An unfortunate end to the inaugural SRO GT Cup finale in Macau
Sunday, November 16, 2025
The expectations of the circuit lived up to their name during the earlier Free Practice session where two thirds of the twenty-five strong grid were unable to post a single time thanks to multiple session interruptions for those in strife around the 3.8-mile Guia circuit.
That situation progressed into Friday Qualifying where three further red flag interruptions saw most crews complete eleven laps of the circuit – not all at full racing speed obviously and that left Yang with a late last lap lunge to claim a P13 starting slot ahead of the Sunday morning race.
A dry and warm 08:00 start to the day for the cars that did make it to the grid saw at least three cars at the tail end of the pack make early contact with one another to see bodywork flying and cars come to a smoking halt bringing out the Safety Car for the first time.
On the restart, further contact front and rear to the pack saw another three cars taken out of the race with the Safety Car again being called, still without a full racing lap having been completed but with Yang now up to P10.
Another restart and unfortunately more contact or driver error saw a further two cars facing the wrong way or in the barrier for the race to finish behind the Safety Car for a race that was never a race. Yang did manage to steal another position after that last restart to claim a P9 finish for his efforts.
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