Ticktum, who won the race in 2017 and 2018, agreed terms yesterday (Tuesday) with Rodin Carlin and his name was added to the entry for the 18-19 November event just a couple of hours before it was unveiled.
The 24-year-old has been a regular in Formula E with NIO 333 since his last season on the junior single-seater ladder in 2021, when he finished fourth in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin.
Before then, he competed with the team in the Macau GP in 2019 and also had a one-off F3 European Championship outing with the squad in 2016 in order to be eligible to make his Macau debut later that year.
Ticktum joins Rodin Carlin F2 racer Zane Maloney in the team for Macau, with the other seat yet to be filled.
“When you’re looking at an event and you want to go and win it, then you look at who can win it,” Rodin Carlin boss Trevor Carlin told Autosport.
“I was starting to think about who that can be, and obviously Dan’s one of the best possible drivers you can get for Macau.
“He’s really good mates with ‘Boyo’ [Anthony Hieatt, head of Double R Racing, with which Ticktum competed in Macau in 2016], so I asked him to have a chat with Dan, and he said in principle he’d be quite keen.
“Dan responded yesterday and said he’d love to do it – so it’s game on!”
Source: Autosport