Macau’s Guia circuit has a reputation for being brutally unforgiving. With drivers negotiating the streets at high speeds and millimetres from the walls, it is inevitable that some accidents will happen. But that does not excuse the 12 red-flag periods that occurred during qualifying for this year’s Macau Grand Prix.
Yes, there are some mitigating factors that explain the volume of incidents, aside from just a tricky track. After all, this is the first time Formula Regional cars have run around Macau’s streets as the category is replacing FIA F3 for the governing body’s single-seater World Cup for this year, meaning teams do not have a bank of data to call upon for the best set-ups and lines around the circuit in these particular machines.
