Portuguese Round
Location Information
Pole Position | Right |
Length | 4.592 Km |
Corners | 15 |
Right Corners | 9 |
Left Corners | 6 |
Records
Pole Record | 1'39.610 (165,959 Km/h) J. Rea (Kawasaki ZX-10RR, 2022) |
Race Record | 1'39.826 (165,600) T.Razgatlioglu (Yamaha YZF R1, 2023 - SPRC) |
All Time Record | 1'39.610 (165,959 Km/h) J. Rea (Kawasaki ZX-10RR, 2022) |
2024 Race 1 Winner | T.Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR) |
2024 Superpole Race Winner | T.Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR) |
2024 Race 2 Winner | T.Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR) |
Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona have completed round seven of the Superbike World Championship at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with a strong display of grit and resilience, achieving a seventh and fourteenth place finish in today’s Superpole race, before placing ninth and thirteenth respectively in Race… read more.
Team HRC factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge finished twelfth and thirteenth respectively in Race 1 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, the stage for the seventh round of the 2024 Superbike World Championship. The result fell short of expectations for both riders, especially after their strong performance in… read more.
The second half of the 2024 WorldSBK season has kicked off at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, with Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona completing Friday’s free practice sessions in eleventh and twelfth place, both only around four tenths of a second off provisional pole. With… read more.
Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are busy making final preparations for the round seven of the 2024 Superbike World Championship, taking place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal, this coming weekend. The sixth round in the Czech Republic brought a step in… read more.
Team HRC has been back at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal this week for another WorldSBK test with factory riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona. The team continued to work to identify a base set-up for the new CBR1000RR-R, just as it did during last week’s tests at… read more.
The final testing session of the year for Team HRC factory riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, was unfortunately thwarted by overnight and early morning rain. The riders have been quite busy lately, having recently traveled to Indonesia for an enjoyable and… read more.
Team HRC has concluded the eleventh and penultimate Superbike World Championship round at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with a fifth and seventh place finish for rider Iker Lecuona in the day’s two races. Xavi Vierge finished ninth in the Sprint race but was denied the chance to complete a… read more.
Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona were on track at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve today for the first of the races making up round eleven of the 2023 Superbike World Championship A constructive final morning practice saw both riders continue to work with their respective technicians. Both… read more.
The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal is the stage for this weekend’s penultimate round of the 2023 Superbike World Championship, in which Team HRC is competing with Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge. The first practice session got underway as scheduled mid-morning, in warm and sunny conditions. The two free… read more.
With the Aragón round having come to a close just a few days ago, Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge are already on site at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal, where they are preparing for the eleventh, and penultimate, round of the 2023… read more.
Team HRC and its factory Superbike riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have completed a further two days testing at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, following on from last week’s positive sessions at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. On track on both Tuesday 31 January and Wednesday 1… read more.
Team HRC has concluded the ninth WorldSBK round at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with a double top ten finish for rider Xavi Vierge in the day’s two races. Iker Lecuona had a more challenging Sunday, as he crossed the line twelfth in the sprint race before crashing out while… read more.
As round nine of the Superbike World Championship continues at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Team HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona have now completed the first of the weekend’s three races. Having wrestled all race long with a combination of unexpected difficulties, their race results – eighth and… read more.
The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal is the stage for the last European round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship and Team HRC is keen to exploit the fact it is competing at a track that rookie riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge already know. Aware that one of… read more.
Round nine of the Superbike World Championship sees Team HRC and factory riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge travel to Portugal, and the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, which is set to host the last event on European asphalt before three overseas events in Argentina, Indonesia and Australia. The… read more.
Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have completed two more days of testing in preparation for the 2022 Superbike World Championship season. Two very important days for the Team HRC riders, who were able to ride their CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADES at the spectacular Portuguese circuit of Portimão for the first time. The… read more.
Team HRC was let down by bad luck at Portimao this weekend, with both Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam demonstrating podium-worthy pace in qualifying and each of the three races, both in wet and dry conditions. Once again today, both riders missed out on a likely podium finish during the… read more.
Team HRC riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam were both in the battle for the podium throughout the first of this weekend’s WorldSBK races at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Haslam ultimately crossed the line fifth while Bautista unfortunately crashed at the last corner of the final lap while defending… read more.
Team HRC have again hit the ground running in Portimão, continuing the recent positive trend with Leon Haslam placing third in FP2 and fourth overall on day 1, and Alvaro Bautista ninth, less than four tenths from his teammate. Team HRC is in action at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve… read more.
After an extremely challenging weekend for everyone involved, Team HRC travelled straight on to Portugal, where round 11 of the season will take place this weekend, the third of three back-to-back events and the last European round of the 2021 Superbike World Championship. The fast and spectacular Portimão circuit, located… read more.
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Team HRC has concluded round 3 of the Superbike World Championship at the Portimão circuit in Portugal with a top five finish with Alvaro Bautista in the weekend’s third and final race. The 10-lap Superpole race got underway at 11am. Tenth off the line, Haslam immediately moved up into eighth.… read more.
Team HRC has completed the first race day making up round 3 of the Superbike world championship at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, riders Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam crossing the line in ninth and twelfth place respectively. The morning’s final free practice session saw both riders shave a full… read more.
Having travelled straight from Jerez de la Frontera in Spain following last weekend’s second WorldSBK championship round, today saw Team HRC out on track at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, taking part in the first free practice sessions making up the season’s third round. At 10.30am local time,… read more.
Having concluded round 2 of the 2020 Superbike World Championship in Spain just three days ago, Team HRC is already in Portugal, where round 3 will play out this coming weekend at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The racing at the Spanish track of Jerez de la Frontera proved challenging… read more.