Daniel Juncadella wins spectacular Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix

Juncadella had been running fourth for Prema early on as pole position man Marco Wittmann (Signature) raced away at the front - opening up a 2.7 seconds gap at one point.

But after a safety car came out on lap seven so marshals could retrieve Felix Rosenqvist's Mucke following a crash at Faraway, Wittmann saw his advantage wiped away - and it all went wrong for him at the restart.

Wittmann, Juncadella, Felipe Nasr (Carlin) and Yuhi Sekiguchi (Mucke) all got involved in an epic slipstreaming battle down to Lisboa - with Juncadella coming out on top.

Juncadella then pulled clear at the front, despite Nasr closing on him after he had moved up to second on lap 11 - and his win was assured when the safety car was called out again on the penultimate lap following a big crash on the main straight in which Kevin Magnussen was launched over Will Buller's car, with Carlos Sainz Jr and Hywel Lloyd also involved. Lloyd was taken to the medical centre by ambulance for checks, while Magnussen escaped with only a minor injury to his left knee.

Wittmann, who had briefly dropped down to fifth at the restart, recovered to finish third, ahead of Sekiguchi and Hitech's Hannes van Asseldonk.

The race was full of incident - with Prema's Roberto Merhi triggering a startline accident when he got away slowly from his third spot on the grid, having been caught out by how briefly the lights were on. He was hit from behind by Van Amersfoort's Richie Stanaway, breaking Merhi's suspension, with Laurens Vanthoor (Signature) also caught up in the mess.

Valtteri Bottas (Double R) had threatened Wittmann for the lead early on, but he hit the wall at Lisboa on lap four following a safety car restart and was forced to retire.

Results - 15 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Daniel Juncadella       Prema Dallara-Merc         42m17.099s
 2.  Felipe Nasr             Carlin Dallara-VW            + 0.359s
 3.  Marco Wittmann          Signature Dallara-VW         + 0.662s
 4.  Yuhi Sekiguchi          Mucke Dallara-Merc           + 1.378s
 5.  Hannes van Asseldonk    Hitech Dallara-VW            + 2.128s
 6.  William Buller          Fortec Dallara-Merc          + 3.301s
 7.  Lucas Foresti           Fortec Dallara-Merc          + 3.860s
 8.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin Dallara-VW            + 4.062s
 9.  Richard Bradley         TOM'S Dallara-Toyota         + 4.595s
10.  Adderly Fong            Sino Vision Dallara-Merc     + 4.819s
11.  Pietro Fantin           Hitech Dallara-VW            + 5.551s
12.  Kimiya Sato             Motopark Dallara-VW          + 6.534s
13.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin Dallara-VW            + 8.336s

Retirements:

     Kevin Magnussen         Carlin Dallara-VW             13 laps
     Hideki Yamauchi         Toda Dallara-Honda            13 laps
     Hywel Lloyd             Sino Vision Dallara-Merc      13 laps
     Carlos Sainz Jr         Signature Dallara-VW          13 laps
     Alexander Sims          TOM'S Dallara-Toyota          13 laps
     Marko Asmer             Double R Dallara-Merc         13 laps
     Antonio Felix da Costa  Hitech Dallara-VW             12 laps
     Carlos Munoz            Signature Dallara-VW           9 laps
     Felix Rosenqvist        Mucke Dallara-Merc             6 laps
     Valtteri Bottas         Double R Dallara-Merc          4 laps
     Mitch Evans             Double R Dallara-Merc          4 laps
     Roberto Merhi           Prema Dallara-Merc              1 lap
     Daniel Abt              Signature Dallara-VW           0 laps
     Richie Stanaway         Van Amersfoort Dallara-VW      0 laps
     Laurens Vanthoor        Signature Dallara-VW           0 laps
     Hironobu Yasuda         Three Bond Dallara-Nissan      0 laps