page_title: 2015 Macau Grand Prix
section_title: Qualifying race
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Macau Grand Prix / Qualifying race
caption_attribution_description: Antonio Giovinazzi,DTM,Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters,F3 FIA European Championship,FIA Formel 3 Europameisterschaft,Hockenheimring,Jagonya Ayam with Carlin,Motorsport,Siegerehrung
context_page_description: The 2015 Macau Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 22 November 2015. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2015 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2015 race was the 62nd running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 33rd for Formula Three cars.
  The Grand Prix was won by Theodore Racing by Prema driver Felix Rosenqvist from pole position, having won the Qualification Race the previous afternoon after the on the road victor Antonio Giovinazzi was penalised 20 seconds for a first lap crash. Rosenqvist led the majority of the main race to clinch his second consecutive Macau Grand Prix victory, the first time this had happened since Edoardo Mortara won the 2009 and 2010 races. Second place went to the highest placed rookie driver, Charles Leclerc for Van Amersfoort Racing, while the podium was completed by Double R Racing driver Alexander Sims.
context_section_description: The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started at 13:45 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 21 November. The weather at the start was dry and cloudy with the air temperature 26 °C (79 °F) and the track temperature 27 °C (81 °F). On the grid, Rosenqvist made a clean start to lead the fiel into Lisboa corner with Juncadella slotting behind in second position. Giovinazzi made a similarly good start and passed Leclerc for third and attempted to pass Juncadella. By the time the two reached the turn's braking area, Giovinazzi muscled himself to the inside of Juncadella and his front-right tyre made contact with the latter's left-rear wheel. Juncadella was sent spinning across the track and into the inside barrier. Tveter battled Dennis for position but had no room to negotiate and slammed into the stationary Juncadella. Tveter was hit in turn by Ilott which bruised and cut Ilott's hand. Behind the duo, Jensen struck the rear of Albon's car and the resulting pile up partially blocked the circuit and necessitated the safety car's deployment.
  Under the safety car, Jensen, Kanamaru, Sekiguichi and Chang chose to make pit stops for car repairs. The safety car was withdrawn after one lap and racing resumed on lap three. Giovinazzi slipstreaming onto the back of Rosenqvist soon after and overtook him around the outside before the braking point for Lisboa corner to move into the lead. Giovinazzi slid going into Lisboa corner but regained control of his car. Zhi become another retiree when he crashed at Police turn after the restart. Sims passed Sette Câmara and then MacLeod before Lisboa turn to claim fourth on the fourth lap. He began to focus on lowering the time deficit to the leading trio of cars with consecutive fastest laps. At the front, Giovinazzi extended his lead to 1½ seconds and drew clear from Rosenqvist. Ferrucci passed Maini and Lorandi to settle for seventh by its conclusion. Giovinazzi struggled for grip, and Rosenqvist reduced his lead to eight-tenths of a second by the start of the final lap. Rosenqvist then slipstreamed up behind Giovinazzi into Lisboa corner.
  Rosenqvist moved out of the slipstream but made an error at the Melco hairpin after over-adjusting his brake bias to compensate for brake locking. Leclerc closer to within half a second of Rosenqvist although he could not draw close enough to challenge him. Giovinazzi opened up a 1.9 second lead and maintained it to finish first on the road. Soon after Giovinazzi incurred a drive-through penalty for his role in the Juncadella clash on the first lap. This subsequently increased to a 20-second time penalty and Giovnazzi was demoted to tenth. After the race, his team discussed the penalty with the stewards who decided no change was needed. Thus, Rosenqvist took the qualifying race victory and pole position for the Grand Prix itself. He was joined on the grid's front row by Leclerc, while Sims completed the podium. Behind him, MacLeod finished fourth, ahead of a close up consisting of Pommer, Sette Câmara, Ferrucci, Lorandi and Maini. Outside the top ten, Dennis took 11th ahead of Boccolacci. Stroll, Cao, Yamashita, Sekiguchi, Cassidy, Chang, Menezes, Kanamaru, Solomon and Jensen rounded out the top 22 classified finishers.
caption: Antonio Giovinazzi (pictured in 2014) finished the qualification race first on the road but was penalised twenty seconds for contact with Daniel Juncadella on the first lap.
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