2012 FIA WTCC, Rounds 23 & 24 – Race Reports

FIA World Touring Car Championship, Rounds 23 and 24, Macau, China, November 15th/18th 2012 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Cool, cloudy. Round 23: At Macau this lunchtime another Titantic struggle for the WTCC title finally reached its climax with Rob Huff (Chevrolet Cruze) taking his first title in the marque’s final works outing,…

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…

Travel 2011 – Macau, Day 4

Wednesday 16th November Wednesday we didn’t intend achieving much though we did have to go and collect the long lens from the locker in the press centre (my fault for leaving it there and not thinking that I would need it on Thursday morning and wouldn’t necessarily want to go all the way to the…

Travel 2007 – Macau, Day 8

Sunday, 18th November 2007 – Macau, Day 8 I made another early start on Sunday, figuring that it might be interesting to get out for the warm up at 8 am and take some pictures of the WTCC cars as well as our boys. So I set the alarm for 7, got up, and gulped…

Travel 2007 – Macau, Day 4

Wednesday, 14th November 2007 – Macau, Day 4 Wednesday as ever was the day when things really kicked off. We made a reasonably early start, but Glyn was missing in action this time, having overslept, That’s what he gets for turning up a day later than us. The same effect 24 hours later! So Lynne…

Travel 2006 – Macau, Day 3

Monday, 13th November 2006 – Macau Monday I got up just before 8 and went off to investigate the hotel gym. It proved to be precisely 5 pieces of equipment, none of them a treadmill, on the 23rd floor, with the French windows open to the elements and more importantly the humid Macanese air. I…

Travel/Food 2005 – Macau

Saturday, 12th/Tuesday 22nd November 2005 – Macau We wasted a lot of the day at the airport, but it was worth checking in early to get the extra legroom seats on the plane. Virgin now sell these seats, at £50 extra each. They were, however, doing a promotion of buy one get one free, so…

Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 4

Wednesday, 17th November 2004 – Macau, Day 4 The fun started today, with the CTM Sprint Race, organised to publicise the 51st Macau Grand Prix. In previous years they’ve done all sorts of things from rickshaw races, to martial arts competitions, dragon boat races and calligraphy sessions. This year the competitors had to run a…