(Nov.18.2012)

Dawn of the morning of the 59th Macau Grand Prix saw slightly wet conditions.

However all the GT cars used dry tires when they entered to the starting grids.


･Nov.18.2012
　Weather : Cloudy
　Track : Dry
　Temperature : 72ﾟF
　Road surface temperature : 73.5ﾟF

The CITY OF DREAMS MACAU GT CUP started a 12 lap race a under cloudy sky.

Lucas Di GRASSI (Ferrari 458 GT3), on YOKOHAMA, showed a great start and got in the lead from 2nd on the grid.

Just after he was passed by a rival, another car crashed to a wall, and safety car was on the course. The safety car lead until 8 laps, then the green flag was waved at 9 laps.

Di GRASSI could not get a higher position, and finished 2nd. However after the race finished, the start of Di GRASSI was considered as a jump start, and 60 seconds added to his finish time, so Di GRASSI fell to 17th.

The best position of YOKOHAMA users was a Japanese driver Akira IIDA (McLaren MP4-12C) who finished 4th. Winner in the final race of GT ASIA was a Chinese driver LI Zhi Cong (Porsche 911 GT3R), recording 6th overall.

MOK Weng Sun (Ferrari 458 GT3) who was 2nd in GT ASIA came, 7th overall, and became the champion of the GT ASIA Series 2012.