Portuguese Grand Prix - Definition and Overview

Portuguese Grand Prix
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Autódromo do Estoril
Laps	70
Circuit length	4.36 kilometres (2.71 miles)
Race length	305.11 kilometres (189.63 miles)
1996 Winner	1:40'22.915 (Jacques Villeneuve, Williams)
1996 Pole	1'20.330 (Damon Hill, Williams)
1996 Fastest lap	1'22.873 (Jacques Villeneuve, Williams)
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The first Portuguese Grand Prix was held on the Boavista street course in Oporto on 14 August 1958, followed in 1959 by a grand prix in Monsanto, Lisbon. The last Portuguese Grand Prix was in Estoril on 22 September 1996. Estoril was planned to be the site of the 1997 European Grand Prix, but improvements to the circuit were not finished in time. With the expansion of Formula One outside Europe (and several European races under threat of cancellation), the chances for the return of Portuguese Grand Prix are very slim.

Winners of the Portuguese Grands Prix