The Macau Grand Prix, known as the Oriental Monaco Grand Prix, is held in November annually and has gained high popularity. The circuit closes off a city area of Macau Island, located in the southern part of China, and is famous for its high-speed section along the shoreline and narrow mountain-side section, known as one of the most difficult courses in the world. The first Macau Grand Prix event was held in 1954, and since 1983 the F3 race has been held as the main race, gathering young challengers from all over the world. Winning the difficult course became directly linked to the road to F1 afterwards. Racers who made a name for themselves in this race and climbed to Formula One include Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Mika Häkkinen, and Takuma Sato.

Along with the main F3 race, another leading role in the Macau Grand Prix is the touring car race — also called the Macau Guia Race — where famous touring cars from all over the world compete for the championship. Since the 1970s, the race has attracted many cars, teams, and drivers active in touring car races in Japan. Touring car racing has been run on GT3 category machines since 2000.

The first FIA GT3 World Cup was held in 2015. Five makes and a total of 22 drivers made entries from around the world. The race comprised a qualifying session on 20th November, a qualifying race on the 21st, and the final race on 22nd. Four Audi R8 LMSs active in GT3 worldwide also made entries. Edoardo Mortara from Audi Sport Team Phoenix and René Rast from Audi Sport Team WRT took second and fourth place in the qualifying race. In the final race, Mortara finished second and Rast was third. Although the Audi R8 LMS with a V10 engine mounted midship did not win the first FIA GT World Cup, its great performance proved its ability.