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Location: Estoril, Portugal

Time Zone: GMT +1

Date Opened: 1972, Modified in 1999

Length: 4.182km

Longest Straight: 986m

Width: 14 metres

Pole Position: Left

Direction: Clockwise

Longest straight: 0.600 km / 0.372 miles

MotoGP Lap record: 1:38.423 (V. Rossi - 2004)

MotoGP Fastest Lap: 1:37.933 (M. Tamada - 2004)

Direction: Clockwise

Website: www.fpak.pt

Although the Marlboro Portuguese GP is the slowest in MotoGP racing the track presents a real challenge to riders and engineers. The contrast of very slow and very fast corners requires certain compromises in chassis settings and it's the same with the engine - the contrast between the fast start-finish straight and the many slow-speed corners requires maximum peak horsepower as well as gentle low-rpm performance.

But perhaps the greatest concern for riders is the track's proximity to the Atlantic. High-speed winds often whip off the ocean, blowing bikes and riders off course, and throwing dust onto the circuit, reducing grip.

Estoril hosts its fifth World Championship Grand Prix this year, though this is the seventh Portuguese GP. The nation's first two GPs were held at Spanish tracks in 1987 and 1988, because Estoril failed MotoGP's stringent track safety standards.

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