This Thursday the Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 50th Edition starts, where Honda Racing’s John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will be reunited with their Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP machines, as the 2016 road-racing season draws to a close.

Fired up and ready for close racing action, both McGuinness and Cummins know that competition will be high as they brush shoulders with the walls and Armco that line the 3.8-mile Guia street circuit in China.

A successful outing last year saw McGuinness make the move of the race as he breathtakingly snatched the fourth-place spot from rival Gary Johnson. Victorious once in 2001, the ‘Morecambe Missile’ is keen to score another win at the street circuit.


Team-mate Cummins is also hoping to finish his 2016 season in style with a podium finish, or by taking his debut win at the circuit. Last year the Manxman finished seventh, after enjoying good on-track battles aboard the Fireblade over the 12 laps.

The Macau Grand Prix attracts road-racers from the UK, Europe, America and Asia at an event that sees both two and four-wheel racing over the same weekend. Honda has enjoyed past success at this unique event, with the most recent win in 2012.

Practice for the Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 50th Edition starts on Thursday 17 November at 0730 HKT (GMT 2330 Wednesday 18 November), with the race-taking place on Saturday 19 November at 1530 HKT (GMT 0730 Saturday).

Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 50th Edition schedule:

Thursday 17 November (GMT+8)
0730 – 0830 – Practice
1545 – 1630 – Qualifying 1

Friday 18 November:
0730 – 0830 – Qualifying 2

Saturday 19 November:
1120 – 1140 – Warm up
1530 – 1630 – Race (12 laps)