Macau Guia
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The Macau Guia is an international touring car race run held 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.
The race has been won by international touring car greats such as Tom Walkinshaw, Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia, 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.
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[edit] Championship status
The Macau Guia has twice become an FIA Championship round. In 1994, it was a round of the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship and from 2005, it has become a round of the World Touring Car Championship.
The race also acted as a point scoring round for the Asian Touring Car Championship from 2000 to 2003.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Results
[edit] Most wins
[edit] By driver
| Wins | Driver | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Duncan Huisman |
2001, 2002, 2003, 2005-Race 2 |
| 3 |  Peter Chow |
1973, 1977, 1978 |
| 2 |  Nobuhide Tachi |
1974, 1975 |
 Herbert Adamczyk |
1976, 1979 | |
| Hans-Joachim Stuck |
1980, 1983 | |
 Emanuele Pirro |
1991, 1992 | |
| Joachim Winkelhock |
1994, 1998 | |
| Jörg Müller |
2004, 2006-Race 2 | |
 Andy Priaulx |
2006-Race 1, 2007-Race 2 |
[edit] By nationality of drivers
| Win(s) | Nation | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Germany |
1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006-Race 2 |
| 6 | The United Kingdom |
1984, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2006-Race 1, 2007-Race 2 |
| 5 | Hong Kong |
1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1993 |
| The Netherlands |
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005-Race 2 | |
| 4 | Italy |
1985, 1987, 1991, 1992 |
| 3 | Japan |
1974, 1975, 1990 |
| 1 |  Venezuela |
1986 |
 Brazil |
2005-Race 1 | |
 Switzerland |
2007-Race 1 |
[edit] By manufacturer
| Win(s) | Manufacturer | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | BMW |
1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005-Race 2, 2006-Race 1, 2006-Race 2, 2007-Race 2 |
| 6 | Toyota |
1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1995 |
| 3 | Porsche |
1976, 1979, 1982 |
| 2 | Audi |
1996, 1999 |
 Volvo |
1985, 1986 | |
| 1 | Austin |
1972 |
| Jaguar |
1984 | |
 Ford |
1989 | |
| Nissan |
1990 | |
| Alfa Romeo |
2005-Race 1 | |
| Chevrolet |
2007-Race 1 |
