By Over the last seven decades, there have been thirty Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix winners.
Nine nations (plus tenth because 1969 race winner, originally born in England, John MacDonald raced as Hong Kong exponent – he is also the only competitor in history to win two, four-wheel Macau GP’s), have past, current event Champions.
Peter Hickman bids this week for his fifth Guia Circuit success, Erno Kostamo, Davey Todd both bid for second victory attainments (Todd was-declared last year, race winner, with results going back to qualifying, the race did not take place due to the weather.)
Will we see a new and thirty first different winner since 1967? That is a question which will soon be-answered.
Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix winners, 1967-2024, are detailed below:
(Event wins accumulation near racer’s name.)
Michael Rutter (England) – 9
Ron Haslam (England) – 6
Stuart Easton (Scotland) – 4
Peter Hickman (England) – 4
Sadao Asami (Japan) – 3
Steve Hislop (Scotland) – 3
Hiroshi Hasegawa (Japan) – 2
Mick Grant (England) – 2
Steve Plater (England) – 2
John MacDonald (Hong Kong / England) – 1
Benny Hidayat (Indonesia) – 1
Akiyasu Motohashi (Japan) – 1
Ikujiro Takai (Japan) – 1
Ken Araoka (Japan) – 1
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (Japan) – 1
Hideo Kanaya (Japan) – 1
Chas Mortimer (England) – 1
Kevin Schwantz (United States of America) – 1
Robert Dunlop (Northern Ireland) – 1
Didier De Radigues (Belgium) – 1
Carl Fogarty (England) – 1
Mike Edwards (England) – 1
Phillip McCallen (Northern Ireland) – 1
Andreas Hofmann (Switzerland) – 1
David Jefferies (England) – 1
John McGuinness (England) – 1
Ian Hutchinson (England) – 1
Glenn Irwin (Northern Ireland) – 1
Erno Kostamo (Finland) – 1
Davey Todd (England) – 1
(Racers with the exact same number of wins, sorted by earlier achievement).
An added Macau Grand Prix stats bonus for roads scene aficionados:
Race wins by nations:
England – 30
Japan – 10
Scotland – 7
Northern Ireland – 3
Hong Kong / England – 1
Indonesia – 1
United States of America – 1
Belgium – 1
Switzerland – 1
Finland – 1
Active Motorcycle Macau Grand Prix years before 2025 edition: 56 (1967–2019 and 2022–2024)
Wins per motorcycle brand:
Yamaha – 22
Honda (including Elf-Honda) – 16
BMW – 6
Suzuki – 4
Kawasaki – 4
Ducati – 4
Photo credit: Charles Robertson
Words by Jan Vavra
