The Macau Grand Prix Museum

The Macau Grand Prix Museum celebrates one of the most awaited and celebrated events in Macau every year in November.

The Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix is the single most important race in the Formula 3 season each year, a distinction which is the envy of circuits across the globe, most probably because the Macau circuit is one of the hardest circuits in the world because of the sharp turns and the narrow street roads.

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Former winners of the Macau Grand Prix include popular and great names such as Ayrton Senna, brothers Michael and Ralf Schumacher, and David Coulthard. Once can just imagine the popularity that the Macau Grand Prix has.

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For this reason, the Macau Grand Prix Museum was built. This museum dedicated to racing was inaugurated in 1993, very recently, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Macau Grand Prix.

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The objective of the museum is not only to remember and to document the great moments in Grand Prix history, but also to build a stronger and closer relationship between the local population and this social and sports event.

In addition, the establishment of this museum aims to enable foreign visitors to be knowledgeable of this event which is of great tourist importance for Macau. The race itself has gained a renowned place among the international racing championships and competitions.

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The Macau Grand Prix was started in 1954 by a group of Macau residents with a common enthusiasm for racing. Through integral support from the authorities, the Macau Grand Prix was born. It has been enhanced, developed, and improved for four decades and counting.

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Today, it is an international sports event that attracts thousands and thousands of tourists to Macau. Because of the intrinsic characteristics of the Macau circuit, with its street-like characteristics, it has oftentimes been compared to the racing circuit in Monte Carlo.

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The Macau Grand Prix, however, has been developing ever since it started. Because of the exactness and precision that it imposes to the drivers of the cars, it now has had the participation of the great names of the motor and car racing sports.

Not only that, the Macau Grand Prix has also become a platform for many other names that are fully documented in the Grand Prix Museum.

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The Macau Grand Prix Museum is located just beside the Macau Wine Museum in the Tourist Activity Center, which is 10 minutes away from the Macau Ferry Terminal.

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The exhibition hall of the Grand Prix Museum is packed with racing cars and motorcycles that have competed in the race through the years. These are the exact same cars that competed in the races. In the museum, you can see the many drivers, together with their cars, which are properly displayed.

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Furthermore, this museum isn't only for the racing sport enthusiasts. This can be a very interesting place for those who aren't a big fan of Formula 1 or 3; and they can also learn a lot.

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One main attraction of the Grand Prix Museum is the simulators. These simulators let the visitor experience the thrill of driving at above 200 kilometers per hour in a one-seater racing car.

One of these machines lets the rider become the driver of a racing car. He or she steers and races other drivers on the Guia Circuit through the television. The other one lets the visitor be the passenger of a real car driven in the 1995 Grand Prix.

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Although the visuals of these simulators are just through a television, the thrilling experience is still the same. There are also televisions outside the simulators that allow the spectators to watch the riders' facial expression each time the car makes a sharp turn or when the car misses the grand stand by just a centimeter.

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Moreover, this museum isn't just for the benefit of the Macau Grand Prix and Macau Tourism. The Grand Prix Museum also pays tribute to individuals who contributed immensely to the success of the Grand Prix.

These individuals are Teddy Yip, Paul Du Toit, Laurel, Ayrton Senna, and John Corsmit to name a few.

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