Portugal, Estoril
Estoril
A 4.183 km circuit in Estoril. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Estoril?
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
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Going to Estoril?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Estoril lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
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Track day guide
Track day at Estoril
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 18°C by day, 14°C at night, rain on 12 days. Warmest in August, 23°C by day on average. Coldest in January, 12°C at night. Fewest days with rain: July to August.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Estoril elevation
Elevation change 22 m, steepest gradient 6.1%. The highest point, about 138 m above sea level, is 3.44 km from the start line; the lowest, about 116 m, 0.91 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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More to do with the session than the lap time
About Estoril
Overview
The Circuito do Estoril, officially the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, lies on a rocky plateau near Alcabideche in the municipality of Cascais, about 9 km from the coastal resort of Estoril that gives it its name and some 32 km west of Lisbon. The Portuguese state owns it through the holding company Parpública, and the company CE - Circuito Estoril runs it. Estoril held the Portuguese Formula One Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996 and the Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix from 2000 to 2012. It hosts rounds of the Superbike World Championship and the FIM junior Moto3 world series, as well as the Estoril Classics historic meeting.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The Grand Prix circuit measures 4,182 m on its centre line and has 13 corners, four left-handers and nine right-handers, including two hairpins. The track is 14 m wide on the start-finish straight and at most corners, narrows to 10 m through turns 4 to 8 and widens to 18 m at turns 9 and 10. At about 986 m, the start-finish straight is the longest straight. The ground rises and falls, with a steepest climb of 6.75% and a steepest drop of 5.56%, and the run-off areas cover 58,000 m². The circuit holds FIA Grade 1 status. Since 2018 an alternative version that uses the reinstated Tanque corner has also been available. Andy Soucek set the fastest race lap of the present layout, 1:26.711, in a Superleague Formula car in 2008, and Jorge Lorenzo holds the motorcycle record of 1:36.909 from the 2012 Grand Prix on a Yamaha.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The pit building has 30 garages, each 6.7 m wide and 17 m deep, plus three technical garages. The main paddock covers 24,500 m², with a support paddock of 58,000 m². The press area has a 330-seat media centre and an interview room for 80 journalists. A control tower, a medical centre, a helipad, live timing and 34 CCTV cameras complete the facilities, and the circuit's capacity is given as 45,000.
History
A street race was held in Estoril as early as 1937. The permanent circuit opened on 17 June 1972 and in its first years held national races and occasional Formula 2 rounds. The owning company was taken over by the state between 1975 and 1978 and the track fell into disrepair, so a major rebuild was needed before Formula One arrived in 1984. In that first Grand Prix Niki Lauda finished second and took the title by half a point from Alain Prost, and in 1985 Ayrton Senna won his first Grand Prix there for Lotus in heavy rain. A large renovation in 1993 brought new pits, paddock tunnels, a control tower and a hospital, and a chicane was added in 1994 after Senna's death. Formula One left after 1996. The state took a majority stake in 1998 and full ownership in 2002. The last corner and the first two turns were redesigned by Hermann Tilke for 1999, and the first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix followed on 3 September 2000. Estoril also held the DTM in 2004, A1 Grand Prix in 2005 and the WTCC in 2008. The Esses were moved infield in 2007, and in 2018 the track was partly resurfaced and the Tanque corner returned. In 2020 the circuit hosted the Superbike World Championship and Endurance World Championship finales. A court ruling of 8 September 2023 set noise limits for the site.
