Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 42nd Edition

Spectacular Entry for Iconic Race

The Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, the unique two-wheel spectacular which has achieved iconic status with many road racing fans across the globe, boasts a fittingly dazzling field for the 42nd running of the event

Conor Cummins from the Isle of Man is back to compete in his second Grand Prix after the young rider impressed with a fifth-place finish in his debut last year. In 2007, Cummins was crowned Irish Superbike Road Race Champion, Irish Supersport Road Race Champion and Duke Road Race Rankings Champion. The 22-year old had success this year at the Isle of Man TT and North West 200 and races in the British Superstock Championship. Cummins also took part in a one-off race at Croft in the British Supersport Championship.

Cummins will be competing at Macau with Team Of Paris A.I.M. Racing on a Yamaha.  Also with Halfen - Team Of Paris this year are Frenchmen Gerald Muteau, Amaury Baratin, Fabrice Miguet and Pierre Chapuis. Muteau and Chapuis have been racing together in the World Endurance Championship, where they finished 13th in the Le Mans 24 hours. The pair has partnered for several French endurance races and while both have raced at Macau before, Baratin and Miguet will be making their Macau debuts.

Macau Grand Prix Committee
October 13, 2008

• Classic Auto-cycle Museum Club, Classic Bike Club of HK, Classic Car Club of HK and HK
  Automobile Association
• Annual show on the pedestrian area of Chater Road, Central, HK

Team of Paris to present the racing team for Macau 2008		Cover of Moto Finder – HK Magazine Nov 2008

Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau

Grand Prix de Macao - En avant l’équipe française !

La 55eme édition du Grand Prix de Macao a eu lieu du 13 au 16 novembre 2008. Team Of Paris, seule équipe française en compétition, était également la plus importante du circuit en terme d’effectifs  !

Seule équipe française et plus large équipe de l’histoire du circuit avec 5 pilotes présents dans les 2 catégories en course : 600cc et 1000cc, au guidon de 2 Yamaha 1000, 2 Suzuki 1000 et d’une triumph 675 Daytona, Team Of Paris et ses 5 pilotes bravé les pilotes anglo-saxons sur ce circuit mythique, l’un des plus difficiles au monde. En effet, d’une longueur de 6.2km, le circuit de Guia à Macau offre aux spectateurs les émotions uniques d’un circuit en ville. Avec plus 400000 visiteurs tout au long du week end et une couverture média des plus impressionnantes (32 télévisions et plus de 200 journalistes), le grand prix de Macao est l’un des 4 événements les plus importants du monde des sports mécaniques. Deux jours de compétition et de finales en sport automobiles : FIA Formula 3, FIA WTCC et l’unique grand prix moto de Macao.

French Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong, Magazine

Frequency quarterly Exposure 3 months Circulation 6,000 copies Readership 24,000 (3 to 1) Hong Kong's corporate and commercial elite, including company directors, businessmen, entrepreneurs, industrialists, senior managers and professionals, in other terms decision makers of both corporate affairs and family lifestyle.
France team shines at Macau Moto GP 2008 Team of Paris, an organization created in 2005 to support French champions at the Macau Moto Grand Prix, brought the biggest racing French team to date to this year’s event. One of the five members of this team, Gérald Muteau, finished on the podium in the SPP category, a first for France in this event. The 42nd Motorcycle Grand Prix was held in Macau from November 13 -16, 2008.

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Cummins Grabs Pole from Rutter Conor Cumins ridng the Team of Paris AIM racing Yamaha grabbed pole at Macau from Michael Rutter with a storming course record lap of 2 minutes 26.580. Perhaps "grabbed" is undermining Manxman Conor's efforts as he took pole half a second faster than Michael ! "It is my first ever pole so I am really over the moon" said Conor "Now all I have to do is get a good start and do my best to hang in there".		Cummins on the flying lap

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2008 Macau Grand Prix, final positions:
1 Stuart Easton SCO, Doosan Honda, 15 laps
2 Michael Rutter ENG, Discover Ireland NW200 Ducati, +2.722secs
3 John McGuinness ENG, Ventaxia VK Honda, +31.711secs
4 Luis Carreira POR, Benimoto Suzuki Yoshimura, +39.962secs
5 Michael Barnes USA, Ventaxia VK Honda, +39.982secs
6 Stephen Thompson NIR, Sloan Developments, +45.910secs
7 Ian Hutchinson ENG, Aviva Kawasaki, +49.067secs
8 Jeremy Toye USA, Corona Extra Honda Racing, +1min 16.206secs
9 Marc Fissettee BEL, Ixo-Churrascao Racing, +1min 29.503secs
10 Rui Reigoto POR, Vodafone Kawasaki KMS, +1min 34.367secs
11 Keith Amor SCO, AIM Racing, +1min 39.608secs SSP
12 Steve Mercer ENG, DMR Racing, +2mins 04.529secs
13 Gerald Muteau FRA, Halfen Team of Paris, +2mins 04.846secs SSP
14 Fabrice Miguet FRA, Halfen Team of Paris, +2mins 21.831secs
15 Amaury Baratin FRA, Halfen Team of Paris, +1 lap
16 Scott Jensen USA, Moto Garage Racing, +1 lap
17 Joao Fernandes MAC, Macau Racing Team, +1 lap SSP
18 Cheung Wai On HKG, Cheung Wai On, +1 lap SSP
19 Sou Sio Hong MAC, Sou Sio Hong, +1 lap
20 Leong Iok Choi MAC, Leong Iok Choi, +2 laps
Did not finish:
21 Gary Johnson ENG, BTS Racing, 11 laps completed
22 Michael Weynard BEL, IGT-Bike Promotion Racing, 10 laps completed
23 Mark Miller USA, Corona Extra Honda Racing, 8 laps completed
24 Conor Cummins IOM, Team of Paris AIM Racing, 7 laps completed
25 Steve Allan SCO, Aviva Kawasaki, 6 laps completed
26 Cameron Donald AUS, Relentless Suzuki by TAS, 4 laps completed
27 Pierre Chapuis FRA, Halfen Team of Paris, 4 laps completed
28 Jose Leite POR, Suzuki Caepsa BPN, 2 laps completed
29 Ric Penzkofer GER, IGT-Yamaha Austria Racing Team, 1 lap completed SSP
30 Bruce Anstey NZL, Relentless Suzuki by TAS, 0 laps completed
31 Dan Linfoot ENG, Rob Mac Racing, 0 laps completed SSP
32 Thomas Hinterreiter AUT, Macau.com Yart, 0 laps completed

Conor Cummins takes final Macau GP pole position
By blue2bikes November 15 2008
Conor Cummins fought off Michael Rutter during second qualifying for the Macau Grand Prix, to register a time of 2:26.58 seconds, pushing Rutter back to second place. This timestamp sets a new lap record, and puts Conor into pole position for the race. It was expected that Michael would take the lap record, but the fighting Manxman, on his second visit to Macau, had other ideas.
It’s looking like Conor will be the man to beat, and for Michael he could be the thorn in the side that Steve Plater had been in previous years, denying Michael that record breaking seventh win.
Top ten riders after second qualifying:
1 Conor Cummins, 2:26.580
2 Michael Rutter
3 Cameron Donald
4 John McGuinness
5 Ian Hutchinson
6 Stuart Easton
7 Jeremy Toye
8 Mark Miller
9 Luis Carreira
10 Stephen Thompson

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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Macau GP 2008, Reply with quote ... Gerald Muteau FRA Halfen Team of Paris 2mins 36.607secs SSP ...
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Conor Cummins (AIM Racing), Thomas Hinterreiter (Yart), Ian Hutchinson (Aviva Kawasaki) and Jeremy Toye (Corona Honda) completed the top ten positions of a 33-strong field.

In the Supersport class, Rico Penzkofer (IGT-Yamaha Austria Racing Team) was quickest in 15th position overall, ahead of Keith Amor's AIM Yamaha and Gerald Muteau's Halfen Team of Paris Triumph.

10 Nov 2008 ... 15 Nov 2008, Stuart Easton claims a maiden Macau Grand Prix victory after a ... Gerald Muteau FRA Halfen Team of Paris +2mins 04.846secs SSP ...
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By David Miller
Manxman Conor Cummins  grabbed pole position for the 42nd running of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix with a blistering record qualifying lap in the closing stages of the second and deciding timed session at the Far East Classic this morning.

Cummins, on the Team of Paris AIM Racing Yamaha 1000, at only his second appearance at the event, chopped over four seconds off his best lap time in Thursday’s opening qualifying session to grab pole position for the 15-lap race, slicing just under a tenth of a second off the existing record.
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Cummins takes pole for Macau GP

Cummins set a new lap record at the circuit
Conor Cummins set a new lap record as he claimed pole position for Saturday's Macau Grand Prix street race. In seventh spot after Wednesday's first session the 22-year-old bettered his time by four seconds, slicing just under a tenth off the old record. Cummins is making his second appearance in Macau having come fifth last year. Michael Rutter, who is aiming for a record seventh win in the race, starts second on the grid, 0.497 seconds behind the Isle of Man rider. "To make the podium would be great," said Cummins. "It's really competitive this year with Michael [Rutter], John [McGuinness] and Cameron [Donald] in the field and it will be fiercely fought out there on Saturday." "I had some problems with slower riders but that did not delay me too much and I used race tyres instead of qualifying rubber so I am happy enough with my times," said Rutter. Macau Grand Prix qualifying times: Thursday, 13 November 1 C Cummins (Isle Of Man) 2:26:580 (Lap Record) 2 M Rutter (GB) +0.497 3 C Donald (Aus) +0.548 4 J McGuinness (GB) +0.941 5 I Hutchinson (GB) +0.974 6 S Easton (GB) +1.343 7 J Toye (US) +2.643 8 M Miller (US) +2.825 9 L Carreira (Por) +3.004 10 S Thompson (GB) +3.128 http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/getcard.php?lang=en&ecard_get_id=315954100309 http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=hhBzeZ2-oMA