Verschoor held off Vips' several overtake attempts to become the first rookie to win the Macau Grand Prix since Keisuke Kunimoto in 2008.

[1][2] The event was made a non-championship round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship for the first time in 2019; its head Bruno Michel ensured the season concluded at the Sochi Autodrom and not the Yas Marina Circuit as it had been in the preceding GP3 Series to prevent logistical complications for drivers and teams.

[4] The race was held on the temporary 6.120 km (3.803 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit in Macau's streets on 17 November 2019 after three days of practice and qualifying.

[7][11] The Prema team hired Frederik Vesti, the Formula Regional European champion, to drive the injured Jehan Daruvala's car.

[12] Alex Peroni had to withdraw from the race due to a broken vertebrae he sustained in an accident at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.

[14][15] They moved the inside wall at Lisboa turn to guide cars away from its apex kerb and towards a widened run-off area, in response to a major accident involving Flörsch, Daruvala and Sho Tsuboi in the 2018 race.

[14][17] The Government of Macau's Civil Aviation Authority barred all unmanned aircraft from flying during the race weekend to improve safety and prevent hindrances.

[21][22][23] He was followed by Jake Hughes, Ticktum, Shwartzman, Richard Verschoor, Ilott, Vesti, Ahmed, Logan Sargeant and Christian Lundgaard in positions two through ten.

[21] With sixteen minutes remaining, Yuki Tsunoda braked too late and hit a barrier at Hospital Bend, triggering the virtual safety car procedure that dictates vehicles slow down.

[25] Jüri Vips had to enter pit lane to have his open rear wing slot fixed after experiencing a DRS failure late in the session.

Following them were the Italian duo of Leonardo Pulcini and Alessio Lorandi in 11th and 12th, and Felipe Drugovich, Verschoor, Maini, Sebastián Fernández, Ahmed, Liam Lawson, Habsburg, Keyvan Andres,[25] Hon Chio Leong, David Schumacher, Flörsch, Fittipaldi, Andreas Estner, Lukas Dunner, Olli Caldwell, Alessio Deledda and Max Fewtrell.

[26][29] The top five drivers were separated by 0.619 seconds, while the faster Dallara cars' contributed to an average 3.5-second decrease in lap times.

Fluids from Ahmed's car spilled onto the track en route to the pit lane after he struck a barrier at Lisboa corner.

[29] Fewtrell hit the outside barrier at Lisboa turn, and Caldwell stopped on the track after exiting Fisherman's Bend due to engine failure.

[32] Ticktum was caught off guard and hit the rear of Beckmann's car at high speed, ending the session early.

[39][40] Behind him the rest of the provisional order was Lorandi, Lawson, Drugovich, Caldwell, Fernández, Beckmann, Ahmed, Tsunoda, Andres, Schumacher, Dunner, Pulcini, Estner, Flörsch, Leong, Deledda and Fittipaldi.

[43] After qualifying, the stewards imposed a three-place grid penalty on Tsunoda, deeming him to have reversed in "an unexpected manner" to rejoin the circuit after venturing onto the Lisboa corner run-off area.

[51] On the eighth lap, Verschoor caught Ilott and used the slipstream from the back of the latter's vehicle to pass him for fourth place on the straight linking the Mandarin Oriental Bend and Lisboa turns.

[49] The final classified finishers were Verschoor, Ilott, Sargeant, Lorandi, Habsburg, Beckmann, Pulcini, Andres, Dunner, Leong, Fittipaldi, Fernández, Tsunoda, Armstrong, Vesti, Estner, Lawson, Flörsch, Fewtrell, Caldwell, Deledda and Schumacher.

[54] Caldwell retired on the fourth lap owing to the results of an earlier collision that damaged his front wing and a tyre.

[55][58] Soon after, the safety car was deployed due to an accident, erasing Vips' lead over Verschoor:[56] Habsburg rushed into the Solitude Esses, ricocheted off a right-hand-side kerb, and struck the wall.

[55][58] At the restart on lap eight,[56] which saw the field return to racing speed,[60] Verschoor prepared to pass Vips while the latter weaved on the track to avoid being slipstreamed by the former.

[54][61] Verschoor had a strong side slipstream, more speed and grip,[61] turned left and braked later than Vips to take the lead before Lisboa corner.

[53][55] When the virtual safety car procedure was lifted, Vips drove on debris and wore his tyres, reducing their grip.

[55] Vips subsequently tried to pass Verschoor into Lisboa turn on lap eleven; the latter swerved to avoid a trackside wall and braked as late as possible to maintain the lead.

[54] Armstrong, Beckmann, Vesti, Tsunoda, Andres, Ticktum, Dunner, Fernández, Fittipaldi, Hughes, Fewtrell, Leong, Estner, Schumacher, Ahmed, Maini, Drugovich and Deledda were the final finishers.

[6] Verschoor stated his happiness at winning and declared a desire to return to Macau in 2020: "To be honest, I am not believing the feeling yet!

"[66] Sargeant thanked his team Carlin for the work they put in for the race: "They have done an absolutely brilliant job this weekend.

"[67] Shwartzman declared himself to have had a "very sad" early end to his race: "All weekend we had really good pace and were fighting for the win.