Race in Portimao? Verstappen thinks it's a great circuit
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- GPblog.com
There is a possibility that Formula 1 will race this year on the Portuguese circuit Portimao. Currently the circuit is in talks with Liberty Media, the Formula 1 and FIA to organize a race. There is a chance that after the race at Monza in September, Formula 1 will stay in Europe for a bit, because several Asian races have been cancelled. In any case, Max Verstappen seems to like racing on that circuit.
Testing in GT3
In January Verstappen drove on the circuit for the first time. He did this in a two-day private test in a GT3 car. Recently Verstappen talked about this via a social broadcast with Antonio Felix da Costa and his opinion about the circuit is now relevant again, as the circuit is being discussed with a view to Formula 1.
Verstappen said: "It’s still a great track, I really loved driving it. It was the first time I was there.” The only difference is that Verstappen drove in bad weather in January. "Two days I was there and for one-and-a-half days I was driving in the wet."
Should this circuit end up on the calendar for sometime later in September, chances are pretty good that the weather will be a lot better. It remains to be seen if it will come that far, as there are a lot of other circuits in the running as well. Nevertheless, the track in Portugal can count on the approval of the Dutch driver.