Tiago Monteiro (pictured) took victory in the Suncity Group Macau Guia Race yesterday – delivering his first ever win around the challenging Guia street circuit. The veteran driver had started the main event from third on the grid, but made a brilliant getaway to surge into the lead past front row starters Stefano Comini of Switzerland and Jean Karl Vernay of France.
He was able to build up enough of a gap to hold on to his advantage through Lisboa, and seemed to be in full control until a red flag was brought out on lap three after Hong Kong’s Sunny Wong had crashed at Police and his car blocked the track.
After a lengthy delay to clear the track, the race was eventually restarted behind a safety car for what would be a two-lap shoot-out. Monteiro got away cleanly again though, and instead the man coming under the most pressure was second placed Comini. Comini’s Leopard Racing teammate Vernay had got a good slipstream away from the line and was able to drag past the Swiss driver on the run down to Lisboa.
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