FIA GT World Cup Macau 2015

The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time overall that Grand Touring (GT) sports car machinery competed in the autonomous territory of Macau. It was held in the streets of the city on 22 November and was contested as a non-championship race as part of the GT Asia Series in GT3-specification cars. The event promoter, the Automobile General Association Macau-China, appointed the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to help bring a grid together. The race itself was made up of two races: a 12-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the 14-lap main race.

The main race was won by Mercedes AMG Driving Academy driver Maro Engel from pole position, having won the Qualification Race the previous afternoon after the on the road victor Edoardo Mortara was penalised ten seconds for brake testing him. Mortara accelerated faster than Engel at the rolling start before he lost the lead back to the former soon later. Engel then led for the rest of the race which ended two laps early due to a multi-car accident behind the safety car and the result was counted back two laps. Second place went to the highest-placed Audi R8 LMS of René Rast, while the podium was completed by Stefan Mücke in the Craft-Bamboo Racing entered Aston Martin Vantage V12.

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The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time overall that Grand Touring (GT) sports car machinery competed in the autonomous territory of Macau. It was held in the streets of the city on 22 November and was contested as a non-championship race as part of the GT Asia Series in GT3-specification cars. The event promoter, the Automobile General Association Macau-China, appointed the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to help bring a grid together. The race itself was made up of two races: a 12-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the 14-lap main race.

The main race was won by Mercedes AMG Driving Academy driver Maro Engel from pole position, having won the Qualification Race the previous afternoon after the on the road victor Edoardo Mortara was penalised ten seconds for brake testing him. Mortara accelerated faster than Engel at the rolling start before he lost the lead back to the former soon later. Engel then led for the rest of the race which ended two laps early due to a multi-car accident behind the safety car and the result was counted back two laps. Second place went to the highest-placed Audi R8 LMS of René Rast, while the podium was completed by Stefan Mücke in the Craft-Bamboo Racing entered Aston Martin Vantage V12.

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