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Filipe de Souza: the first local driver to win the Macau Guia Race
Filipe de Souza
Filipe de Souza (full name Filipe Clemente de Souza; also spelled "de Sousa") is a Macanese touring car driver, born 26 October 1976 in Macau. On 19 November 2022 he won race 1 of the Macau Guia Race (TCR Asia Challenge) in an Audi RS3 LMS, becoming the first Macanese/local driver to win the Macau Guia Race; he led an Audi 1-2-3 ahead of Hu Heng and Cheong Chi On. He competed in the Asian rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (2011–2014 and 2017) and in 2014 won the WTCC Asia Trophy in a Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC. He has been a long-time competitor in the Macau Touring Car Championship since 2003 (best result third in 2009).
Rodolfo Ávila: the Macau driver who won the 2021 TCR China title
Rodolfo Ávila
Rodolfo Ávila is a Macanese racing driver representing Macau, born 19 February 1987 in Lisbon. In 2021 he won the TCR China Touring Car Championship with Team MG XPower, having been runner-up in the series the previous year (2020). He has a strong early record: he won the Asian Formula Renault Challenge in 2003 and the Asia SuperCar Challenge in 2008. He made his Macau Grand Prix F3 debut in 2004 and in 2007 was the top-finishing Macau driver in the F3 race. In Porsche Carrera Cup Asia he recorded several strong finishes (second in 2011). Note: he has not won the Macau Grand Prix outright; his best Macau result was as the top-finishing Macau driver in F3.