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PORTIMAO, ALGARVE: Received a certificate for FORMULA 1 races

The Algarve racetrack in Portugal has received permission from the FIA ​​to host Formula 1 races as well.

As reported by the news agency Lusa, is a racetrack in town Portimao, in the south Portugal, last year FIA requested for the highest level of certification. "We have been striving to obtain this certificate since last year. Last year we had a check-up by the late Charlie Whiting and Eduardo Freitas,”Said the racetrack shed Paulo Pinheiro.

Given the financial difficulties of the Catalan racetrack in Barcelona, ​​Portugal could jump in instead of them for the winter tests of Formula 1 with a track in Portimao - Photo: HB Press

"The changes requested by the FIA ​​have been successfully implemented and we have now received the highest level of certification from the federation,”Adds the Portuguese. At the same time, it is Pine told another curiosity that the racetrack was supposed to Algarve also signed "confidential”Contract with one team Formula 1, who would do some test runs on the track in November.

A varied circle along the Alrgarve - Portimao trail

It is also rumored that there could be a trail Formulas 1 offered for winter testing - especially according to the news from Barcelona, where the Catalan line is indebted to the neck. V Portimao however, you could also try to attract a motorcycle series MotoGP. "This is one possibility, but first we need to see how the pandemic develops. If there are no significant changes, then the leading men of Formula 1 will not be able to follow the current calendar,He added Pine.              

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