Race details | ||
---|---|---|
Date | 18 November 2018 | |
Official name | 65th Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup | |
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: Overcast Main Race: Overcast | |
Qualifying Race | ||
Pole | ||
Driver | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Time | 2:11.004 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Time | 2:10.620 (on lap 9) | |
Podium | ||
First | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Second | Joel Eriksson | Motopark Academy |
Third | Callum Ilott | Carlin |
Main Race | ||
Pole | ||
Driver | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Time | 2:10.246 (on lap 13) | |
Podium | ||
First | Dan Ticktum | Motopark Academy |
Second | Joel Eriksson | Motopark Academy |
Third | Sacha Fenestraz | Carlin |
The 2018 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 65th Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 18 November 2018. Unlike other races, such as the Pau Grand Prix, the 2018 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2018 race was the 65th running of the Macau Grand Prix, the 36th for Formula Three cars and the 3rd edition of the FIA F3 World Cup.
The Grand Prix was won by Motopark Academy driver Dan Ticktum from pole position, having won the qualification race the previous afternoon. The race was stopped for more than one hour because of a major accident that saw Sophia Flörsch of Van Amersfoort Racing sustain spinal fractures. She catapulted into the catch fence above a barrier beside the circuit and struck a photographer's bunker after a collision with the rear of Carlin's Jehan Daruvala. Another driver, Sho Tsuboi, two photographers and a track marshal sustained injuries. Ticktum held off his teammate Joel Eriksson after the restart to become the third driver in history to win the Macau Grand Prix back-to-back after Edoardo Mortara in 2009 and 2010 and Felix Rosenqvist in 2014 and 2015. Eriksson finished second and third was another Carlin driver, Sacha Fenestraz.