The entry course of has began for the FIA GT and the FIA FR World Cups held from 14-17 November as a part of the 2024 Macau Grand Prix
The seventh version of the FIA GT World Cup and the inaugural FIA FR World Cup will co-headline the 71st working of the Macau Grand Prix, historically held on the famend 6.1-kilometre Guia Circuit.
Entries for the FIA GT World Cup are actually open, and will likely be accepted till 12:00CET on 29 July through a devoted registration platform, with a most of 23 grid slots.
For the FIA FR World Cup, entries will stay open till 24 July, with the grid having the ability to accommodate a most of 27 Tatuus System Regional chassis outfitted with Autotecnica-built Alfa Romeo engines.
Each competitions will likely be held throughout two race heats, with Saturday’s qualifying races adopted by Sunday’s title-deciding important races. As in earlier iterations of this historic competitors, the FIA FR World Cup will function two qualifying periods.
Race durations for the FIA’s most prestigious title for GT3 equipment will likely be 12 and 16 laps respectively, whereas System Regional vehicles will race on the distances of 10 and 15 laps.
Sustaining the custom of FIA-sanctioned single-seater racing on the Guia Circuit, the FIA FR World Cup winner will even be recognised as the general winner of the Macau Grand Prix.
Emanuele Pirro, President of the FIA Single-Seater Committee, stated: “The FIA FR World Cup represents the last word take a look at for drivers on the junior single-seater ladder, Macau is a dream circuit and the best location for such a one-off occasion. With the opening of the entry course of on 12 June we’re anticipating quite a lot of curiosity from groups and drivers from throughout the worldwide community of System Regional Championships, Licensed by FIA and past. The entry course of will likely be rigorous, and we’ll be sure that the brightest rising skills are those who take to the observe in Macau in November. The drivers will like it.”
Marek Nawarecki, FIA Senior Circuit Sport Director, stated: “Final 12 months’s return of the FIA GT World Cup to Macau turned out to be an important success story. The GT3 ruleset goes from power to power, with just about all of the premium producers not solely having presence on this class, but in addition growing new vehicles. Due to this fact, for 2024 we’re trying ahead to even perhaps stronger occasion with a few of the world’s finest GT drivers on the grid and hopefully much more producers represented.”
