<!--6e052d28b1806771e2d163a041d4a5d4-->Here is the schedule for Saturday, race is at 1515 and they are 9 hours ahead of us, so 0615 over here.
06:00 Circuit Closed 06:30 07:00 Circuit Inspection 07:30 07:50 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 44th Edition – Warm Up 08:15 08:45 Macau GT Cup – Qualifying 09:15 10:05 Hotel Fortuna MAC / HKG Interport Race – 10 laps 10:35 11:25 Macau Road Sport Challenge – 10 laps 11:55 12:55 CTM Macau Touring Car Race – 12 laps 13:45 14:35 Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – Qualification Race – 10 laps 15:15 16:15 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 44th Edition – 15 laps 16:30 17:00 Formula BMW Pacific – Qualifying 18:30 ** Circuit Opened
Rutter takes provisional pole in MacauMichael Rutter, the King of Macau, and Stuart Easton, the Young Pretender, locked swords on the opening day of qualifying for Saturday’s Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 44th Edition.Rutter, the 38-year-old British racer looking for a record-breaking seventh victory in the Far East classic, topped the 45-minute timed qualifying session, but by just a fifth of a second, ahead of Easton, the 27-year-old Scot who is aiming to win his third Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix in a row.Both men lapped under the existing qualifying lap record of 2:25.476, set last year by Easton.Rutter, on the Team of Paris – AXA Ducati 1098 went round the 6.2km Guia street circuit in 2:25.245 seconds, with Easton making his debut on the Kawasaki Racing Team bike a fraction slower.Big surprise was the performance of American Jeremy Toye (Lee’s Cycles Racing BMW 1000) making his seventh appearance at the event, who qualified third fastest, but over two seconds slower than Rutter and Easton.Simon Andrews, the 24-year-old British racer, was four quickest on his MSS Colchester Kawasaki, less than a quarter of a second slower than Toye.John McGuinness, on the IGT/sorrymate.com Honda, winner of the race in 2001, was fifth fastest, over a second slower than Andrews.Final qualifying session for Saturday’s 44th running of the event takes place today (friday).
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