John MacDonald (born 27 May 1936) is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. He was originally from

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, where he started his career racing motorcycles, then cars until he served at the

National service National service is a system of compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act ...

. 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 The Macau Grand Prix (; ) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles held on the Guia Circuit in Macau. The event includes the Formula Regional and Motorcycle Grand Prix title races, with other races for Touri ...

during the early 1970s. He is the only person to have won all the international races of Macau;

(1965, 1972, 1973 and 1975), Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (1969) and Guia Race (1972). He is also the winner of the most Macau Grand Prix competitions, with 4 wins, and the first winner of the Guia Race in 1972. In addition to his Macau victories, MacDonald won the

Malaysian Grand Prix The Malaysian Grand Prix (, officially the Malaysia Grand Prix from 1963–1965 and 2011–2017 and Malayan Grand Prix in 1962) was an annual auto race held in Malaysia. It was part of the Formula One World Championship from 1999 to 2017 and ...

four times. He also won the 1976 Indonesian Grand Prix.

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1936 births British emigrants to Hong Kong English motorcycle racers English racing drivers Hong Kong racing drivers Living people Hong Kong people of British descent Sportspeople from Worcester, England Military personnel from Worcester, England 20th-century British military personnel 20th-century English sportsmen {{Autoracing-bio-stub