'We've just been very unlucky' - Todd on Macau cancellation

Erno Kostamo, Davey Todd and Peter Hickman pictured at the Macau Grand Prix

Davey Todd has lamented the fact that the 2024 Macau motorcycle grand prix had to be cancelled because of inclement weather at the weekend.

The English racer received the trophy for first place after posting the fastest time in qualifying for the scheduled 12-lap event over the 3.8-mile Guia circuit.

Finn Erno Kostamo, the 2022 race winner, and Todd's FHO Racing BMW team-mate Peter Hickman were second and third quickest in the qualifying session.

Heavy rain put pay to any chance of running the race this year.

"It's a real shame about the weather but at the end of the day what can we do. It's out of everybody's control," Todd told a media conference in Macau.

"The organisers have done the best job they possibly can - we've just been very unlucky, it's not normal for this time of year.

"To qualify on pole and in essence take the race win is pretty cool, and to have two FHO riders on the podium is good."

It was conformed in the run-up to the event that Todd would partner Hickman in the FHO Racing outfit for the 2025 British Superbike Championship and Isle of Man TT.

"I'm really pleased to start off my relationship with the team like this," added the Yorkshireman of his first outing for his new team.

Four-time Macau winner Hickman commented: "Everything's been against us but it's good for Faye and the team. We both got on the front row, which has turned out to be the race result.

"Personally, I'm not really a qualifying kind of person so I always look forward to a race, as we all do, but it just wasn't to be this year.

"We'll all have to come back next year and fingers crossed it can all run smoothly."

Record nine-time winner Michael Rutter was fourth on the qualifying leaderboard on another of the FHO Racing BMWs, with Rob Hodson fifth and Northern Ireland's Paul Jordan sixth.