The circuit is called the Guia Circuit and it is about 6.2 kilometres long. Drivers lap the circuit multiple times in a race. The most famous section is called 'Lisboa Bend' — a hairpin corner where drivers must slow from very high speed to almost walking pace, then accelerate hard again as the road opens out. Getting this corner right can win or lose a race.
The Macau Grand Prix started in 1954 and has been running every year since, making it one of the longest-running motor races in Asia. Over the decades, it has been a launching pad for many famous racing drivers who went on to compete in Formula One. Winning at Macau as a young driver is considered a huge achievement.
The race weekend includes different categories of cars: Formula Three single-seaters (open-wheel racing cars), touring cars and motorcycles. Each category brings different sights and sounds to the circuit. Formula Three cars are the loudest and fastest through the straights, while touring cars produce dramatic door-to-door battles through the narrow sections.
Because the track uses public roads, the whole circuit is set up and dismantled each year. Temporary grandstands are erected, kilometres of barriers are installed, and then after the race weekend, all of it comes down and the roads return to normal traffic. The transformation happens twice a year and requires hundreds of workers.