Out of the shadows of a famous Macau legend
Teddy Yip Jnr could not help but be born into motor sport and he's had the perfect opportunity to bring back his dad's Theodore Racing name
There's a photograph of Teddy Yip Jnr taken in 1983, a babe in his father's arms. Next to them is a young man: a 23-year-old Ayrton Senna, shortly before or after winning the Macau Grand Prix in the first year it became a Formula 3 race, for Yip Snr's famed Theodore Racing team.
It's no exaggeration to say Teddy Jnr was born into motor sport - even if his father was otherwise engaged.
"He was at the Indianapolis 500 when I was born," laughs Yip Jnr. "[But as a child] I was always either being taken to [racing] events or being left behind … I spent a lot of time around racetracks.
We're trying to retain the ethos of Theodore and find those best up-and-coming drivers and help them up the ranks
"One of my earliest memories is running around outside the house, all the F3 cars there getting repaired, running around making gear change noises, generally getting in everybody's way, messing about with everything in reach," says the 31-year-old, who has brought back his father's marque for this year's event.
"With it being the 60th anniversary of the Macau GP and the 30th anniversary of Senna's win here, the original Theodore, those two milestones coinciding were the perfect opportunity to bring back the Theodore name, it just seemed to make sense.
"Theodore Racing was such a big part of this event for so long - I think in those years he brought so much of the pageantry to it that really made it special."
And the move has been successful - Theodore Racing by Prema are on pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix after Alex Lynn won the qualification race.
Yip Snr was one of those characters whose life stories are always prefixed with the adjective "colourful", occupying a huge place in the history of the Macau Grand Prix and the city in general.