[5] As was the case in 2014, Euroformula Open racer Yu Kanamaru was a late addition to the entry list at Carlin after George Russell was withdrawn from the race.

[8] Super GT participant Yuhi Sekiguchi sealed his eligibility for the Macau Grand Prix by competing in the All-Japan Formula Three round at Twin Ring Motegi.

Provision for the system was implemented into the regulations and would help save a large amount of time as well as aiding drivers in blind corners.

[10] Thus the Grand Prix was designated a "test race" for the VSC in order for the system to be written into the 2016 Formula Three European Championship regulations.

Cassidy, Lance Stroll, Mitsunori Takaboshi and Alexander Albon rounded out the session's top ten drivers.

[14][15] Two other drivers, Sims and Zhi Cong Li, crashed at Lisboa turn but no stoppages were necessitated because both cars were retrieved from the track without difficulty.

[12] The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the qualification race.

On his last timed lap, Juncadella recovered from an earlier free practice gearbox problem to place provisionally fifth.

[17] Following them were Charles Leclerc, Kanamaru, Stroll and Arjun Maini,[16] Alessio Lorandi, Dennis–whose air restrictor fell off his car and then had gearbox issues–Dorian Boccolacci, Yamashita, Santino Ferrucci, Cassidy,[17] Albon, Sérgio Sette Câmara, Martin Cao, Ryan Tveter, Takaboshi, Matt Solomon, Zhi Cong Li and Wing Chung Chang.

[16] The session passed relatively smoothly, with only Sette Câmara crashing and then stopping at San Francisco Hill to prevent further damage en route to the pit lane.

[18] Three crashes occurred during the session as Stroll went straight into a barrier at the Melco hairpin and Boccalacci triggered the sole stoppage with an error that heavily damaged his car against the wall at the exit of San Francisco Bend.

[19] Cao lost control of his vehicle at Paiol corner and damaged its right-hand side suspension in an impact with the barrier but entered the pit lane for repairs.

[20] When the session did begin and before any competitor could record a timed lap, the first of two red flags was waved for Ilott who hit a barrier exiting the San Francisco Bend.

Later Melco hairpin was blocked when Menezes attempted to return to pit lane after a driver error at Moorish turn.

[21] Rosenqvist continued his strong form from Thursday's qualifying and set the pace again before Leclerc usurped his time halfway through.

The rest of the grid lined up as the British duo of Sims and Dennis, Albon, Sekiguchi, Tveter, Ilott, the Japanese pair of Kanamaru and Takaboshi, Chang, Cao, Yamashita, Cassidy, Menezes, Boccolacci, Solomon and Zhi.

[24] On the grid, Rosenqvist made a clean start to lead the field into Lisboa corner with Juncadella slotting behind in second position.

[26] By the time the two reached the turn's braking area, Giovinazzi muscled himself to the inside of Juncadella and his front-right tyre made contact with the latter's left-rear wheel.

Behind him, MacLeod finished fourth, ahead of a close up consisting of Pommer, Sette Câmara, Ferrucci, Lorandi and Maini.

Stroll, Cao, Yamashita, Sekiguchi, Cassidy, Chang, Menezes, Kanamaru, Solomon and Jensen rounded out the top 22 classified finishers.

[33] Soon after a large crash involving Menezes and Tveter and Takaboshi at Fisherman's Bend stopped the race since debris was littered across the track.

[33] He could not hold off Rosenqvist who retook the lead through the Mandarin Bend while MacLeod used this to pass Leclerc braking for Lisboa turn for third.

[34] Leclerc reduced Rosenqvist's lead over the rest of the field from about two to 1.1 seconds but he could not get close enough to mount a serious challenge for the win.

[32] Thus, Rosenqvist held the lead to claim his second Macau Grand Prix victory, becoming the first driver to win it consecutively since Edoardo Mortara won the 2009 and 2010 races.

Albon, Chang, Yamashita, Sekiguchi, Cao, Solomon, Jensen, MacLeod, Zhi and Sette Câmara were the final classified finishers.