Manthey Racing's Kévin Estre finished second, and Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy's Maro Engel completed the podium in third.

The FIA GT World Cup was held at the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 20 November, following three days of practice and qualifying.

Bronze and silver-rated entrants were considered on a case-by-case basis by the FIA GT World Cup Committee.

[5][8] There was one half an hour practice session each on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning preceding Sunday's race.

[10] Rounding out the top ten were Engel, Darryl O'Young, Nico Müller, Renger van der Zande and Adderly Fong.

[11] When Fong made an error and crashed his Bentley Continental GT at Police Bend, the session was red flagged.

[12] On 20 minutes,[13] Lyons was caught off guard by his car's anti-lock braking system and damaged the front-right suspension against the barrier on the hill between Paiol and Police corners, stopping the session and necessitating a rebuild for qualifying.

[12][14][15] Friday afternoon's half-hour qualifying session set the starting order for the qualification race using each driver's fastest laps.

50 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3's rear driving through Mandarin Oriental Bend, colliding with the outside barrier and stopping on the circuit.

[14][16] In his final race as an Audi works driver, Mortara set a new GT3 track record and took pole position with a time of 2 minutes, 16.862 seconds on new tyres.

Fabian Plentz was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten, starting ahead of Mirko Bortolotti in the faster of FFF Racing's two Lamborghini Huracán GT3s.

[18] O'Young did not set a qualifying lap because his crew was unable to repair his car after an accident during the second practice session that destroyed the top mounting and cracked the chassis.

[4][9][20] Lyons' car was withdrawn by Craft-Bamboo Racing because it could not be repaired in time for the event due to substantial damage to the roll cage caused by his crash in qualifying.

[22] Meanwhile, Vanthoor prevented Bamber and his teammate Estre from passing him, with the Mercedes duo of Engel and Van der Zande behind them.

[23] On lap two, Müller (who spun from contact with Van der Zande at Lisboa corner and hit a barrier) lost control of his vehicle leaving Mandarin Oriental Bend and struck a wall heavily, necessitating the safety car's deployment.

[24] The final classified finishers were Cheng, Lee, Mortara, Couto, Lathouras, Capo, Kuo, Ma, Tulpe and O'Young.

[9][28] The stewards led by Tim Mayer, the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States' chair, imposed three-place grid penalties on Van der Zande and Mortara for their respective collisions with Müller and O'Young in the previous day's qualification race.

[29] Vanthoor maintained the lead as he approached Mandarin Oriental Bend, while Bamber held off a challenge from teammate Estre for second.

Bamber's block on Estre caused Engel to collide with a barrier at Reservoir Bend turn, resulting in a five-second time penalty.

At the conclusion of the first lap, Vanthoor led Bamber, Estre, Engel, Fong and Van der Zande who gained two positions from the start to run in sixth.

[32] The race was stopped for the second time and did not resume because there were only four minutes remaining and clearing the debris left by the accident would have been time-consuming.

[23][34] Although regulations stated a driver who caused a red flag would face sanctions such as disqualification, the stewards took no action.

[30] Vanthoor thus took his first victory in Macau,[31] and Audi won the FIA GT World Cup Manufacturers' Trophy.

[41] Fong, Van der Zande, Catsburg, Plentz, Bortolotti, Cheng, Yoshimoto, Couto, Mortara, Lathouras, Kuo, Ma, Shen, Tulpe and Lee were the final classified finishers.

[42] As part of the race organizer's goal to avoid repeated crashes, only manufacturer-supported teams with professional drivers rated platinum or bronze were allowed to compete, and safety and trackside recovery procedures were improved.