History is to be made at next month’s Macau Grand Prix with the entry of well-known Dutch female racer Nadieh Schoots and it will also be the first time two motorcycle races have been staged on one day, both over eight laps of the 3.8-mile track. But rules may have to be changed to allow a smaller field than the 22 entries currently required.
This historic event, the 54th, is returning to the Guia road circuit, regarded by many as one of the more dangerous, after an absence of two years.
And so far has attracted only 15 entries with a month to go. One of them is former WorldSBK and Supersport rider Sheridan Morais, another is Joey Thompson on the Heatteach racing BMW S1000RR.
Thompson describes competing at Macau as “chasing the dream” in spite of the travelling costs and quarantine which still applies to foreign visitors.