Grand Prix of Macau Breaks All Attendance Reords
Written on November 25, 2006 by admin
The Macau Grand Prix Committee announced a record attendance for the event that included the 53rd Macau Grand Prix, the 40th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix and the WTCC Guia Race of Macau.
Over 40,000 spectators crowded the grandstands during the four days, and furthermore over 200,000 people watched the Macau Grand Prix from their hotel rooms, their flats and from restaurants’ terraces around the track.
And furthermore, the Macau Immigration Department reported a dramatic increase in the number of visitors in the period 15th/19th November: 576,968 people, meaning a 149% increase compared to the 231,708 who arrived in the same period last year.
Other significant figures come from the Hotels’ daily occupancy rate that averaged 83.5% over the 11,508 rooms available.
Media accreditation was also massive: 1332 persons coming from 23 different countries were granted media credentials in representation of 134 publications, 31 agencies, 19 websites and 44 TV and Radio.
End Of Season Statistics
The 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship is placed in the archives with the same winners as in 2005: Andy Priaulx and BMW as Drivers’ and Manufacturers champions respectively. However the season was extremely exciting and only the chequered flag at the end of the second and final race in Macau sanctioned Priaulx’s second world title.
50 Drivers, 11 Different Winners
50 drivers coming from 17 different countries and three continents, at the wheel of cars built by 7 manufacturers, took part in the championship, for an average participation of 27.5 cars per event.
11 drivers managed to win at least one of the 20 races, with only three of them being capable of winning more than one (Priaulx 5, Jo”rg Mu”ller 4, Augusto Farfus 3); 16 drivers led at least one lap during the season, 20 achieved podium results and 23 scored championship points.
Priaulx emerged as the most effective man, topping the statistics for race victories (5), pole positions (3, like Rickard Rydell; Gabriele Tarquini and Jordi Gene’ took 2 apiece) and laps led (65, or 25.7% of the 253 laps run during the whole season; J. Mu”ller and Farfus led 45 and 39 respectively).
The 20 fastest laps during the races were clocked by 14 different drivers; only Farfus, Tarquini, Alain Menu, Gene’ and Yvan Muller set more than one fastest lap during the season.
Only two drivers were given drive through penalties: Yvan Muller and Jordi Gene’, both due to jump starts. 16 drivers were dropped 10 grid positions due to engine changes or incidents; Luca Rangoni had the dubious honour of topping this list having been dropped 30 positions.
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