John MacDonald (racing driver)

John MacDonald (27 May 1936 – 28 January 2026) was a Hong Kong racing car driver and a motorcycle racer.[1] He was originally from England, where he started his career racing motorcycles, then cars, until he entered National Service.[2] He then lived in Hong Kong and raced as a competitor of Hong Kong, where he owned a garage business. He is best known as the most successful driver in the Macau Grand Prix during the early 1970s.[1]

MacDonald was the only person to have won all the international races of Macau; Macau Grand Prix (1965, 1972,[3] 1973[4] and 1975), Macau motorcycle Grand Prix (1969) and Macau Guia Race (1972).[1] He was also the winner of the most Macau Grand Prix competitions, with 4 wins, and the first winner of the Guia Race in 1972.[1]

In addition to his Macau victories, MacDonald won the Malaysian Grand Prix four times.[5] He also won the 1976 Indonesian Grand Prix.

MacDonald died on 28 January 2026. He was 89.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "TAKING THE TRIPLE: JOHN MACDONALD" (PDF). www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo.
  2. ^ "Motorsport People". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ^ "520 entries". New Straits Times. 16 November 1973. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Sports in brief". Bangor Daily News. 19 November 1973. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  5. ^ Wood, Ida (4 November 2019). "What if the Motorsport Games had taken place 50 years ago?". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Grand Prix Legend John Macdonald Passes Away At 89". Macau Daily Times. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  7. ^ The Aesthetic Outlier: How John Macdonald's Chrome-Plated Legacy Proves We're Measuring the Wrong Data
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