Location: Portimao, Algarve, Portugal
Year of construction: 2008
Length: 4,653km
Homologation: FIA
Number of Corners: 15
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas in 2020 - 1:16.466
The pilot's eye
An exciting track with many corners, long straights and beautiful slopes!
All the pilots agree: it goes up, it goes down, it turns blind, it goes fast, it brakes hard! And according to Lewis Hamilton circuit is a monstrous challenge!
To your seats!
The circuit
Also known as the Portimao Circuit, the Algarve Circuit is located in the south of Portugal.
This circuit was created with the aim of hosting Formula 1 private tests and it was in the sublime light and perfect setting of the Algarve hills that the Portimao track, a real gem, welcomed the return of the Portuguese Grand Prix in October 2020.
It was on the hilly Portimao circuit, under intermittent light rain that did not soak the track, that Lewis Hamilton won his 92nd