2023 Macau Formula 4 Race
Lindblad led every lap of the race, which was hampered by inclement weather in the morning and included repeated deployments of the safety car due to driver accidents.
[4][5] The event was held on the 24-turn clockwise 6.120 km (3.803 mi) Guia Circuit in the streets of the Chinese special administrative region of Macau on 12 November following a day of practice and qualifying.
[3][4][6] It was the fourth consecutive year that Macau hosted an F4 race after the category was added to the event owing to COVID-19 regulations that prevented the Formula Three round from being held.
[10] Each driver competed in a Tatuus F4-T421 Gen 2 car equipped with the updated Fiat Abarth F413T turbocharged engine and the Halo cockpit protection device.
Stenshorne, Leong, Arvid Lindblad, Jack Beeton, Raphaël Narac, Rashid Al Dhaheri, Kevin Xiao, Ethan Ho and Enzo Yeh followed in positions two to ten.
[13][15] Later that afternoon, a half-hour qualifying session determined the qualification race's starting order based on each driver's quickest lap time.
[6][9] The session's start was delayed by a quarter of an hour due to a slippery track in the last sector caused by an support race incident.
With nine minutes remaining, Narac's front wing broke against the Solitude Esses turn barrier, and his car briefly rose while embedding itself into the wall.
[24] Liu spun into the pit lane straight barriers at the start of the second lap, causing damage to his front wing.
[21] At the start of lap four, Lindblad led Slater and David (who avoided an accident by regaining control of his car's loose rear at Fisherman's Bend turn and nearly losing third place to Leong) and drove away from the rest of the field.
[19][21][22] Daryanani retired after hitting the R Bend turn barrier before crossing the start/finish line, triggering the safety car's second deployment.
[21][23] On the same lap, under pressure from Leong, David made a driver error and crashed into the barrier at the exit of Dona Maria corner.
[19][22] During the safety car period, Stenshorne stopped on track at San Francisco Hill because of a mechanical issue and could not restart until the whole field had passed him.
[28] At the lap three restart, Slater pushed Lindblad for the race lead until a suspected electronic control unit problem in his car in the centre of the Solitude Esses caused him to fall to the back of the field.
[22] Stenshorne had advanced from 19th to seventh place after passing Rodrigues on the fourth lap when the safety car was deployed for the second time when Lau crashed at Paiol corner and spilled oil on the track.
[19][26] On lap ten, Xiao collided with the wall at Dona Maria corner, resulting in the safety car's third and final deployment.
[22] The final finishers were Chui, Cheong, Dragon and Siu;[26] Narac retired from eighth on lap ten due to car damage.
