Travel 2011 – Macau, Hong Kong, Days 10 and 11

Monday 21st November Considering the lateness of the night before, I was surprised to wake up around 08:00, and even more surprised that I actually felt well enough to have breakfast. Lynne refused to move so I went alone, wondering if the rest of the party would make it or not. They did and we…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Race Results

58th Macau Grand Prix, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Final Race Results: 1st – No. 12, Daniel Juncadella, ESP, Prema Powerteam, Dallara, Mercedes, 42:17.099, 15 laps 2nd – No. 7, Felipe Nasr, BRA, Carlin, Dallara, Volkswagen, gap 0.359 3rd – No. 1, Marco Wittmann, GER, Signature, Dallara, Volkswagen, gap…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Race Report

58th Macau Grand Prix – FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Cool, dry, cloudy. Threatening rain. Race Report: The Macau Grand Prix is often the source of major carnage and today was no real exception with Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam) coming through to head…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – FIA WTCC Rds 23 & 24

58th Macau Grand Prix – FIA World Touring Car Championship, Rounds 23 and 24, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Warm, dry, cloudy. Race Report (Round 23): At Macau today the WTCC was finally decided in favour of Yvan Muller (Chevrolet), the Frenchman now a triple world champion. It…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Grand Prix Grid

58th Macau Grand Prix, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Final Race Grid: 1st – No. 1, Marco Wittmann, GER, Signature, Dallara, Volkswagen* 2nd – No. 7, Felipe Nasr, BRA, Carlin, Dallara, Volkswagen 3rd – No. 11, Roberto Merhi, ESP, Prema Powerteam, Dallara, Mercedes 4th – No. 26, Valtteri Bottas,…

Travel 2011 – Macau, Day 8

Sunday November 20th Sunday morning was not funny. The alarm went off far too early and I dragged my somewhat reluctant self to Melco, arriving there just after 07:00 only to find that the 07:15 start was actually an 07:30 start and that actually by the time the track was clear, it was really an…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Qualifying Race Results

58th Macau Grand Prix, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Qualification Race Results: 1st – No. 1, Marco Wittmann, GER, Signature, Dallara, Volkswagen, 10 laps 2nd – No. 7, Felipe Nasr, BRA, Carlin, Dallara, Volkswagen, gap 0.867 3rd – No. 11, Roberto Merhi, ESP, Prema Powerteam, Dallara, Mercedes, gap 3.483…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Qualifying Race Report

© Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas The qualification race for tomorrow’s 58th Macau Grand Prix went the way of pole man Marco Wittmann (Signature), despite the best efforts of a number of other drivers, most especially Felipe Nasr (Carlin), the Brazilian having led for around a nanosecond before the German came back at him and…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Qualifying Race Grid

58th Macau Grand Prix, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas   After all the penalties have been applied, here’s what the grid for the qualification race now looks like, Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam) has been penalised 7 grid places for causing a collision with Felix Rosenqvist (Mücke Motorsport), while Rosenqvist…

2011 Macau Grand Prix – Second Qualifying Report

58th Macau Grand Prix – FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup, Macau, China, November 17th/20th 2011 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Hot, extremely humid. Qualifying Session 2 Report: This afternoon’s second and final qualifying session saw a battle between Marco Wittmann and Roberto Merhi, the pair battling it out now the weather had improved…