As the countdown to the Grand Prix begins, keep track of the drivers and riders who could be Macau-bound this November!
Formula 3
Newcomers to the British Formula 3 Championship drivers were given their first taste of a street circuit in June at Pau in France. Looking ahead to November, and no doubt hoping to earn a coveted invitation to the Blue Riband Macau event, Carlin star Oliver Jarvis said:
"It's nice to experience a street circuit and should help us for Macau." 
Räikkönen Robertson Racing's Mike Conway won both races in the Championship Class, while Rodolfo Gonzalez and Juho Annala took a win apiece in the National Class. However, it was Macau's very own Rodolfo Avila who was runner up in the second race in the National Class, the 19-year-old scoring his first podium finish in European motorsport:
"As I'm from Macau, I've grown up watching street circuit racing, and it gives me great pleasure to be on the podium at a street circuit. My first podium is dedicated to all my sponsors, to Macau and to every Macanese,"
he said.
Only the brightest stars in the world of Formula 3 earn a seat in the Macau Grand Prix, the FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup, and, while it is still early days and all the drivers have several more opportunities to shine.
Conway's experience of the Macau's Guia Circuit last year may well have helped him dominate the streets of Pau, and he now tops the championship leaderboard ahead of Bruno Senna, nephew of the late racing legend Ayrton. Senna has competed in Macau twice, finishing second in the 2004 Formula Renault race there, and making his Macau Formula 3 debut last year.
The Macau Grand Prix is the recognised testing ground for future stars, and this year 18 of the 22 drivers competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship have raced in Macau.
In other news Macau regular, Carlin Motorsports, notched up the team's 100th race win in April. Since the UK-based teams' first win in 1999, it has recorded an impressive tally of 71 British F3 wins, 11 International F3 wins, 8 Nissan/Renault World Series wins, 9 Formula BMW wins and a single win in the Porsche Super Cup.
