[1][2] The event was made a non-championship round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship for the first time in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic caused heavy disruptions, particularly concerning entry of foreign drivers into Macau.

Prema Racing's Gabriele Minì was fastest with a time of 2:06.871s, four tenths ahead of Hitech's Luke Browning and Trident's 2019 winner Richard Verschoor.

The session was disrupted only once when ART's Laurens van Hoepen crashed at Lisboa at the 26-minute mark and brought out the red flags.

After all but five cars had set laps, Jenzer's Charlie Wurz was fastest ahead of the MP pair of Marcus Armstrong and Boya, albeit with times almost 20 seconds slower than the practice pace.

Prema and VAR had waited longer to leave the pits in hope of a clear track, but were unable to set laps before Campos's Sebastián Montoya crashed at Lisboa to bring out the red flags.

The Prema cars once again waited longer in the pits, but when they ultimately came out, Minì retook first place with a time of 2:05.521s as his teammate Dino Beganovic slotted into third.

Armstrong was seventh, while both Tsolov and Campos's Oliver Goethe left it late to put in their last attempts, demoting Ticktum to tenth.

Boya, Dunne and Beganovic completed the top five, with Trident's Roman Staněk, Hadjar, Goethe, Campos's Pepe Martí and Wurz slotting in behind.

This second session was disrupted more often than the first: Aron stopped at the Melco hairpin, causing a traffic jam and a red flag.

Both Browning and VAR's Tommy Smith ran into the Lisboa run-off, causing two VSC periods, before Tsolov crashed at Faraway Hill.

Before any drivers could set laps, Tsolov crashed out in turn 17, heavily damaging his car and prompting a lengthy red flag.

On the restart, Jenzer's Max Esterson entered the fast lane into the path of Martì, with the latter breaking his front wing and having to pit again right after.

The pair rounded the bend with Minì on the outside looking set to get ahead of Browning, before the Brit got his car back in front and braked later into Lisboa to hold the lead.

Browning then pulled away by over a second through the rest of the lap, while most of the midfield was disrupted by Armstrong and Jenzer's Matías Zagazeta colliding at the Melco hairpin.

Browning then went onto a run of fastest laps to consolidate his lead, while the top four pulled away from Hauger in fifth, all of them with significant gaps building between each other.

Maloney completed the top ten, in front of Wurz, who held off reigning winner Verschoor's attacks throughout the final laps.

On lap three, Beganovic was the next driver to try and overhaul Minì, but also crashed into Lisboa in a carbon copy of Dunne's move.

Montoya rejoined the race five laps down, while Hauger was putting pressure on Aron before finally making the move for third.

His car snapped in half and slid down the track, while Martì and Wurz both suffered damage when trying to avoid the accident.

Armstrong, León and Esterson were the final classified finishers, with Montoya also still running when the chequered flag was waved.