Portimao To Host 2020 MotoGP Finale
T
he FIM, IRTA and Dorna
Sports recently announced
the addition of a 15th Grand Prix
to the 2020 FIM MotoGP World
Championship calendar, with the
event set to take place November
20-22 and become the season
finale. The venue will be the Auto-
dromo Internacional do Algarve in
Portimão, Portugal. The reserve
track for MotoGP since 2017, the
circuit will now make its debut on
the calendar.
The track welcomes MotoGP
back to Portugal for the first time
since 2012, and the event will
see Portuguese rider Miguel
Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3)
racing on home turf in the pre-
mier class for the first time.
Autodromo Internacional do
Algarve CEO Paulo Pinheiro: "It
is a great achievement for our
team to finally have MotoGP at
our racetrack! MotoGP is the
pinnacle of two-wheeled motor-
sport, and we are so excited to
have it.
"It has been a long process
with Dorna, we had an agree-
ment in place since 2017, and
finally all the hard work paid off.
On top of this to have Miguel
Oliveira on the MotoGP grid,
being able to fight for the podium
will be an amazing add-on for this
race, and hopefully the Champi-
onship will be decided here.
"We are working to have the
fans in our race, and we will start
with a capacity of 30,000 fans
for the race weekend and then
we will decide with Dorna and the
sanitary authorities the following
stages. We can't express how
happy we are to have this race."
Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo
Ezpeleta said, "It's big news for
us, we signed an agreement in
2017 with Portimao to be the
reserve circuit for any kinds of
cancelations, and we've been in
contact with them all this time.
We've been to Portimao with
Superbike and we think it's an
amazing possibility for us, and
also in the agreement is that the
track will be resurfaced after
the Superbike round. When we
explained this to the riders they
were excited because they've
seen the track on TV, but we've
never been there." CN
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The roller coaster
of Portimao will
host the 2020
MotoGP season
finale.
