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Thrilling finish as Daniel Ticktum wins Macau Grand Prix after top two crash at final corner

Red Bull Junior driver scores one of the most amazing victories ever seen at the race after he takes advantages of his rivals’ misfortunes to steal victory

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Daniel Ticktum, of Motopark with VEB Volkswagen, celebrates his Macau Grand Prix victory on the podium. Photos: Nora Tam

Sometimes you make your own luck as Daniel Ticktum can attest after snatching a sensational victory, almost from nowhere, in Sunday’s Suncity Group Formula Three Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup

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The British 18-year-old had said on Saturday he’d thought he had the fastest car in the field, despite qualifying eighth on the grid in his Motopark with VEB Volkswagen. And for much of the race Ticktum was tucked in behind the leading pack, waiting to prove that very point.

Then there was a sensational move outside Lisboa on lap 14 as Ticktum passed both Maximilian Gunther (SJM Theodore Racing by Prema) and Lando Norris (Carlin) to move into third in behind leaders Sergio Sette Camara (Motopark with VEB) and Ferdinand Habsburg (Carlin) with the last lap looming.

Daniel Ticktum pours on the bubbly.
Daniel Ticktum pours on the bubbly.

That audacious overtake – the stuff of which legends are made in these parts – sent a murmur through the crowd that turned into a roar across the final lap when, incredibly, the leading pair both crashed into the barriers turning for the flag.

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Ticktum was there on their tails – and he was home.

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