Théophile Naël joined Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher on the Macau Grand Prix roll of honour when he won the second FIA FR World Cup in November 2025 following a thrilling slipstream battle on the iconic 6.120-kilometre street circuit.

Having held fourth initially, Naël, from France, went from third to first in a thrilling double pass on Enzo Deligny and Pinnacle Motorsport team-mate Mari Boya with the leading trio running three abreast towards Lisboa Corner on lap 14.

With the safety car deployed shortly after, Naël couldn’t be beaten as Spaniard Boya – who led on two occasions – was forced to settle for second.

Deligny took third for the R-ace GP outfit but there was frustration for Freddie Slater. The SJM Theodore Prema Racing driver started from pole, lost the lead to Boya at the first corner but reclaimed top spot with a well-judged slipstream pass heading to Lisboa on lap four. He was pulling ahead when the high-paced action was neutralised behind the safety car on lap nine.

With Boya taking advantage of the slipstream to overtake ahead of the braking zone for Lisboa on lap 11, Slater was in second place when he got of shape exiting R-Bend and struck the barrier, forcing his early exit.

Théophile Naël said: “It feels really, really good. To be honest, I was just patient, the pace was there the whole weekend. Both of my starts yesterday and today didn't go as planned so I just managed to stay calm, I know that we are racing in Macau so everything can happen until the chequered flag. It was a rollercoaster the whole weekend and now the emotions are coming. I did a good restart to be honest, then I just put the sixth gear, went flat out, I look ahead and I don't know why they slowed down a bit too much, so I went to the left and then I closed the door, I braked late, kept an eye on my mirrors as well with Mari, and it worked.”

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