F1 Portugal Circuit
Heres an f1 onboard lap at portimaoalgarve circuit in portimao portugal forthe return of the portuguese grand prix in formula 1 and in the f1 calendar.
F1 portugal circuit. Grand prix racing will return to portugal for the first time since 1996 after formula 1 added races in portimao and at the classic circuits of imola and nurburgring to the 2020 calendar. Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2020 portuguese grand prix which takes place over 66 laps of the 4684 kilometre autodromo internacional do algarve on sunday october 25. Portugal f1 will make its first ever visit to the portimao circuit in 2020 for the formula 1 heineken portuguese grand prix on october 23 25. The 100000 capacity algarve international circuit commonly referred to as portimao circuit is a 4692 km race circuit located in portimao portugal.
Googletagcmdpush function googletagdisplay div gpt ad 1543476726951 0. The portimao circuit nestled into the mountains in portugals algarve follows mugello in making a debut in what has been a frenetic 2020 season and like the italian circuit where we saw an. Renaults daniel ricciardo takes us on a flying lap of the algarve international circuit near portimao in portugal a brand new circuit for the 2020 formula 1 season. Construction was finished in october 2008 and the circuit was homologated by both the fim on 11 october 2008 and the fia two days later.
The circuito do estoril or autodromo do estoril estoril circuit officially known as autodromo fernanda pires da silva is a motorsport race track on the portuguese riviera outside of lisbon owned by state run holding management company parpublica. Daniel ricciardos algarve international circuit guide. Heres everything you need to know about the circuit ahead of its maiden appearance on the f1 calendar. Using the links above you can find the full weekend schedule including details of practice and qualifying sessions support races press conferences and special events plus the latest news headlines circuit information and f1 race results.
The track was used for f1 pre season testing in the winter of 2008 09 however while several drivers on the grid including daniel ricciardo charles leclerc and valtteri bottas experienced the portuguese circuit during their junior careers. Portimao like mugello another track that joined the f1 calendar in 2020 has never hosted a formula 1 world championship event. With a total cost of 195 million the project includes a karting track technology park five star hotel sports complex and apartments.