2006 Macau Grand Prix


Race details


Date	19 November 2006
Official name	53rd Polytec Macau Grand Prix
Location	Guia Circuit, Macau
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race 10 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi) Main Race 15 laps, 91.800 km (57.042 mi)
Weather	Qualifying Race: Bright and dry Main Race: Cloudy and dry
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3
Time	2:13.449
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mike Conway	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing
Time	2:13.457 (on lap 4 of 10)
Podium
First	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3
Second	Marko Asmer	Hitech Racing
Third	Kohei Hirate	Manor Motorsport
Main Race
Pole
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3
Fastest Lap
Driver	Roberto Streit	Prema Powerteam
Time	2:12.527 (on lap 12 of 15)
Podium
First	Mike Conway	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing
Second	Richard Antinucci	ASM Formule 3
Third	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S

The 2006 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 53rd Macau Grand Prix race held on the streets of Macau on 19 November 2006. It was supported by the 2006 Guia Race of Macau.

Entry list

2006 Entry List^[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Main series
Manor Motorsport	1	Kohei Hirate	F305	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	2	Kazuki Nakajima	F305		Formula 3 Euro Series
	3	James Jakes	F305		British Formula 3
ASM Formule 3	4	Richard Antinucci	F306	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
	5	Paul di Resta	F305
	6	Kamui Kobayashi	F305
TOM'S	7	Adrian Sutil	F305	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
TOM'S	8	Kazuya Oshima	F305	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
Carlin Motorsport	9	Sebastian Vettel	F305	Mugen-Honda	Formula 3 Euro Series
	10	Oliver Jarvis	F305		British Formula 3
	11	Sébastien Buemi	F305		Formula 3 Euro Series
	12	Maro Engel	F305		British Formula 3
ThreeBond Racing	14	Fabio Carbone	F305	ThreeBond Nissan	All-Japan Formula Three
Fortec Motorsport	15	Yelmer Buurman	F305	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
Signature	16	Romain Grosjean	F305	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
Signature	17	Charlie Kimball	F306	Mercedes-HWA	Formula 3 Euro Series
Hitech Racing	18	Marko Asmer	F305	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
	19	Roldán Rodríguez	F305		Spanish Formula Three
	20	Máximo Cortés	F305		Spanish Formula Three
Prema Powerteam	21	Koudai Tsukakoshi	F306	Mercedes-HWA	All-Japan Formula Three
Prema Powerteam	22	Roberto Streit	F306	Mercedes-HWA	All-Japan Formula Three
Performance Racing	23	Rodolfo Ávila	F305	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Alan Docking Racing	24	Jonathan Kennard	F305	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Alan Docking Racing	25	Lou Meng Cheong	F305	Mugen-Honda	Asian Formula Three Championship
Raikkonen-Robertson Racing	26	Mike Conway	F306	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
Raikkonen-Robertson Racing	27	Stephen Jelley	F305	Mercedes-HWA	British Formula 3
Ombra Racing	28	Michael Ho	F306	Mugen-Honda	Formula V6 Asia
Ombra Racing	29	Mauro Massironi	F305	Mugen-Honda	Italian Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	30	Jo Merszei	F305	Toyota-TOM'S
Swiss Racing Team	31	Lei Kit Meng	F305	Opel-Spiees	Asian Formula Three Championship
EMS Racing	32	Daisuke Ikeda	F305	Toyota-TOM'S	All-Japan Formula Three
ZAP Speed	33	James Winslow	F305	Toyota-TOM'S	Asian Formula Three Championship

Notes

↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying is split into two sessions, both of which being 45 minutes. One session was held on November 15 and another was held on November 16, with the best times of each driver counting towards the grid for the qualifying race.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap	Grid
1	6	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3	2:14.500	4	2:13.449	1		1
2	1	Kohei Hirate	Manor Motorsport	2:14.256	2	2:13.566	2	+0.117	2
3	16	Romain Grosjean	Signature	2:14.404	3	2:13.930	3	+0.481	3
4	18	Marko Asmer	Hitech Racing	2:13.965	1	2:15.108	14	+0.516	4
5	4	Richard Antinucci	ASM Formule 3	2:15.242	7	2:14.105	4	+0.656	15¹
6	5	Paul di Resta	ASM Formule 3	2:15.593	10	2:14.175	5	+0.726	5
7	22	Roberto Streit	Prema Powerteam	2:15.449	8	2:14.217	6	+0.768	6
8	2	Kazuki Nakajima	Manor Motorsport	2:16.302	14	2:14.231	7	+0.782	7
9	17	Charlie Kimball	Signature	2:15.479	9	2:14.379	8	+0.930	8
10	9	Sebastian Vettel	Carlin Motorsport	2:16.620	16	2:14.390	9	+0.941	9
11	21	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Prema Powerteam	2:15.957	11	2:14.553	10	+1.104	10
12	26	Mike Conway	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	2:14.755	6	2:14.578	11	+1.129	11
13	14	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing	2:14.745	5	2:14.853	12	+1.296	12
14	12	Maro Engel	Carlin Motorsport	2:16.102	12	2:14.857	13	+1.408	13
15	7	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S	2:16.978	17	2:15.159	15	+1.710	14
16	27	Stephen Jelley	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	2:17.320	20	2:14.490	16	+2.041	16
17	11	Sébastien Buemi	Carlin Motorsport	2:16.280	13	2:15.614	17	+2.165	17
18	32	Daisuke Ikeda	EMS Racing	2:17.533	21	2:15.786	18	+2.337	18
19	3	James Jakes	Manor Motorsport	2:17.244	19	2:16.010	19	+2.561	19
20	8	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S	2:16.575	15	no time		+3.126	30²
21	24	Jonathan Kennard	Alan Docking Racing	2:18.211	23	2:16.644	20	+3.496	20
22	10	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport	2:17.121	18	2:16.945	21	+3.195	21
23	15	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport	2:18.093	22	2:17.091	22	+3.496	22
24	20	Máximo Cortés	Hitech Racing	2:20.443	27	2:17.191	23	+3.642	23
25	19	Roldán Rodríguez	Hitech Racing	2:19.148	25	2:17.286	24	+3.837	24
26	29	Mauro Massironi	Ombra Racing	2:18.654	24	2:18.494	25	+5.045	25
27	33	James Winslow	ZAP Speed	2:20.699	29	2:18.957	26	+5.508	26
28	23	Rodolfo Avila	Performance Racing	2:20.484	28	2:19.016	27	+5.567	27
29	28	Michael Ho	Ombra Racing	2:20.894	26	2:20.590	28	+7.141	28¹
30	30	Lou Meng Cheong	Swiss Racing Team	2:24.118	30	2:25.917	29	+10.669	29
31	31	Lei Kit Meng	Swiss Racing Team	2:24.662	31	no time		+11.213	31
32	30	Jo Merszei	Swiss Racing Team	2:27.708	32	2:26.326	30	+12.877	32
110% qualifying time: 2:26.793
Bold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order.

1.^ – Antinucci and Ho were penalized, their fastest lap times were deleted.^[2]

2.^ – Oshima was penalized by changing the engine, he was given a penalty of 10-grid demotion.^[2]

Qualification Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3	10	22:45.199	1
2	18	Marko Asmer	Hitech Racing	10	+3.333	4
3	1	Kohei Hirate	Manor Motorsport	10	+3.935	2
4	5	Paul di Resta	ASM Formule 3	10	+6.715	5
5	21	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Prema Powerteam	10	+9.714	10
6	7	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S	10	+10.328	14
7	26	Mike Conway	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	10	+10.892	11
8	2	Kazuki Nakajima	Manor Motorsport	10	+12.686	7
9	4	Richard Antinucci	ASM Formule 3	10	+15.517	15
10	17	Charlie Kimball	Signature	10	+15.950	8
11	10	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport	10	+17.756	21
12	11	Sébastien Buemi	Carlin Motorsport	10	+19.495	17
13	27	Stephen Jelley	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	10	+20.181	16
14	32	Daisuke Ikeda	EMS Racing	10	+21.526	18
15	16	Romain Grosjean	Signature	10	+22.476	3
16	8	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S	10	+35.924	30
17	29	Mauro Massironi	Ombra Racing	10	+42.497	25
18	20	Máximo Cortés	Hitech Racing	10	+42.802	23
19	33	James Winslow	ZAP Speed	10	+45.174	26
20	3	James Jakes	Manor Motorsport	10	+45.486	19
21	19	Roldán Rodríguez	Hitech Racing	10	+46.310	24
22	14	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing	10	+1:09.008	12
23	28	Michael Ho	Ombra Racing	10	+1:19.886	28
24	23	Rodolfo Avila	Performance Racing	10	+1:30.749	27
25	30	Lou Meng Cheong	Swiss Racing Team	10	+1:50.156	29
26	31	Lei Kit Meng	Swiss Racing Team	10	+2:16.132	31
27	30	Jo Merszei	Swiss Racing Team	9	+1 lap	32
Ret	9	Sebastian Vettel	Carlin Motorsport	8	D.N.F	9
Ret	24	Jonathan Kennard	Alan Docking Racing	8	D.N.F	20
Ret	15	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport	8	D.N.F	22
Ret	22	Roberto Streit	Prema Powerteam	1	D.N.F	6
Ret	12	Maro Engel	Carlin Motorsport	1	D.N.F	13
Fastest lap: Mike Conway, 2:13.457, 165.08 km/h (102.58 mph) on lap 7^[2]

Main Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	26	Mike Conway	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	15	39:35.404	7
2	4	Richard Antinucci	ASM Formule 3	15	+1.489	9
3	7	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S	15	+2.055	6
4	11	Sébastien Buemi	Carlin Motorsport	15	+7.409	12
5	16	Romain Grosjean	Signature	15	+8.752	5
6	3	James Jakes	Manor Motorsport	15	+23.963	20
7	8	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S	15	+29.948	16
8	15	Yelmer Buurman	Fortec Motorsport	15	+35.978	29
9	12	Maro Engel	Carlin Motorsport	15	+36.494	31
10	14	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing	15	+36.904	22
11	27	Stephen Jelley	Räikkönen-Robertson Racing	15	+44.681	13
12	33	James Winslow	ZAP Speed	15	+45.128	19
13	18	Marko Asmer	Hitech Racing	15	+45.466	2
14	29	Mauro Massironi	Ombra Racing	15	+50.021	17
15	10	Oliver Jarvis	Carlin Motorsport	15	+50.142	15
16	24	Jonathan Kennard	Alan Docking Racing	15	+54.400	28
17	19	Roldán Rodríguez	Hitech Racing	15	+56.547	21
18	32	Daisuke Ikeda	EMS Racing	15	+58.457	14
19	6	Kamui Kobayashi	ASM Formule 3	15	+1:02.141	1
20	28	Michael Ho	Ombra Racing	15	+1:46.823	23
21	17	Charlie Kimball	Signature	15	+2:03.556	10
22	30	Lou Meng Cheong	Swiss Racing Team	15	+2:06.282	25
23	9	Sebastian Vettel	Carlin Motorsport	14	+1 lap	32³
24	22	Roberto Streit	Prema Powerteam	14	+1 lap	30
25	30	Jo Merszei	Swiss Racing Team	14	+1 lap	27
26	31	Lei Kit Meng	Swiss Racing Team	14	+1 lap	26
27	1	Kohei Hirate	Manor Motorsport	13	+2 laps	3
Ret	21	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Prema Powerteam	12	Retired	5
Ret	2	Kazuki Nakajima	Manor Motorsport	10	Retired	8
Ret	5	Paul di Resta	ASM Formule 3	0	Retired	4
Ret	23	Rodolfo Avila	Performance Racing	0	Retired	24
Ret	20	Máximo Cortés	Hitech Racing	0	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Roberto Streit, 2:12.527, 166.24 km/h (103.30 mph) on lap 12^[2]
Source: ^[2]

3.^ – Vettel was penalized by changing the engine, he was given a penalty of 10-grid demotion.^[2]

References

↑ "MACAU GRAND PRIX-FIA F3 INTERCONTINENTAL CUP" (PDF) (in German). formel 3 guide.com. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Polytec Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix" (PDF). mstworld.com (MST Systems Ltd.). 19 November 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

External links

The official website of the Macau Grand Prix

Macau Grand Prix Formula Three

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