Portuguese GP Archives

Portuguese Grand Prix: Top Three Press Conference

Full transcript from the top three press conference after the Portuguese Grand Prix, Round 12 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, at Autodromo do Algarve, near Portimão in Portugal. Featuring race-... Read More...

Portuguese Grand Prix: Hamilton claims 92 in imperial style

Lewis Hamilton has etched his name Formula 1 history as the most successful driver of all time in terms of victories, powering to his 92nd win at the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, usurping Michael Schumacher'... Read More...

Hamilton: My Dad is here which is amazing

It was a touching moment as Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony sought one another out for a power-hug, in the frenzy of parc ferme, after the Mercedes driver powered to a majestic win at the 2020 Portugu... Read More...

Wolff: It’s everything Lewis puts into the sport, passion, energy

If Lewis Hamilton is the King of modern Formula 1, then his boss Toto Wolff is the King-maker, he and his fabulous Mercedes team - the mightiest in the sport's history - have provided the great Englishman w... Read More...

Masi: Drain collapse was something we haven’t seen before

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has revealed there was some confusion over the cause of the issue with a drain cover which delayed the start of qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday. ... Read More...

Grosjean: Haas have the slowest car in the paddock

Haas' unresolved issues from preseason testing mean it has the slowest car on the Formula 1 grid, according to Romain Grosjean. The Frenchman, who will be departing Haas at the end of the season, had onl... Read More...

The Morning After: A familiar story

Finding a sliver of extra pace when he needed it, Lewis Hamilton managed to get one over again on Valtteri Bottas at Portimao on Saturday. And really, you have to feel for the Finn. 0.102 seconds is quit... Read More...

Vettel: At the moment it’s beyond me

Sebastian Vettel has either lost his mojo or there is something seriously wrong with the #5 Ferrari SF1000; yet again the four-times Formula 1 World Champion was lost at sea, this time during qualifying for... Read More...

FIA steward Petrov returns home after father’s assasination

Vitaly Petrov has stood down from his role as a driver steward for the Portuguese Grand Prix weekend, because of what is being reported as the assassination of his father Russian news agencies report tha... Read More...

Portuguese Grand Prix Qualifying: Top Three Press Conference

Full transcript from the top three press conference after qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Round 12 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, at Autodromo do Algarve, near Portimao in Portugal. ... Read More...

Portimão Qualifying: Hamilton snatches it with last gasp lap

Mercedes dominated qualifying for the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, with claiming Lewis Hamilton claiming pole position for the 97th time and setting himself up for a record 92nd win on Sunday at Portimao cir... Read More...

Hamilton: I can’t tell you how hard that was

Lewis Hamilton was made to work hard for his 97th pole position, the Mercedes driver was pushed all the way by teammate Valtteri Bottas during qualifying for the Portguese Grand Prix but in the end, had a t... Read More...

Verstappen: Not too far behind Mercedes so all to play for

Max Verstappen was content with his third place in qualifying for the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, the Dutchman again lacking the firepower to beat Mercedes on Saturday but is confident ahead of race day. ... Read More...

Leclerc: I can be in the fight for a strong result

Charles Leclerc has revealed himself as a driver that will drive the wheels off anything you give him, in a Gilles Villeneuve kind of way, and he is having to do so with the below-par Ferrari SF1000. Whi... Read More...

Bottas: I should have gone for two laps as well

Make no mistake Valtteri Bottas is a very fast driver, there is no doubt about that. Anyone who can out-qualify Lewis Hamilton by a quarter of a second - as the Finn did in Russia two weeks ago - is special... Read More...

Gasly: Big thanks to the team, they barely slept last night

On Friday afternoon Pierre Gasly had to leap out of his burning AlphaTauri after it caught fire during FP2, 24-hours later the Frenchman rewarded his team by claiming ninth place on the grid. His crew di... Read More...

Steiner: It is what it is, we are where we are

To get an extent of the rot of complacency that has sunk over Haas, one need only read the summary by team principal Guenther Steiner of qualifying for the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix. Their soon to depar... Read More...

Portimao FP3: Bottas narrowly ahead of Hamilton

Hopefully a harbinger of what's to come in qualifying, the two Mercedes were barely a hair's breadth apart in final practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday. Pushing each other throughout the s... Read More...