Portuguese Grand Prix
portuguese grand prix portuguese grande prémio de portugal motorsports event first held sportscar event intermittently disappearing many year revived event held sportscar race edition held formula three entrant event part formula one world championship – long hiatus revived event held several circuit throughout history first event held boavista street course porto june sport car race grand prix moved monsanto park lisbon oneoff monsanto like boavista circuit hazardous street circuit lined tree many elevation change fast sweeper monsanto quite wide opposed boavista narrow sportscar event continued following year became part formula one world championship first formula one race held august boavista circuit situated hazardous area laid town included section cobbled street even tramline british driver stirling moss vanwall mike hawthorn ferrari top championship table battling first eight raininterrupted lap moss pulled away hawthorn slipped behind frenchman jean behra brm british car hit spark plug problem drama beginning protest made hawthorn claimed restarted car driven yard wrong direction rule meant hawthorn disqualified soon heard moss headed steward told hawthorn course spotted rule moss evidence swung decision action taken protest upheld hawthorn would lost seven point – six finishing second extra one recording fastest lap event moss intervention allowed hawthorn win driver championship title one point – moss race followed grand prix monsanto moss time midengined cooper australian jack brabham hit telegraph pole swerving hit twice lapped local driver mario cabral brabham thrown car landed track narrowly missed american masten gregory race monsanto park abandoned f returned boavista race brabham cooper portuguese grand prix discontinued return name resurrected sport car sprint event cascais street circuit following two year run formula three car seed return portuguese grand prix planted inauguration autódromo estoril near capital lisbon estoril grand prix held european formula two championship event circuit see memorable exciting race formula one history october portugal returned f calendar ending season frenchman alain prost race failed win championship half point teammate austrian niki lauda finished nd race grand prix moved april held heavy rain ideal condition ayrton senna win first race race held would become traditional date penultimate week september race briton nigel mansell saw prost win th grand prix breaking jackie stewart yearold record see controversy prost mclaren teammate senna coming long parabolica corner prost lined pas senna attempt stop brazilian squeezed frenchman nearly hit wall separating pit lane track prost kept foot flat passed senna going first corner prost mildmannered driver angry senna one incident world two best formula one driver time led one famous sporting rivalry history saw yet controversy mansell driving ferrari overshot pit lane entrance team gesticulation went reverse gear backed pit stop position rule sometime mansell went given black disqualification flag go however came pas senna leading passing pit shown black flag mansell ducked senna turned ferrari driver went track runoff area incident destroyed senna championship chance failed score point event win race stand chance beating teammate rival prost finished nd mansells teammate austrian gerhard berger mansell ferrari fined englishman banned next race spanish grand prix saw incredibly exciting race senna prost mansell berger battled hard gain top honor mansell made poor start nearly took ferrari teammate prost allowed senna berger slip take st nd mansell prost fought back also saw backmarker philippe alliot nearly take leader mansell crash heavily second corner alex caffi aguri suzuki crashed car lap marshal could get car track race called short mansell senna prost berger finished th saw yet drama mansell driving williams saw championship chance start fade came pit change tire however rear right wheel fastened properly mansell went went foot right rear wheel came stuck middle pit road unable move mansell reversed williams williams mechanic ran stricken car lifted bodily pit road fitted rear tire properly took minute action broke sort rule mansell coming th place shown black flag come th time disqualified race englishman italian teammate riccardo patrese saw mansell win patrese horrific crash hit back gerhard bergers mclaren launched air next pit lane car came scraped alongside pit wall one injured saw alain prost win fourth final driver championship driving williams finished nd race german michael schumacher benetton saw change circuit response death senna roland ratzenberger imola esses corner parabolica made corner sequence race williams driver damon hill saw huge accident start involving ukyo katayama tyrrell race david coulthard saw canadian rookie jacques villeneuve williams pas schumacher outside parabolica canadian race track tended promote close racing weather usually good although estoril mile westernmost point europe tended affected stiff breeze rain storm coming atlantic ocean bigger problem however local attitude towards circuit fia asked time track facility improved nothing done governing body called portugal bluff promised renovation work done race cancelled estoril planned final race season replaced european grand prix held jerez spain portugal economy minister augusto mateus immediately announced government going provide million necessary work race going cancelled wrong effort speed work portuguese government bought controlling interest company owned track portuguese gp listed calendar cancelled upgrading work could completed time april max mosley stated based quality algarve international circuit portuguese grand prix could integrated formula one championship long commercial agreement formula one management achieved race returned season time algarve international circuit portimão help sport fill calendar light race cancelled due covid pandemic race held october first grand prix venue race saw lewis hamilton score nd grand prix win breaking michael schumachers previous record formula one grand prix win circuit hosted additional race driver bold competing formula one championship current season pink background indicates event part formula one world championship team bold competing formula one championship current season pink background indicates event part formula one world championship manufacturer bold competing formula one championship current season built cosworth built porsche pink background indicates event part formula one world championship sport car sprint event cascais street circuit following two year run formula three car