Just like last year, the FIA World Touring Car Championship title will be decided again on the streets of Macau, this weekend. Because of the nature of the track, it is quite interesting to see which kind of relationship each driver has with the infamous 6.1km Guia street circuit. In 52 years of racing at Macau, Jörg Müller (winner of the 1993 F3 GP and the 2004 Guia Race) was only the second man to win both the Grand Prix and the Guia Race, after John McDonald who also took the spoils in the Motorcycle GP.

Last year N.technology Alfa Romeo driver Augusto Farfus managed the impressive feat of winning the Guia Race on his very first visit to Macau, while Andy Priaulx (twice second in the Guia Race, in 2004 and 2005) and Rickard Rydell (winner of the 1992 F3 GP and third in the 2004 Guia Race) have proved on different occasions that they like this track. If Farfus wins the WTCC title on Sunday he would be the youngest FIA World Champion ever: on race day the Brazilian will be 23-years, 2-months and 16-days old; the current record is held by Spaniard Fernando Alonso who claimed the 2005 Formula One crown when he was 24-years, 1-month and 27-days old. He would also be the first Brazilian FIA World Champion in motor sport since Ayrton Senna claimed the Formula One title in 1991.

With three wins and two second place finishes so far this year, Farfus stands on top of the championship points standings with 60 points, just one ahead of Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller (both BMW) and two ahead of the former Alfa Romeo factory driver Gabriele Tarquini, now with the SEAT team. In fact six drivers are still in with a realistic shot at claiming the crown in Macau. However Farfus will be the heaviest driver on the streets of Macau as he is set to lug 90 kg of "success ballast", an additional weight penalty that is likely to hit into his chances of the title.