Facts and stats about the Portimao circuit | 2020 Portuguese GP. The Portimao circuit will host its first F1 race.

Portimao circuit hosts the 12^th round of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, the Portuguese Grand Prix, for the first time from 23 to 25 October.

It’s a modern facility, inaugurated at the end of 2008, not far from Portimao, the biggest city in the west of the Algarve. It boasts a hillside location and features a series of natural climbs and drops which make it very spectacular and fun to drive.

In its Grand Prix configuration, Autódromo Internacional do Algarve is 4.684 kilometres long and has 15 corners. However, like many modern tracks, the layout is flexible with no fewer than 64 options. Alongside the track is an impressive sports village with hotels, a sports complex and a kart track.

The last time Portugal held a Grand Prix was back in 1996, with Damon Hill winning at Estoril, a track that hosted Formula 1 13 times from 1984 to 1996. There were two editions of this race held in Porto in 1958 and 1960 and one in Monsanto in 1959. Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell share the record for the most Portuguese wins with three apiece.

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