Take a Forty-five minute cruise from Hong Kong by high speed ferry and you will arrive in Macau which consists of a peninsula at the southeast bank of Zhu Jiang and an island.
The ex-Portuguese overseas domain has flourished with tourism and trade.
Even after its recession to China in 1999, Macau is a popular tourist destination with its particular taste generated from the mixture of Eastern and Western cultures.

And once a year, Macau is filled up with the smell of burning oil and rubber, as well as roaring exhaust noise. That is the Macau Grand Prix.

Inaugurated in 1954, the race has been held on a temporary street circuit that utilises public roads.
The track between guard rails is narrow and bumpy with much undulation and there is virtually no escape zone.
Therefore, one small mistake could well lead to heavy damage to a car, which keeps the driver under additional tension during the race.

In recent years, the Grand Prix consists of several races of both two and four wheels, but the two major categories of the weekend are the FIA World Touring Car Championship races and the FIA Intercontinental Cup races.
On this tricky street circuit, the former deploys very close fights with touring cars that are much hotter than those in other permanent circuits.
Of course, ADVAN is designated as the single spec tire for every WTCC round.

And the latter, known as the "race for the champion of the champions", is fought by top contenders from every regional Formula Three championship around the world.
Many drivers have actually been picked up by Formula One teams after some impressive performances in this event.

In the FIA Intercontinental Cup, ADVAN is designated as the single spec tire and all drivers must use them.
This means that both major categories, WTCC and F3, of the Macau Grand Prix weekend are run on ADVAN tires.

Those tires are required to perform well, and respond to drivers' demands, under the unique circumstances of the street circuit.
At the same time, it is important that the single spec control tires deliver an equal level of performance to all the competitors, regardless of the differences in cars or driving styles.

With the pinnacle of touring car races and the battle of young drivers who are looking to the top category of formula car, namely Formula One, the major part of Macau Grand Prix is to be run on ADVAN tires and should provide lively and exciting competition throughout the weekend.