While much of social media has been abuzz with Laurens Vanthoor winning the GT3 World Cup at the Macau Grand Prix by sliding across the start-finish line upside-down, the headlining open-wheel race at Macau had its own insanity. The Formula 3 World Cup mostly features up-and-coming formula-car racers on the narrow, winding course around the island of Macau. The race is manic and tempting; many of the parts of the track that look like passing opportunities leave nothing but treachery and pain. Even just making a tiny mistake can have disastrous results, as seen on Lap 1 of the Qualification Race.
At just one corner (about 0:45 into the video), three consecutive drivers carry just a tiny bit too much speed through the final corner. That extra bit of momentum carries them all the way to the outside of the corner, where three cars in a row all smack the black-and-yellow Armco barrier. When one driver far to the right in a yellow car slows to avoid the pile-up, another car behind drives over the back of and goes airborne. The airborne car nearly comes down on the yellow car’s driver’s head. It’s an insanely close near miss and a still another reminder that Macau might be the craziest street circuit in the world.
