It’s like that, innit. Just when we thought the Portuguese GP would never ever return to the F1 calendar – here it is and for the second year in a row! This time, entertaining local wild life at Portimão and possibly a couple of circuit […]
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Portuguese Grand Prix: the Art (Updated)
You know, it’s nice when Formula One teams go so far as to design proper artwork to celebrate a Grand Prix. Some (team bosses?) seem to dig it, some don’t – and that’s why it probably has never caught on ‘bigly’ in the paddock. Illustrators […]
F1 Portuguese GP: Truck-Spotting with Nuno Portugal
We have already reacted to the Portuguese Grand Prix announcement a couple of months ago – https://iberianmph.com/2020/07/27/he-said/ – and voilà, the time is now and now is the time, as they say. F1 teams are finally starting to arrive at the circuit, in Portimão. The […]
Internet Guru Reacts to Imola and Portimão Announcement
LOL peeps, OMG! The Portuguese and Imolese Grand$ Prix are back, what a shocker! It took a global pandemic for that to happen. In our exclusive video we go behind the scenes of Portimão and Imola. Not really, but close. Hit like with a hammer […]
The Yellow Helmet on Parade in Estoril
The Man From Madrid, by Sergio Álvarez It seemed really poetic when we first scheduled this adventure. At that time it looked as if 2017 was going to become the first year without Brazilians on the grid since the Fittipaldi days… Although now all bets […]
Monsanto Revisited
Last year we paid a quick visit to the grounds of the former Monsanto 1959 Formula 1 circuit in Lisbon, inspecting what’s left of it and taking some photos of former turns 4 to 8 in the process. This year we went a bit further […]
Chatting With Peter Windsor
I had a lovely chat with Peter Windsor in Jerez and took this rare opportunity to ask him a few questions. Here’s the end result. Q: What’s your best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix? Peter Windsor: My best memory of the Portuguese Grand Prix […]
Monsanto F1 Circuit Now and No Then
I’m exiled in Lisbon until the end of this year, not sure whether it’s a blessing in disguise or a curse; naturally, my curious mind led me to some interesting discoveries. I always knew about 1959 Monsanto F1 circuit’s remains right in the heart of Lisbon’s Monsanto […]
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