Second place went to Porsche driver Laurens Vanthoor of Rowe Racing, with his teammate Earl Bamber completing the podium in third.

[6][7] The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), which oversaw motor racing, and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation jointly managed it.

[N 1][13][14] This was a two-driver increase from 2018, and it included all four previous FIA GT World Cup winners: Maro Engel, Augusto Farfus, Edoardo Mortara and Laurens Vanthoor.

98 Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R led the first practice session on the afternoon of November 14 before improving to a time of 2 minutes, 17.058 seconds on his final lap.

[18] His teammate Laurens Vanthoor was second, with Kelvin van der Linde of Audi Sport Team Rutronik, Phoenix Racing's Christopher Haase, and Marciello were third to fifth.

A high-speed collision for Absolute Racing's Kevin Estre at Mandarin Oriental Bend corner barrier caused a second stoppage.

[18] Friday afternoon's half-hour qualifying session determined the qualification race's starting order with each driver's fastest lap times.

[23] Audi drivers occupied seventh and eighth with Haase (who was fastest early on but sustained a puncture later on) ahead of Van Der Linde.

[24][26] Dries Vanthoor attempted to overtake pole-position starter Marciello at the start by slipstreaming him,[24][27] but instead he crashed into the outside wall of the Mandarin Bend corner with the rear of his car.

[26][27][29] Racing resumed on lap four and Maricello began to pull away from Rowe teammates Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor who were close behind one another in second and third.

[24][29] Engel attempted to pass van der Linde for fifth on the outside at the braking zone for Lisboa turn on lap five, but made minor contact with the latter's car's rear.

[25][27][28][30] As he drove onto the rumble strips, Engel lost control of his vehicle, slammed into the inside guardrail,[24][25][30] and struck Mortara in the side.

[35] Estre attempted to pass Imperatori on the inside into Lisboa corner on the second lap, but collided with the side of his teammate's car.

[32] Farfus made a quick restart and used his faster straightline speed to briefly pass Bamber's slower starting car for third into the Mandarin Oriental Bend turn.

[32][39] Bamber was able to reclaim third on the inside entering Lisboa corner when Farfus had to slow for Laurens Vanthoor, who made slight contact with the rear of Marciello's car.

[33] On the 15th lap, Bamber made slight contact with the barrier after running wide at the Police Bend corner and lost his left exterior wing mirror.

When Marciello was cautious entering the Melco hairpin, Bamber closed in on him again, making slight contact with the rear of his vehicle on the final lap.

[32][38][39] Marciello led all of the racing laps over the weekend in only his third FIA GT World Cup start,[38] achieving Mercedes' third victory in the event,[40] following Engel in 2015 and Mortara in 2017.

[33][36][39] Farfus finished fourth, leading the close group of Haase, Mortara, Eriksson, Dries Vanthoor, Engel and Van Der Linde in positions five through ten.