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F1 confirm Portuguese Grand Prix for May 2

Formula 1 have officially confirmed that the Heineken Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao will fill the vacant calendar slot on May 2, bringing the total number of confirmed races to 23. As reported ... Read More...

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Portuguese Grand Prix should go ahead on May 2 in vacant slot

According to information acquired by GrandPrix247, the Portuguese Grand Prix will be able to go ahead in 2021 and is likely to be added to the Formula 1 calendar. The race looks set to take place on May 2 at... Read More...

Portuguese Grand Prix seeks help from the government

Portugal was set to host a Grand Prix again in 2021, but a recent spike in coronavirus cases may have put an end to this plan. After debuting in the Formula 1 world in 2020, the Autodromo Internacional do Al... Read More...

Masi: Kvyat seatbelt investigation has been concluded

The investigation into the loose seatbelt of AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat at the Portuguese Grand Prix found no significant safety issue, according to Formula 1 race director Michael Masi. One of several sa... Read More...

Amorim: Portugal on right-path to be part of F1 calendar

Formula 1's return to Portugal last weekend, after a 24 years absence, was widely hailed by drivers and teams alike and the country's ASN president Ni Amorim believes it can keep its place in the calendar. ... Read More...

Massa: Schumi was better technically, Lewis is more talented

Felipe Massa believes that while Michael Schumacher was better technically, Lewis Hamilton is the more talented of the two Formula 1 greats. Hamilton broke the German's win record on Sunday at the Portug... Read More...

Szafnauer: Lance will be better in Imola

Lance Stroll will be closer to top form at this weekend's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after a difficult return in Portugal in his comeback from COVID-19, says team boss Otmar Szafnauer. Missing the Eifel G... Read More...

2020 Portuguese Grand Prix: Driver Ratings

Lewis Hamilton earned his record 92nd race win in Formula 1 at the Algarve Circuit on Sunday in the first Portuguese Grand Prix since 1996. The six-time world champion took his ninth pole position of the... Read More...

Sebastian Vettel & Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Vettel: I have to think that we have the same car

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has walked-back his comments that the Scuderia is favouring teammate Charles Leclerc, maintaining he trusts his team is doing the right thing. Causing a small firestorm after S... Read More...

GP247 Podcast: Portuguese Grand Prix Review

Will and Ben get together to review the Portuguese Grand Prix on the Grand Prix 247 Podcast, as Lewis Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher's win record. The guys talk Hamilton's legacy and place among the g... Read More...

The Day After: 92

It may have been an inevitability, but that doesn’t make Lewis Hamilton’s record-setting 92nd Formula 1 victory on Sunday any less remarkable. Woods. Federer. James. Tendulkar. Rossi. Nadal. Phelps. Bolt... Read More...

Sir Jackie: Lewis is undeniably one of the best athletes in history

Sir Jackie Stewart has lauded Lewis Hamilton’s “hugely impressive career” after the Briton drove into Formula 1’s record books by winning the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix in style on Sunday. Only a fortnig... Read More...

Gasly: Hopefully I will get rewarded at some point

2020 Italian Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly did his shares the world of good with a high-end performance during the Portuguese Grand Prix, putting his Red Bull paymasters in a quandary. While the AlfaTau... Read More...

Binotto: Without a doubt Seb and Charles’ cars are identical

Sebastian Vettel's career low-ebb in form continued during the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix weekend raising questions regarding the equipment Ferrari are dishing out inferior equipment for the German's final ... Read More...

Norris: Stroll doesn’t seem to learn

McLaren's Lando Norris has sharply criticised Lance Stroll after their crash in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix, suggesting the Canadian "doesn't seem to learn" from his mistakes. Coming together in a tur... Read More...

Hamilton shows support for Nigerian demonstrators

In the wake of the headline-grabbing feat of becoming Formula 1's most successful driver in terms of victories, it should be noted that before he accomplished the feat on Sunday afternoon, Lewis Hamilton do... Read More...

Binotto: Ferrari improvement not day and night

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says Charles Leclerc's result in the Portuguese Grand Prix should not be overblown, even if it represents a "slight improvement" on its previous returns. Having qualified four... Read More...

Verstappen: Incredible 92 wins and I don’t think it stops there

Max Verstappen is the not the kind of chap that flings praise around at will, but when asked about Lewis Hamilton's record-breaking at the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, the young Dutchman verbalised his admir... Read More...