2015 FIA GT World Cup

The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time overall that Grand Touring (GT) machinery competed in the autonomous territory of Macau. It was held in the streets of the city on 22 November and was contested as a non-championship race as part of the GT Asia Series in GT3-specification cars. The event promoter, the Automobile General Association Macau-China, appointed the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to help bring a grid together. The race itself was made up of two races: a 12-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the 14-lap main race.

Race details
Date 22 November 2015
Official name 62nd Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit
6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance Qualifying Race
12 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi)
Main Race
14 laps, 85.684 km (53.242 mi)
Qualifying Race[1]
Pole[2]
Driver Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing
Time 2:18.032
Fastest Lap
Driver Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing
Time 2:18.930 (on lap 10)
Podium
First Maro EngelMercedes AMG Driving Academy
Second Edoardo MortaraAudi Sport Team Phoenix
Third Stefan MückeCraft-Bamboo Racing
Main Race[3]
Pole
Driver Maro Engel Mercedes AMG Driving Academy
Fastest Lap
Driver Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing
Time 2:19.736 (on lap 11)
Podium
First Maro EngelMercedes AMG Driving Academy
Second René RastAudi Sport Team WRT
Third Stefan MückeCraft-Bamboo Racing

The main race was won by Mercedes AMG Driving Academy driver Maro Engel from pole position, having won the Qualification Race the previous afternoon after the on the road victor Edoardo Mortara was penalised ten seconds for brake testing him. Mortara accelerated faster than Engel at the rolling start before he lost the lead back to the former soon later. Engel then led for the rest of the race which ended two laps early due to a multi-car accident behind the safety car and the result was counted back two laps. Second place went to the highest-placed Audi R8 LMS of René Rast, while the podium was completed by Stefan Mücke in the Craft-Bamboo Racing entered Aston Martin Vantage V12.

Entry list and rules

In order to compete in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, drivers had to compete in a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship based on GT3 regulations.[4] On 11 September 2015, Audi, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren and Porsche were announced as the five manufacturers that had been accepted to partake in the event and was open to any model of car meeting GT3 rules.[5] Manufacturers were permitted to enter up to three drivers through privateer teams,[5] and the teams that represented the manufacturers were allowed to field both gold and platinum ranked drivers;[6] bronze and silver rated entrants were eligible on a case by case basis at the discretion of the FIA GT World Cup Committee.[4] The entry list for the FIA GT World Cup was released on 7 October 2015. A total of 22 drivers were featured in the initial list of entries which included 2014 Macau GT Cup race winner Maro Engel, two-time Macau Grand Prix victor Edoardo Mortara and the 24 Hours of Le Mans co-winner Earl Bamber.[7] World Endurance Championship competitor René Rast was called up to drive for Audi as a late replacement for Laurens Vanthoor who withdrew from the race on doctor's orders after injuring his hip at the Blancpain Sprint Series round at the Misano World Circuit.[8]

Background

The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time that Grand Touring (GT) cars had competed in Macau. It took place at the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 22 November 2015 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.[9] The motorsport promoter Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) chose not to renew its contract with the FIA two years prior to the 2015 FIA GT World Cup and the idea for the creation of a race for the best teams and drivers participating was proposed by the founder of the SRO Stéphane Ratel in early 2013.[10][11] These plans laid dormant for some time until an FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Doha saw the idea reemerge and was later confirmed by the sport's governing body on 20 March 2015.[10] It was the first collaboration between Ratel and the FIA since the FIA GT1 World Championship disbanded.[12] The FIA GT World Cup was granted its status after the World Touring Car Championship confirmed that it would stop travelling to Macau,[12] and it replaced the Baku World Challenge which was discontinued that year when Formula One announced it would hold a race in the city from 2016.[13] The promoter of the race, the Automobile General Association Macao-China, appointed the SRO to help in the formation of a grid.[13]

Practice and qualifying
Stefan Mücke (pictured in 2011) took pole position in the closing minutes of qualifying.

Two 30-minute practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday afternoon and one on Friday morning.[14] Renger van der Zande set the fastest lap for the Mercedes AMG Driving Academy SLS GT3 in the opening practice session with a time of 2 minutes, 20.796 seconds, two-tenths of a second faster than any one else. His closest challenger was his teammate Engel in second. Mortara in the sole Audi Sport Team Phoenix R8 LMS entry was third. The highest placed Aston Martin V12 Vantage of Darryl O'Young was fourth. Bamber was the fastest Porsche competitor in fifth. Stefan Mücke, André Couto, Keita Sawa, Rast and Richard Lyons occupied positions six to ten.[15] In the second practice session, Engel led the time sheets for most of the session until Mücke eclipsed him with a time of 2 minutes, 20.082 seconds, the fastest lap of the weekend at that point. Van Der Zande was 0.021 seconds slower in second position with Adderly Fong third. Engel ended the session in fourth place and Bamber repeated his first practice session result in fifth. O'Young, Mortara, Álvaro Parente and his teammate Kévin Estre and Rast made up positions six to ten.[16]

Friday afternoon's half hour qualifying session determined the starting order for the qualification race through each driver's fastest lap times.[4][14] Engel was the early pace setter before he hit an inside kerbstone at Mandarin corner, which rendered him unable to control his car and drifted into a barrier,[17] prompting the first of three stoppages in qualifying.[18] Engel later admitted he was at fault for the crash and apologised to his team.[17] The session later restarted before it was red-flagged for a second time when Van Der Zande crashed into a wall at Paiol turn.[18] The barriers were repaired during the stoppage.[19] With less than 12 minutes left. Audi implemented a strategy to allow Mortara to drive in clear air for an attempt at pole position. This plan was halted when Cuoto experienced oversteer and heavily damaged his car in an impact at Mandarin corner and ricocheted between the barriers.[18][19] Cuoto was unhurt and his crash caused the session's third and final stoppage. Mortara began setting quick sector times when qualifying restarted with six minutes to go to claim provisional pole before Mücke took the position with a lap of 2 minutes, 18.032 seconds.[18] Mücke was joined on the grid's front row by Mortara.[17] Engel's accident left him in third. Rast was fourth, Van Der Zande fifth and O'Young sixth. O'Young's teammate Lyons was seventh. Bamber, Fong and Parente took eighth to tenth positions.[18] Estre was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten from teammate Cuoto, Sawa, Marchy Lee, the Thai duo of Pasin Lathouras and Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak, Dylan Derdaele, Jeffrey Lee, Weng Sun Mok and Philip Ma. John Shen and Jacky Yeung completed the 22 qualifiers.[18]

Qualifying classification
Final qualifying results
Pos. Class No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Gap
1 P 97 Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 2:18.032 —
2 P 6 Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi 2:18.144 +0.112
3 P 1 Maro Engel Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 2:18.168 +0.136
4 P 7 René Rast Audi Sport Team WRT Audi 2:18.315 +0.283
5 G 2 Renger van der Zande Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 2:18.746 +0.714
6 S 55 Darryl O'Young Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 2:19.427 +1.395
7 G 99 Richard Lyons Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 2:19.637 +1.605
8 G 19 Earl Bamber LKM Racing Porsche 2:19.687 +1.655
9 S 8 Adderly Fong Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 2:19.972 +1.940
10 P 25 Álvaro Parente FFF Racing Team McLaren 2:20.048 +2.016
11 P 15 Kévin Estre FFF Racing Team McLaren 2:20.255 +2.223
12 G 5 André Couto FFF Racing Team McLaren 2:20.584 +2.552
13 S 88 Keita Sawa Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 2:21.136 +3.104
14 S 30 Marchy Lee Audi Hong Kong Audi 2:21.679 +3.647
15 S 10 Pasin Lathouras AF Corse Ferrari 2:22.249 +4.217
16 S 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Est Cola Racing Team Porsche 2:25.318 +7.286
17 S 20 Dylan Derdaele Gulf Racing JP Porsche 2:26.550 +8.518
18 B 33 Jeffrey Lee Absolute Racing Audi 2:26.952 +8.920
19 B 3 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing McLaren 2:28.204 +10.172
20 S 98 Philip Ma Absolute Racing Audi 2:30.907 +12.875
21 B 68 John Shen Modena Motorsports Porsche 2:34.703 +16.671
22 B 77 Jacky Yeung Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 2:35.302 +17.270
Source:[2][20]
Categorisation
Icon Class
P Platinum
G Gold
S Silver
B Bronze

Qualifying race
Maro Engel (pictured in 2009) took victory the qualification race to start from pole position in the main race which he won.

The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started at 12:15 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00).[4][14] The weather at the start was dry and cloudy with the air temperature 26 °C (79 °F) and the track temperature 27 °C (81 °F).[1] At the start, Mücke blocked an overtake from Mortara to maintain the lead into Mandarin turn before Engel used his straightline speed to pass Mortara for second position towards Lisboa corner.[21][22] Rast fell to fifth as his brandmate Marchy Lee gained a further position before steering into Lisboa corner.[23] Despite matching his pace earlier in the race, Engel could not challenge Mücke as the leader controlled how fast he was going; both men pulled clear from the trailing Mortara and Van Der Zande, Fong lost control of his Bentley Continental GT and crashed heavily at the Solitude Esses on the third lap. The safety car was deployed on the following lap to neutralise the order since his car was stranded in the centre of the track.[21][22]

Mücke got away cleanly to lead the field back up to speed at the lap eight restart with Engel and Mortara following close behind. At the same time, fourth-placed Van Der Zande unsuccessfully attempted to move up the order.[21] Engel had to take avoiding action when Mücke accelerated and then braked sharply. Engel later expressed his surprise at Mücke's action after the race.[24] The leaders could not make any more manoeuvres thereon and the gaps at the front steadily increased until the conclusion of the qualifying race. Mücke maintained the lead for the rest of the race and was the first driver to finish. However, he was later deemed to have brake tested Engel per the regulations and incurred a ten-second time penalty.[21][22] Engel was promoted to the victory and took pole position for the main race. He was joined on the grid's front row by Mortara. Mücke's penalty put him third. Behind the two, Van Der Zande followed in fourth, Rast fifth and Lyons sixth. Behind the trio a close group consisting of Bamber, O'Young, Parente and Estre rounded out the top ten. Outside the top ten, Sawa, Marchy Lee, Lathouras, Inthraphuvasak, Derdaele, Jeffrey Lee, Sun Mok, Sheng, Yeng, Cuoto and Ma completed the 21 classified finishers.[1]

Qualifying race classification
Classification of the qualifying race
Pos. Class No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 P 1 Maro Engel Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 12 34:38.768
2 P 6 Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi 12 +5.212
3 P 97 Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 12 +8.303
4 G 2 Renger van der Zande Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 12 +8.331
5 P 7 René Rast Audi Sport Team WRT Audi 12 +9.112
6 G 99 Richard Lyons Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 12 +10.312
7 G 19 Earl Bamber LKM Racing Porsche 12 +11.225
8 S 55 Darryl O'Young Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 12 +12.375
9 P 25 Álvaro Parente FFF Racing Team McLaren 12 +13.004
10 P 15 Kévin Estre FFF Racing Team McLaren 12 +13.634
11 S 88 Keita Sawa Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 12 +20.312
12 S 30 Marchy Lee Audi Hong Kong Audi 12 +22.110
13 S 10 Pasin Lathouras AF Corse Ferrari 12 +22.290
14 S 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Est Cola Racing Team Porsche 12 +36.772
15 S 20 Dylan Derdaele Gulf Racing JP Porsche 12 +56.464
16 B 33 Jeffrey Lee Absolute Racing Audi 12 +1:01.009
17 B 3 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing McLaren 12 +1:01.682
18 B 68 John Shen Modena Motorsports Porsche 12 +1:17.517
19 B 77 Jacky Yeung Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 12 +1:51.644
20 G 5 André Couto FFF Racing Team McLaren 11 +1 Lap
21 S 98 Philip Ma Absolute Racing Audi 11 +1 Lap
Ret S 8 Adderly Fong Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 2 Accident
Source:[20][1]

Main race

The race began at 12:55 local time.[14] The weather at the start was dry and sunny with an air temperature of 28 °C (82 °F) and a track temperature at 28 °C (82 °F).[3] Fong withdrew from the race because his chassis was too damaged from his qualifying race crash the previous day.[22] When the race began from its rolling start, Mortara made a fast getaway and blocked an initial pass from Engel to move into the lea before the Mandarin Oriental bend. On the approach to the Reservoir Kink corner Engel steered onto the inside and retook the lead from Mortara. His teammate van der Zande took second place moments later after making a brisk start.[25][26] Mücke then took third from Mortara before Lisboa corner.[27] At the corner, Estre went into the rear of Lyon and both drivers retired. Bamber joined the list of retirees on the lap after he clattered a barrier at San Francisco Bend.[27] At the end of the first lap, Engel led teammate Van der Zande, with the duo followed in turn by, Mortara, Mücke, Parente, O'Young, Sawa, Marchy Lee and Lathouras. The first five were covered by five seconds with the rest of the field 18 seconds behind them.[28]

It’s unbelievable, I’m overjoyed as the best GT drivers were up against each other in this race, so I’m proud to be the first winner of the FIA GT World Cup! But I’m especially proud of my team. I made a big mistake in qualifying on Friday and I thought right there, standing in the wall, that my weekend might be over and I blew the opportunity we had here. To win this race is amazing because I just love this place, I love this track. I had to make a really good start and I knew I had to hold the inside line and stay in front or try to get ahead in the Mandarin corner, otherwise it would be difficult. I just managed to pass Edoardo Mortara on the left-hand side, so that was the key to retaking the lead. From there I really put my head down; I just focused on my driving, trying to keep cool and open up the gap.

Maro Engel, on winning the inaugural FIA GT World Cup.[28]

At midpoint, Derdaele's car sustained a punctured tyre and went straight on at Lisboa corner to retire while Parente lost sixth place to O'Young who passed him by getting a better exit leaving a turn.[28] Meanwhile, Engel opened up a significant lead over the second-placed Van Der Zande when the complexion of the event changed on lap 12.[27] Van Der Zande was delayed by traffic and this allowed Mücke to challenge him for second position going into Lisboa corner.[25] The resulting manoeuvre saw Mücke ram into the rear of Van der Zande's car and debris from the latter's car lodged onto Mücke's left-rear wheel.[29] On the next lap, Mücke drew alongside on the inside of Van Der Zande driving towards Lisboa corner and the two made contact.[27] Both drivers ran wide under braking and allowed the Audi duo of Rast and Mortara to take second and third places.[29] At this point, Engel led Mortara by eight seconds until that was reduced to nothing when the safety car was deployed to close up the field for an accident on lap 14.[26] Inthraphuvasak crashed at Paiol corner and his vehicle was stranded at the centre of the track.[29]

As everyone circulated behind the safety car with the anticipation of getting more laps at racing speed, a multi-car accident occurred at Moorish Hill with 2½ laps to go.[26][27] The lapped Shen went into the tyre barrier and every driver behind him all ran into each other since he blocked the track.[28][29] The race was immediately red flagged; race control elected not to restart and counted back the result by two laps,[28][29] Engel this won the inaugural FIA GT World Cup and a second successive victory in Macau after winning the 2014 GT event.[30] Mortara was second before a 20-second time penalty was imposed on him per the International Sporting Code because he was deemed to have jumped the start,[28][31] promoting Rast and Mucke to second and third in the final results.[25] Off the podium, Van Der Zande, O'Young, Mortara, Parente, Marchy Lee, Sawa and Lathouras, Couto, Jeffrey Lee, Sun, Shen, Ma, Yueng and Inthraphuvasak were the final finishers.[3]

Main race classification
Classification of the main race
Pos. Class No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 P 1 Maro Engel Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 14 33:28.832
2 P 7 René Rast Audi Sport Team WRT Audi 14 +2.900
3 P 97 Stefan Mücke Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 14 +3.690
4 G 2 Renger van der Zande Mercedes AMG Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz 14 +4.422
5 S 55 Darryl O'Young Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 14 +17.444
6[lower-alpha 1] P 6 Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi 14 +22.321
7 P 25 Álvaro Parente FFF Racing Team McLaren 14 +24.880
8 S 30 Marchy Lee Audi Hong Kong Audi 14 +37.248
9 S 88 Keita Sawa Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 14 +30.404
10 S 10 Pasin Lathouras AF Corse Ferrari 14 +40.354
11 G 5 André Couto FFF Racing Team McLaren 14 +1:32.315/Accident
12 B 33 Jeffrey Lee Absolute Racing Audi 14 +2:29.634
13 B 3 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing McLaren 14 +3:08.350
14 B 68 John Shen Modena Motorsports Porsche 13 +1 Lap/Accident
15 S 98 Philip Ma Absolute Racing Audi 13 +1 Lap
16 B 77 Jacky Yeung Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 13 +1 Lap
17 S 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Est Cola Racing Team Porsche 12 Accident
Ret S 20 Dylan Derdaele Gulf Racing JP Porsche 7 Puncture
Ret G 19 Earl Bamber LKM Racing Porsche 1 Accident Damage
Ret P 15 Kévin Estre FFF Racing Team McLaren 1 Collision Damage
Ret G 99 Richard Lyons Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin 0 Collision
DNS[lower-alpha 2] S 8 Adderly Fong Bentley Team Absolute Bentley — Accident
Source:[20][3]
Notes
  1. Mortara had originally placed at second, but a twenty-second time penalty was later applied due to jump start.[28]
  2. Adderly Fong did not start the Main Race, because his Bentley had too much damage after a crash the day before in the Qualifying Race.[22]

FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers

The award for the FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers was presented to the manufacturer supplying the cars with a manufacturer entry with the highest number of points after addition of the points of its two best cars awarded according to the result of the Main Race.[4]

Scoring system

Entries were required to complete 90 per cent of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.[4]

Main Race points
Points scoring system for the FIA GT World Cup
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Final FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers standings
Pos. Manufacturer Car Drivers MAC Total
QR MR
1 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Maro Engel 1 1 37
Renger van der Zande 4 4
2 Audi R8 LMS Marchy Lee 12 81 26
Edoardo Mortara 2 6
René Rast 5 2
3 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Richard Lyons 6 Ret1 25
Stefan Mücke 3 3
Darryl O'Young 8 5
4 McLaren 650S GT3 André Couto 20 11 6
Kévin Estre 10 Ret1
Álvaro Parente 9 7
5 Porsche 997 GT3-R Earl Bamber 7 Ret1 0
Dylan Derdaele 15 Ret
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 14 17†
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.[4]
  • 1 — Only the two best highest finishing cars of a manufacturer are able to score points. The result of the lowest finishing car is not included.[4]

See also

References
  1. "FIA GT World Cup 2015 Qualifying Race Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. "FIA GT World Cup 2015 Qualifying Results". Macau Grand Prix Committee. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. "FIA GT World Cup 2015 Main Race Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. "FIA GT World Cup: Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 October 2015. pp. 4–6, 22 & 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. Goodwin, Graham (11 September 2015). "Five Manufacturers Enter FIA GT World Cup". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. Watkins, Gary (11 September 2015). "Five manufacuters enter inaugural FIA GT World Cup in Macau". Autosport. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. "SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup: Spectacular Entry for Macau World First". Macau Grand Prix Committee. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. Smith, Sam (12 November 2015). "Rast stands in for Vanthoor at Macau". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  9. "Suncity Group 62nd Macau Grand Prix – Fast Facts". Macau Grand Prix Committee. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  10. ten Caat, Marcel (20 March 2015). "FIA Confirms GT World Cup for Macau". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  11. Dagys, John (8 July 2015). "FIA GT World Cup Taking Shape". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. Stritzke, Heiko (7 July 2015). "Ersatz für Baku World Challenge – FIA GT Weltcup Macau – Ratel steigt ein". Motorsport Magazin (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  13. "GT World Cup event confirmed for Macau in November". Racecar Engineering. 25 (9): 84. September 2015. ISSN 0961-1096. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Internet Archive.
  14. Marques, Renato (19 November 2015). "World's top carmakers take a shot at first-ever FIA GT World Cup" (PDF). Macau Daily Times Supplement (2442). p. IV. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  15. "Mercedes-Benz sets early pace". FIA GT World Cup. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. "Dramatic qualifying day at Macau for GT World Cup". GT Asia Series. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  17. ten Caat, Marcel; de Boer, Rene (20 November 2015). "Muecke Grabs Pole for FIA GT World Cup Qualification Race". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  18. Goodwin, Graham (21 November 2015). "FIA GT World Cup: Macau, Mucke Grabs Pole After Red Flags Disrupt Qualifying". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  19. Müller, Oliver (20 November 2015). "Stefan Mücke im Aston Martin auf Pole in Macau" (in German). Speedweek. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  20. "2015 FIA GT World Cup Macau Official Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  21. Goodwin, Graham (21 November 2015). "FIA GT World Cup: Macau, Qualification Race, Mucke Loses Win To Engel After Penalty". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  22. "Engel and Mercedes-Benz on pole for the main race". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  23. "Audi second in FIA GT World Cup Qualification Race". Macau, China: Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  24. ten Caat, Marcel; de Boer, Rene (21 November 2015). "Muecke Beats Engel to Macau Qualification Race Victory". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  25. ten Caat, Marcel; de Boer, Rene (22 November 2015). "Engel Wins FIA GT World Cup in Macau". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  26. Goodwin, Graham (23 November 2015). "FIA GT World Cup: Engel Takes 2nd Macau Victory, Mercedes Take Manufacturers Crown". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  27. Simmons, Marcus (22 November 2015). "Mercedes driver Maro Engel wins inaugural GT World Cup in Macau". Autosport. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  28. "Engel and Mercedes-Benz win the first FIA GT World Cup". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  29. Noble, Jonathan (22 November 2015). "Engel wins Macau, but carnage strikes again". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  30. Santos Filipe, Joao (22 November 2015). "Maro Engel wins first FIA GT World Cup behind safety car". Macau Business. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  31. "Mercedes driver Maro Engel grabs inaugural GT World Cup". Macau Daily Times. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.