Two-time winner Ticktum headlines 2023 Macau GP entry list

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The FIA has published the provisional entry list for this year’s Macau Grand Prix, with two-time winner Dan Ticktum the biggest name set to compete.

Ticktum was the victor in 2017 and ’18 with Motopark, and then finished 13th in 2019 – the last time the race ran for Formula 3 cars before this year – with the Rodin Carlin team.

He rejoins them for his return to the race and to junior single-seaters, since he has been racing in Formula E for the last two years. His team-mate in Macau will be Formula 2 racer and Red Bull junior Zane Maloney, with Carlin yet to name a third driver.

Richard Verschoor suceeded Ticktum as Macau GP winner and has already been announced as attempting to defend his FIA F3 World Cup crown with Trident, along with F2 rival Roman Stanek.

Also stepping down from F2 to race in Macau is Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar, who along with Williams junior Luke Browning will form part of Hitech GP’s line-up. It too is yet to announce its third driver.

In total 14 of this season’s FIA F3 full-timers will be racing. The champion and runner-up are skipping Macau, but Paul Aron – who came third in the standings – will be driving for Prema alongside with Gabriele Mini and Dino Beganovic.

Drivers arriving from other series to tackle the challenge of Macau include Euroformula champion Noel Leon at Van Amersfoort Racing) and McLaren’s new Formula 4 champion Ugo Ugochukwu who will be a total newcomer to F3-level racing when he lines up on the grid with Trident.

GB3 racer Max Esterson and Formula Regional European Championship driver Matias Zagazeta will both race for Jenzer Motorsport.

PHM Racing, one of FIA F3’s 10 teams, is not contesting the Macau GP.

Macau Grand Prix entry list