In the 2nd free practice where after only 20 laps of one of the most demanding street circuits in the world, he was 4th fastest, beating a few who this year are already in F1 - Sebastian Vettel BMW F1, Kazuki Nakajima Williams F1, Adrian Sutil Spyker F1, Kohei Hirate Toyota F1 Kumui Kobayashi Toyota F1.
Unfortunately grazing the wall early in Qualifying caused a bent rear wishbone, unfortunately putting him down the grid to 19th. Driving to 6th in such a high quality field, was a fantastic Macau debut for James.
Overall Race Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Nat | Time | Laps | Gap | KPH | Best | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Mike CONWAY |
GBR | 39:35.404 |
15 | 139.12 | 2:13.403 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Richard ANTINUCCI |
USA | 39:36.893 |
15 | 1.489 | 139.03 | 2:12.538 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Adrian SUTIL |
GER | 39:37.459 |
15 | 2.055 | 139 | 2:13.055 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Sebastien BUEMI |
SUI | 39:42.813 |
15 | 7.409 | 138.69 | 2:13.008 | ||
| 5 | 16 | Romain GROSJEAN |
FRA | 39:44.156 |
15 | 8.752 | 138.61 | 2:13.088 | ||
| 6 | 3 | James JAKES |
GBR | 39:69.367 |
15 | 23.963 | 137.73 | 2:13.786 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Kazuya OSHIMA |
JPN | 40:05.352 |
15 | 29.948 | 137.39 | 2:14.582 | ||
| 8 | 15 | Yelmer BUURMAN |
NED | 40:11.382 |
15 | 35.978 | 137.05 | 2:15.263 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Maro ENGEL |
GER | 40:11.898 |
15 | 36.494 | 137.02 | 2:14.523 | ||
| 10 | 14 | Fabio CARBONE |
BRA | 40:12.308 |
15 | 36.904 | 136.99 | 2:13.878 | ||
| 11 | 27 | Stephen JELLEY |
GBR | 40:20.085 |
15 | 44.681 | 136.55 | 2:13.434 | ||
| 12 | 33 | James WINSLOW |
GBR | 40:20.532 |
15 | 45.128 | 136.53 | 2:16.285 | ||
| 13 | 18 | Marko ASMER |
EST | 40:20.870 |
15 | 45.466 | 136.51 | 2:13.102 | ||
| 14 | 29 | Mauro MASSIRONI |
ITA | 40:25.425 |
15 | 50.021 | 136.25 | 2:16.106 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Oliver JARVIS |
GBR | 40:25.546 |
15 | 50.142 | 135.25 | 2:13.873 | ||
| 16 | 24 | Jonathan KENNARD |
GBR | 40:29.804 |
15 | 54.4 | 136.01 | 2:15.272 | ||
| 17 | 19 | Roldan RODRIGUEZ |
ESP | 40:31.951 |
15 | 56.547 | 135.89 | 2:15.354 | ||
| 18 | 32 | Daisuke IKEDA |
JPN | 40:33.861 |
15 | 58.457 | 135.78 | 2:16.032 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Kamui KOBAYASHI |
JPN | 40:37.545 |
15 | 1:02.141 | 135.57 | 2:12.782 | ||
| 20 | 28 | Michael HO |
MAC | 41:22.227 |
15 | 1:46.823 | 133.13 | 2:20.933 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Charlie KIMBALL |
USA | 41:38.960 |
15 | 2:03.556 | 132.24 | 2:14.793 | ||
| 22 | 25 | CHEONG Lou Meng |
MAC | 41:41.686 |
15 | 2:06.282 | 132.1 | 2:21.973 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Sebastien VETTEL |
GER | 37:46.875 |
14 | 1 LAP | 136.06 | 2:13.405 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Robert STEIT |
BRA | 37:47.603 |
14 | 1 LAP | 136.02 | 2:12.527 | ||
| 25 | 30 | Jo MERSZEI |
MAC | 40:40.199 | 14 | 1 LAP | 126.4 | 2:28.214 | ||
| 26 | 31 | LEI Kit Meng |
MAC | 40:41.603
|
14 | 1 LAP | 126.33 | 2:27.905 | ||
| 27 | 1 | Kohei HIRATE |
JPN | 35:11.614 |
13 | 2 LAPS | 135.63 | 2:13.858 | ||
Not Classified
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| 21 | Kodai TSUKAKOSHI |
JPN | 32:57.431 |
12 | D.N.F | 133.7 | 2:13.499 | |||
| 2 | Kazuki NAKAJIMA |
JPN | 28:32.691 |
10 | D.N.F | 128.64 | 2:14.754 | |||
| 5 | Paul DI RESTA |
GBR | N/A |
0 | D.N.F | N/A | N/A | |||
| 23 | Rodolfo AVILA |
MAC | N/A |
0 | D.N.F | N/A | N/A | |||
| 20 | Maximo CORTES |
ESP | N/A | 0 | D.N.F | N/A | N/A | |||