Portugal, Baltar (Paredes)
Kartódromo de Baltar
A 1.023 km circuit in Baltar (Paredes). Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
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Going to Kartódromo de Baltar?
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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Kartódromo de Baltar 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.
No recorded laps on Kart Circuit yet.
Record a session on this layout and your lap becomes the time other drivers in your class compare against.
Track day guide
Track day at Kartódromo de Baltar
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: 15°C by day, 7°C at night, rain on 15 days. Warmest in August, 32°C by day on average. Coldest in January, 3°C at night. Fewest days with rain: 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
Kartódromo de Baltar elevation
Elevation change 8 m, steepest gradient 5.0%. The highest point, about 313 m above sea level, is 0.77 km from the start line; the lowest, about 304 m, 0.12 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 Kartódromo de Baltar
Overview
Kartódromo de Baltar is an outdoor karting circuit on Rua de São Silvestre in Baltar, a parish of the municipality of Paredes in the Porto district of northern Portugal. It is one of the established venues of Portuguese national karting and in 2026 it hosted the third of five rounds of the Rotax Max Challenge Portugal in June and the fourth of five rounds of the Campeonato de Portugal de Karting in July. Alongside championship meetings, the circuit keeps its own fleet of 270 cc karts.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The Portuguese motorsport federation, FPAK, lists the circuit with a perimeter of 1,023 metres and a width of eight metres. Its grade 1 homologation, number 68/2024, was issued on 25 March 2024, valid until the end of 2026. The official track plan marks nine numbered bends. A long straight carries the start and finish line, and the rest of the lap folds back on itself through a sequence of hairpins and linked bends that fill the infield, which the regional tourism route describes as a layout with varied curves and combinations suited to different driving styles. Pole position is on the right-hand side of the grid for both standing and rolling starts. For the 2026 national championship round the finals for the X30 Senior and KZ2 classes were set at 22 laps, or 22.5 kilometres, while the Rotax meeting a month earlier ran its Junior, Senior and DD2 races over 15 laps with rolling starts after a single formation lap and up to 36 entries per class.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The start and finish straight is lined by a wall from which teams signal to their drivers during practice and qualifying, while in the races signalling moves to the wall beside the quick-repair zone. For championship meetings the venue provides a technical zone with parc fermé and a weighing area, a race secretariat, a press room and a medical post. On the eastern side of the site, next to the kart track, lies a separate and partly unpaved rally track.
History
The circuit opened at the end of the 1980s, but it was not until 1992 that it hosted its first official race counting towards the national karting championship. Two years later the Troféu Baltar Kart Cup was created, a trophy competition named after the circuit, and in 2005 the Escola Nacional de Karting - Alfredo César Torres was founded at the circuit. Tourism listings describe the track as homologated by the CIK/FIA. Over the following seasons Baltar remained part of the Portuguese karting calendar, welcoming the national championship in 2024 and again in 2026, when Clube Automóvel do Minho organised the round, and the Rotax Max Challenge Portugal, organised by Motorsport Viana Clube, in June 2026.
Address
Rua de São Silvestre, 760
4585-050 Baltar (Paredes)
Portugal
