971
German driver Dieter Glemser, in a factory Ford Capri RS, won the 20-lap Production Car Race by more than two minutes ahead of his nearest rival. Japanese motorcycle riders O. Motohashi and S. Minuro won the contingent of 54 participants in the 5th Motorcycle GP, both on factory Yamaha. The grid for the 18th Macau Grand Prix featured 29 cars, with Jan Bussel winning for the second time, while second and third places went to Japan’s Riki Ohkubo and Ken Misaki.

1972
John MacDonald made history when he won the first edition of the Guia Race (originally 201.4 miles [324 km] long and then known as the “Guia 200”) in an Austin Cooper and, in the same year, won the Grand Prix on a Brabham BT36. MacDonald’s victory made him the only rider to win all three international races. Japanese Yamaha riders took the first three places in the Motorbike GP, the winner being Ikujiro Takai, followed by Yutaka Oda and Akira Teuri.

1973
Hong Kong’s John MacDonald won his third Grand Prix this year, followed by Indonesia’s Sonny Rajah and Singapore’s Graeme Lawrence. There were more than 100 registrations for the 7th motorcycle GP, whose winner was the Japanese Ken Araoka on a Suzuki. Araoka also set the fastest lap time of 2:56.68, the first motorcycle rider to lap the Guia circuit in less than three minutes. To accommodate the large number of entries, the Macau Grand Prix launched an “Organiser’s Trophy” for those who did not qualify for the Grand Prix.

1974
Australian Vern Schuppan undisputedly won the Grand Prix, breaking the fastest lap record of 2:30.96 in his March 722, with a lead of over four laps on second place David Purley and five laps on Herb Adamczyk. The 35-lap Guia Race was won by the Japanese Nobuhide Tachi, in his Toyota Celica TA, while his fellow countryman Kawasaki Hiroyuki won the 8th Motorcycle GP on a Yamaha.

1975
With his victory in the 21st Macau Grand Prix, John MacDonald became the most successful driver in the history of the event with victories in 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1975. Nobuhide Tachi won the Guia Race for the second consecutive time, while the three first positions in the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix went to Japanese riders Hideo Kanaya, Ken Araoka and Sadeo Asami.

1976
British motorcycle racer Chas Mortimer broke Japanese dominance in the Motorcycle GP with his victory in 1976. Theodore Racing’s Vern Schuppan won his second Grand Prix on a Ralt, but the fastest lap record belonged to his racing colleague. team Alan Jones, in March, with 2:21.44, a maximum that prevailed for the next eight years. Following in the record-setting path of her husband Albert, Diana Poon became the first woman to drive a single seater on the Guia circuit. Popular Hong Kong driver Herb Adamczyk won the 40-lap Guia Race and, for the first time, the Macau Grand Prix was run under the FIA ​​seal.

1977
Italian Ricardo Patrese drove his Team Harper Chevron to victory in the 40-lap Grand Prix, held to FIA Formula Pacific regulations. New Zealander Steve Millen was second and Australian Andrew Medicke third. Peter Chow won the Guia Race and set a new lap record of 2:52.50 on the Toyota Celica, while the English Kawasaki motorcycle rider crushed the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix with a fastest lap of 2:48.38 on the your route to victory.

1978
To celebrate the 25th Macau Grand Prix, Teddy Yip, Macau’s most famous motor sport personality, organized the “Race of Giants”. All the real big names were at Macau that year – Jack Brabham, Mike Hailwood, Jackie Stewart, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney and race winner Jacky Ickx. Regarding the Macau Grand Prix, Ricardo Patrese and Derek Daily took first and second place respectively, while Kevin Cogan was third. Yamaha riders took the top three places in the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, with Sadeo Asami and Steve Parrish first and second respectively, while English rider Mike Trumby, the organizer of the current motorcycle race entries, was third. In the Guia Race

1979
For the first time, the Motorbike GP was held in two heats of 15 laps each; Sadeo Asami, riding a Yamaha TZ-OW, clearly won both heats, while Steve Parrish was second on points and Bernard Murray third. In the Guia Race, Herb Adamczyk won, followed by the Japanese Masahiro Hasemi and Nobuhide Tachi. Theodore Racing’s March Ford, crewed by Geoff Lees, won the Macau Grand Prix ahead of Ricardo Patrese.

1980
The Grand Prix was billed as the first ever Formula Pacific Championship, with grid-first Geoff Lees eventually winning for Theodore Racing for a second year. Masahiro Hasemi was second and American Tom Gloy third. Sadeo Asami made history by winning the 14th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, making him the only rider to win the same race three years in a row. British drivers Steve Parrish and Bernard Murray repeated their second and third places from the previous year. As for the Guia Race, Hans Stuck won in his BMW 320.

1981
The American Bob Earl won the 28th GP, leaving the Japanese Naohiro Fujita in second and the Englishman Ray Mallock in third. The Guia Race, in which Mark, the son of former Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher, took part, was won by the late Manfred Winkelhock. At the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, a new star appeared on the horizon, in the form of “Rocket” Ron Haslam, who won the 30-lap race in 1:22:57.75, followed by Sadeo Asami and the Dutchman Boet Van Dulmen.

1982
Despite the wet and windy conditions, the Guia circuit’s latest sensation, Ron Haslam, took top spot on the grid and won the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix for the second consecutive year. Charlie Williams set the fastest lap time of 2:35.76, a record that stood for a decade. Roberto Moreno won in the Grand Prix, the last race of the short-lived Formula Pacific Championship. Colombian Roberto Guerrero broke the fastest lap record held by Alan Jones with 2:20.64 in his Theodore Racing Ralt RT4 Ford. Hong Kong riders Helmet Greiner, Adrian Fu and Peter Chow took the top three positions in the Guia Race.

1983
In the 30th GP the event was named the FIA ​​Formula 3 World Cup. With the strong support of Teddy Yip’s Theodore Racing, a young Brazilian driver, then known as Ayrton Senna da Silva, won his first Formula 3 GP. Senna was followed by Roberto Guerrero and Gerhard Berger. Ron Haslam’s victory on his Honda 500 at the Motorcycle GP saw him equal Sadeo Asami’s record of three consecutive wins. In the Guia Race, Hans Stuck and Dieter Quester battled with the Hong Kong rider, Michael Lieu, eventually winning Stuck, ahead of Quester and Lieu, in that order.

1984
In the 31st John Nielsen was ahead of Stefan Johansson who had taken the first place on the starting grid. New Zealander Mike Thackwell was third. In the Motorcycle GP Mick Grant won both heats together on a Suzuki 500, followed by Roger Marshall, on a Honda 500, and Mark Salle, on a second Suzuki. Tom Walkinshaw won the Guia Race in a Jaguar XJS, with teammate Hans Heyer in second and Hans Stuck in a BMW in third.

1985
Ron Haslam returned to the Guia circuit and won the motorcycle GP again. Didier de Radigues, was second and Eero Hyvarinen, the “Flying Finn”, third. Mauricio Gugelmin won in both heats at the Formula 3 GP, in a shortened edition, followed by Mike Thackwell and Jan Lammers. In the Guia Race, the winner was Giancarlo Francatelli, followed by Gerhard Berger and Michael Liu.

1986
English Andy Wallace won the F3 GP, leaving his teammate, Mauricio Gugelmin in 2nd and Jan Lammers in 3rd. Venezuelan Johnny Cecotto, in a Volvo 240 T, triumphed in the Guia Race, followed by Tom Walkinshaw in second and Thomas Lindstrom in third. Ron Haslam won the fifth motorcycle GP, an unparalleled feat, ahead of Didier de Radigues and American Randy Renfrow, all riding Honda.

1987
Typhoon Nina hit the Chinese coast, but the winds calmed down enough for a 10-lap Motorbike GP to be held, won once again by Ron Haslam, making him the rider with the most wins, six. The reduced version of the GP, with 20 laps, was won by Martin Donnelly, followed by Jan Lammers and Bernd Schneider. The Guia Race was a success for BMW, taking the top three places, with Roberto Ravaglia in 1st, Dieter Quester in 2nd and Fabien Giroux in 3rd.

1988
Kevin Schwantz won and convinced (including horses at 140 km/h) in the Motorbike GP. BMW team-mates Altfried Heger and Markus Oestreich took 1st and 2nd respectively in the Guia Race, while Andy Rouse in the Ford Sierra took 3rd. The first leg of the GP was once again cut short due to an accident at the Hotel Lisboa corner. Enrico Bartaggia won both heats together, without having won any of them. Damon Hill was 2nd and Otto Rensing 3rd.

1989
Once again, Teddy Yip organized his “Race of Champions”. Racing in identical Mazda MX5 Miatas were legends such as Denny Hulme, Roy Salvatori, Al and Bobby Unser, Alan Jones and race winner Geoff Lees. Victory in F3 went to Australian David Brabham, followed by Julian Bailey and Christophe Bouchut. In the Guia Race, dominance belonged to the Ford Sierra, with Tim Harvey ahead of Andy Rouse. Due to bad weather and lack of light, the Motorbike GP was shortened to eight laps, with the Irishman Robert Dunlop winning.

1990
Although the Macau Grand Prix has seen many thrilling finishes, none were more dramatic than the last-lap clash between Heat 1 winner and favorite Mika Hakkinen and Heat 2 commander and eventual winner of the race, Michael Schumacher. In the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, Steve Hislop won ahead of Peter Rubatto and Macau veteran Masahiro Hasemi, in a Nissan Turbo, crushed the competition in the Guia Race.

1991
David Coulthard won the GP in both heats together, despite finishing second behind Spaniard Jordi Gene in the second heat. 3rd place went to Christian Fittipaldi on his debut on the Guia circuit. World Motorcycling Championship rider Didier de Radigues ended a glittering career by winning the Silver Anniversary Motorcycle GP and setting a new fastest lap record of 2:25.91. The Guia Race was won by former Formula 1 driver Emanuele Pirro, ahead of Kurt Thiim and three-time Le Mans winner Klaus Ludwig.

1992
This year saw all the fastest lap records from major races broken. Swede Rickard Rydell won the F3 GP by a difference of 1.57 ahead of Portuguese Pedro Lamy, who set the fastest lap in his Reynard 923 Spiess Opel. In 3rd, was Jacques Villeneuve. In the Guia Race there is a close fight between Mercedes and BMW. In Mercedes Bernd Schneider broke the record with 2:29.74, but Emanuele Pirro, for BMW ended up winning. In the Motorbike GP, he dominated three Yamaha 500 cc machines, having beaten Carl Fogarty in the heats, ahead of Toshihiko Honma (2nd) and Jamie Whitham (3rd). Fogarty also set the fastest lap of 2:33.94.

The Grand Prix Museum: opened in 1993

1993
In the 40th edition, the race moved to the new purpose-built facilities in the area of ​​the new maritime terminal. Rickard Rydell set a new lap record of 2:17.40, but was forced to retire, leaving Jorg Muller clear of the way. The Danish Tom Kristensen was in 2nd, followed by the favorite to win, Kelvin Burt. In the Motorcycle GP, 1990 winner Steve Hislop repeated the feat with a 4-second lead over 1989 winner Robert Dunlop, who also broke the circuit record with 2.33.18. Charles Kwan, from Hong Kong, went on to figure in GP history by winning three races, the most notable being the one he won in the Guia Race.

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