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Portuguese Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Algarve International Circuit (2020–present); Circuito do Estoril (2000–2012); Circuito del Jarama, Spain (1987)
First race	1987
Most wins (rider)	Valentino Rossi (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (13)

The Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

History

The event was first held in 1987 at the Jarama circuit in Spain.^[1] The reason for this was because the main Portuguese circuit at the time, the Circuito do Estoril, was not yet ready to be used for motorcycle racing. However, Portugal still wanted to host a round in the championship that year, and so opted to use the Jarama circuit until their own was ready for use.^[2]^[3] In 1988, a second race was held at the new Jerez circuit which was also located in Spain.^[1] The original plan was to host the race in Portugal at the Estoril circuit, but Jerez was chosen instead. The race was also named 'EXPO '92', referring to the expo of a similar name held at the Spanish city of Seville that year.^[4]^[3] This makes Portugal the only country to host multiple grands prix under Portuguese flag and name, despite the locations of the venues not being located in the country itself.

In 2000, Grand Prix motorcycle racing returned to Portugal after the Estoril Circuit was homologated for international motorcycle racing.^[3]^[1] This was the third time Portugal hosted a grand prix, but only the first time a race was held in the country itself. Estoril continued to host the Portuguese round until 2012, where it was confirmed for the final time after the owners of the Estoril circuit and the Portuguese government came to an agreement.^[5]^[6] In 2013 however, the Portuguese round was dropped in favour of the Circuit of the Americas in the United States.^[7]

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese Grand Prix returned as the season finale on an altered calendar in the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. The venue chosen to host the round was the Algarve International Circuit, which has been a reserve circuit since 2017. The race was held with no spectators after a lack of social distancing on the grandstands at the Formula 1 race held one month before.^[8]^[9] In 2021, the originally one-off race was brought back as the third round of the season.^[10]^[11]^[12] The race was also held in 2022. On 2 August 2022, it was announced that Portuguese Grand Prix would be the season-opener event between 24–26 March.^[13]

In the 2024 season, Portugal hosted its first ever MotoE race with the 2024 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Championship - making them the eight country to host a MotoE World Championship. Algarve International Circuit was the first track of the 2024 MotoE World Championship. ^[14]

Official names and sponsors

1987: Gran Premio Marlboro de Portugal (only in name, the race was held in Jarama, Spain)
2000–2004: Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal
2005: betandwin.com Grande Prémio Portugal
2006–2009: bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal^[15]
2010–2011: bwin Grande Prémio de Portugal^[16]
2012: Grande Prémio de Portugal (no official sponsor)^[17]
2020: Grande Prémio MEO de Portugal^[18]
2021: Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal^[19]
2022–present: Grande Prémio Tissot de Portugal^[20]

Formerly used circuits

Circuito del Jarama, used in 1987.
The Autódromo do Estoril, used from 2000 to 2012.

Winners

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
# Wins	Rider	Category	Years won
5	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
5	Valentino Rossi	500cc	2001
3	Toni Elías	MotoGP	2006
	Toni Elías	250cc	2003, 2004
	Álvaro Bautista	250cc	2007, 2008
	Álvaro Bautista	125cc	2006
	Jorge Lorenzo	MotoGP	2008, 2009, 2010
2	Daijiro Kato	250cc	2000, 2001
	Stefan Bradl	Moto2	2010, 2011
	Casey Stoner	MotoGP	2012
	Casey Stoner	250cc	2005
	Marc Márquez	Moto2	2012
	Marc Márquez	125cc	2010
	Raúl Fernández	Moto2	2021
	Raúl Fernández	Moto3	2020
	Fabio Quartararo	MotoGP	2021, 2022
	Pedro Acosta	Moto2	2023
	Pedro Acosta	Moto3	2021
	Daniel Holgado	Moto3	2023, 2024

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
# Wins	Manufacturer	Category	Years won
13	Honda	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012
		500cc	2001
		250cc	1987, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
		125cc	2000
12	Aprilia	250cc	2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
12	Aprilia	125cc	2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
9	Yamaha	MotoGP	2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022
9	Yamaha	500cc	1987, 2000
6	KTM	MotoGP	2020
		Moto3	2012, 2020, 2021, 2023
		125cc	2005
6	Kalex	Moto2	2011, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
4	Ducati	MotoGP	2023, 2024
4	Ducati	MotoE	2024 Race 1, 2024 Race 2
3	Derbi	125cc	2009, 2010
3	Derbi	80cc	1987
2	Gilera	250cc	2009
	Gilera	125cc	2001
	Suter	Moto2	2010, 2012
	Gas Gas	Moto3	2022, 2024

Multiple winners (countries)

# Wins	Country	Wins
# Wins	Country	Category	Years won
29	Spain	MotoGP	2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2024
		Moto2	2012, 2021, 2023, 2024
		250cc	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
		Moto3	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
		125cc	2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
		80cc	1987
12	Italy	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2023
		500cc	2001
		250cc	2006, 2009
		125cc	1987, 2008
		MotoE	2024 Race 1, 2024 Race 2
4	Germany	Moto2	2010, 2011
		250cc	1987
		Moto3	2012
	Australia	MotoGP	2012
		500cc	2000
		Moto2	2020
		250cc	2005
3	France	MotoGP	2021, 2022
3	France	125cc	2002
2	Japan	250cc	2000, 2001
	United States	500cc	1987
	United States	Moto2	2022

By year

Year	Track	MotoE				Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Race 1		Race 2		Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2024	Algarve	Nicholas Spinelli	Ducati	Mattia Casadei	Ducati	Daniel Holgado	Gas Gas	Arón Canet	Kalex	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Report

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2023	Algarve	Daniel Holgado	KTM	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Report
2022		Sergio García	Gas Gas	Joe Roberts	Kalex	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Report
2021		Pedro Acosta	KTM	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Report
2020		Raúl Fernández	KTM	Remy Gardner	Kalex	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
2012	Estoril	Sandro Cortese	KTM	Marc Márquez	Suter	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2011	Estoril	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2010	Estoril	Marc Márquez	Derbi	Stefan Bradl	Suter	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2009	Estoril	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2008		Simone Corsi	Aprilia	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2007		Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2006		Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Toni Elías	Honda	Report
2005		Mika Kallio	KTM	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Alex Barros	Honda	Report
2004		Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Toni Elías	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2003		Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	Toni Elías	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002		Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2001	Estoril	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000	Estoril	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	Report

Year	Track	80cc		125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
1987	Jarama	Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Paolo Casoli	MBA	Anton Mang	Honda	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report