By * 12 nations are represented in the 54th Macau Motorcycle GP.
* Just one of the 15 entrants is Suzuki mounted, Paul ‘Potchy’ Williams.
* Three competitors are Honda powered including ex World Supersport ace Sheridan Morais.
* Teams making their Macau GP debuts include Rebel Racing, WH Racing and Joey Thompson’s suitors HeatTech Racing.
* It’s 25 years since the last non British winner, Andreas Hofmann.
* Kawasaki’s last event success arose in 2014 with Stuart Easton.
* Three of the last four Guia Circuit winners have used Metzeler tyres.
* Racers from Japan on the Macau GP winners list include inaugural race winner Hiroshi Hasegawa, who placed fourth within the Lightweight 250 TT of 1963.
* Suzuki have now gone 31 years since securing victory spoils at Macau.
* Absent from this year’s entry, 2019 race winner Michael Rutter, International road race victories total, stands presently at 30.
* Rutter provided Ducati with their first Macau success back in 2002.
* Combined Ron Haslam, Sadao Asami and Steve Hislop have taken twelve Macau GP wins.
Photo credit: Charles Robertson
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
