This weekend sees the 66th running of the Macau Grand Prix around the extremely tight and twisty street circuit near Zhuhai in south-eastern China and features two Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4's competing in the supporting Suncity Group Greater Bay Area GT Cup race.

With the continued backing and support of both the regionally based BSEM AMR team and their Prodrive partners, gentleman driver David Pun returns with a one car for himself with another for returning customer racer Alex Chang.


David Pun raced a full season in the China GT Championship this year, initially with Yves Volte in the older, normally aspirated V8 Vantage GT4 before progressing to the new turbo charged iteration of race car once one had cleared customs from the Prodrive factory. He then went on to claim both pole positions and race podiums (including wins) with the assistance of AMR factory driver Ross Gunn later in the Championship. His #19 car will feature the prominent logo's of his Japanese Evisu clothing business on this and four other race cars featuring at the event.

His race car also exists in a very cool 1/43 die cast format.


Chang also returns to the team having raced with them last year in one of BSEM's normally aspirated Vantages in the Macau Racing Festival that is raced mid season where he also enjoyed podium success.


Track action for these guys begins on Thursday with the first of the Free Practice sessions before Qualifying on Saturday. Their twelve lap race begins early on Sunday morning at 09:35hrs (local).

Photo credits - David Pun / Social media

Sadly neither will be the new AMR Vantage GT3 and neither will be racing within the headlining FIA GT World Cup race, but two Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4's will be racing in the supporting Suncity Group Geater Bay Area GT Cup race at the event for Chinese AMR Partner team BSEM non the less.


More known for their exploits in the China GT Championship with just a single 2019 specification AMR Vantage GT4, the team will very soon be receiving a second brand new chassis from the Prodrive factory in England in time for this event that starts on the 14th November.


Both cars will feature solo drivers with full China GT racer David Pun in the #19 car and Alex Chang in the #39 car as both will race amongst a grid of twenty seven cars as for a twelve lap race around the streets of Macau on the Sunday morning.


Part of this seasons China GT Championship has been around various street and hybrid circuits with Pun taking coaching advice from both Yves Volte and Ross Gunn during the season but from memory, none of these circuits will compare to that of Macau!

Photo credits - BSEM

After nearly a two month break, the China GT Championship returns to the track with the third round's two races around around the Shanghai International Circuit this weekend.

BSEM Asia Sonic Racing will be back again with their mix of old and new iteration Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4's after something of a frustrating audition for the brand new #618 car in the Asian arena after a pit stop infringement and then puncture thwarted early promise aboard the new race car for drivers David Pun and Yves Volte in the previous two races.


For the teams second pairing of Zhang Fangxuan and Wu Pei, they had something of a nightmare last time out with the older, normally aspirated version of the Vantage GT4 cutting out during the races forcing recovery from the circuit.

All will be hoping for some reward for their efforts this weekend.