Macau Grand Prix: veteran rider Rutter hails ‘exciting’ race that’s unlike anything else
Briton Michael Rutter is chasing a record-extending 10th win on the famed street circuit
Veteran British racer Michael Rutter holds the record for the most wins at the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, and believes there is no race like it in the world.
The 52-year-old is making his 30th appearance at the gambling hub’s weekend of racing and will start Sunday’s 56th edition of the race in fourth position, seeking a record-extending 10th victory on the famed street circuit.
And the leader of the city’s sports bureau said the four days of racing that started on Thursday showed Macau was more than a gambler’s paradise.
“When I first used to come over here and start racing, nobody knew Macau … Now it’s so big, everyone wants to come to watch racing because it’s so unique with the car racing and with the motorcycle racing,” Rutter said.
“The most exciting thing for me is going out of the pit lane at the gear circuit because there’s nothing else like it in the world. Barriers are six feet high and when you’re on a motorcycle, the colours of the barriers really stand out. It makes you feel like you’re doing twice the speed that you are doing normally. It’s so exciting”
Rutter, who first came to Macau 30 years ago, said while the city had changed “massively”, the notoriously difficult racing track was still the same.
