From pole place, Marciello was by no means severely threatened on the head of the sphere over the course of the 16-lap race, finally profitable by a snug margin of two.5 seconds in his Workforce Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3.
It means the Italian/Swiss driver turns into the primary repeat winner of the FIA GT World Cup since its inception in 2015, additionally taking a last win as a manufacturing facility Mercedes GT driver earlier than his anticipated departure to BMW.
4-time Macau GT winner Edoardo Mortara was second on the wheel of his Absolute Racing-run Audi R8 LMS GT3, whereas the rostrum was accomplished by Augusto Farfus within the Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3.
It was Maro Engel who spent the early a part of the race as Marciello’s nearest pursuer, with the highest three staying in grid order initially.
The order did not change till the protection automobile was deployed on lap eight, the results of Weian Chen burying his Ferrari 488 GT3 within the obstacles at Lisboa.
However instantly earlier than the race resumed on lap 10, Engel slowed dramatically, giving Marciello a near-three second cushion for the restart that he was capable of handle till the chequered flag.
All eyes had been then on the battle for second between Mortara and WRT BMW man Sheldon van der Linde, who had climbed one place from fifth on the grid on the unique begin.
Picture by: Macau GP
Raffaele Marciello, Mercedes-AMG Workforce Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3
That battle was defused when van der Linde pitted on the finish of lap 11 after selecting up a puncture, selling model stablemate Farfus to the ultimate podium place.
Fourth went to the only real Ferrari 296 GT3 of Daniel Serra, who set the quickest lap of the race.
Dani Juncadella moved up from ninth on the grid to finish the highest 5 in his Craft-Bamboo Mercedes, adopted by Laurens Vanthoor in one of the best of the Porsche 911 GT3 Rs on a weekend to neglect for the Stuttgart marque.
Christopher Haase was seventh for Audi, whereas the highest 10 was accomplished by three extra Porsche drivers, with Alessio Picariello heading Earl Bamber and Chinese language racer Leo Ye Hongli.
Kevin Estre was working in ninth within the closing levels when he appeared to hit the wall at Fisherman’s Bend, dropping him right down to twelfth.
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