MOTOGP

Gates open: 08H00 (22nd March) and 07H45 (23rd and 24th March)

Start of track activities: 09H00 (22nd March), 08H40 (23rd March) and 09H40 (24th March)

Doors close: 17H45 (22 and 23 March) and 16H30 on 24 March

Everything you need to know about the detailed programme of the MOTOGP GRANDE PRÉMIO DE PORTUGAL 2023 is available here.

At this link you can find the full schedule for the weekend, including details of practice and qualifying sessions, support races, press conferences and special events, plus the latest news, circuit information and MOTOGP race results (MOTOGP responsibility content).

We are going to have a Fan Zone at the circuit, next to the access ramp to the Main Grandstand Gate (on the south side of the Grandstand car park), every day of the weekend: Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Fan Zone will have the presence of riders, live music concerts, DJs, bars and other activities.

Detailed timetables and activities will be published here soon!

The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve has 8 different stands, each served by an access door. The colour of the access door corresponds to the colour of the stand and is the only door through which your ticket allows access.

The map above shows the stands and respective doors, as well as service areas, such as toilets, food and drink outlets and the approximate location of the giant screens placed to watch the races in the various areas of the circuit.

We are going to have a Fan Zone at the circuit, next to the access ramp to the Main Grandstand Gate (on the south side of the Grandstand car park), every day of the weekend.

The Fan Zone will have the presence of drivers, live music concerts, DJs, bars and other activities.

The provisional timetables and activities are as follows:

Thursday – 21/03/2024

16h00: Fan Zone opening

Entertainment: 16h00

Pit Lane Walk: 16h30 – 17h30

Friday – 22/03/2024

08h30: Fan Zone Opening

09h00: Entertainment

16h30: Dj Deelight

16h50: Riders on Stage – Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP

Saturday – 23/03/2024

08h15: Fan Zone opening

08h30: Entertainment

13h30: Dj Deelight

15h30: Daddy Jack Band

17h00: Riders on stage – Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP [subject to availability]
Hot Air Balloon during the day for flying experiences (depending on weather conditions).

Sunday – 24/03/2024

08h30: Fan Zone opens

08h30: Various entertainment

11h00: Rádio Comercial entertainment

13h00: DJ Bubba Brothers

15h00: DaCa band (AC/DC covers)
Hot Air Balloon during the day for flying experiences (depending on weather conditions).

On the days of the event, but especially on Sunday, the influx of cars and people to the Circuit will be very large. To avoid long queues, arrive at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve a few hours in advance. Also count on the time to look for the car park, to look for a place in the car park and for the journey on foot to your stand and designated seat. Don’t make it easy for yourself, so that your experience is the best possible and you can attend all the practices and races of the programme.

The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve has prepared several unpaved and one tarmac car parks where you can park your car or motorbike.

Access and parking for cars and motorcycles is free this year for almost all parks, so you don’t need to buy a pass. Only the park of the Main Stand is paid. You can buy the parking pass online (with a deadline due to postage) or at the AIA Circuit Shop, subject to availability.

The car parks are between 10 and 30 minutes walk from the circuit, so we advise you to choose the car park closest to your grandstand area so that this time is not increased.

Two free car parks will be available in Portimão (Praia da Rocha area) and Lagos (Marina area), from where free buses will depart to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Below you can find the location of the parks. Just present your ticket to access the bus.

Please note that parking spaces are not marked and are subject to availability.

Spectators will have two ways to reach the circuit:

– Through dedicated, exclusive and free shuttles that can be used upon presentation of the pass or ticket, from Portimão (Praia da Rocha, at the location indicated below) and Lagos (Marina, at the location indicated below). Transports are scheduled to start at 7.30 am on the days of the event and will leave at 1 hour intervals. At the end of each day, after the day’s programme has finished, shuttles will operate to take spectators back to Portimão (Praia da Rocha) and Lagos (Marina). See the departure location further down in this Guide.

– By own car or motorbike, parking in the car parks available around the venue as per the map above.

For easier access to the Circuit, you should follow the signs and look for the park closest to your seating area.

All parks in the AIA venue will have permanent security staff and staff to inform spectators of the capacity and availability of each park. Their opening hours are from 07h00 until two hours after the event ends. There are no buses for transportation from the park to the Circuit, so you should count on walking time of up to 30 minutes.

According to the authorities, alcohol consumption is not permitted inside the perimeter of the circuit, so alcohol will not be sold at the outlets near the outdoor grandstands.

Alcohol will only be sold in the bars outside that perimeter, and the authorities consider the outside bars to be the outlets located in the Fan Zone and those located in the bars under the Main Grandstand.

At the circuit gates, the security staff will process entries by identifying tickets electronically with barcode readers. The barcodes will contain the information previously provided to the organisation when purchasing the tickets, so spectators must bring their personal identification with them when entering the circuit.

Entrances will be monitored by the GNR guards.
After entering the circuit, there will be signs to help spectators get to their stand and allocated seat, as well as staff to control the flow.

If spectators do not respect the instructions given by the staff, they may be asked to leave the venue and will not be entitled to a refund of their ticket price. Likewise, if a spectator is visibly under the influence of illegal substances or alcohol or displays inappropriate behaviour that puts the well-being and safety of the event and other spectators at risk, they may be asked to leave the venue, with no right to a refund of the ticket price.

The venue will close daily at around 5.45pm (Friday and Saturday) or 4:30pm (Sunday), after the event finishes, so spectators are advised to remain calm when leaving. There is signage to help spectators leave their stand and seat, as well as Staff to control the flow and ensure social distancing.

On the days of the event, and especially on Sunday, the influx of cars and people to the Circuit will be very large. There are spectators with weekend tickets and spectators with Sunday tickets only, so there will be even more spectators on this day than on the other days.

Plan your travel well. To avoid long traffic jams, arrive at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve a few hours in advance. Also count on the time to look for the parking lot, to look for a place in the parking lot, for the displacement on foot to your grandstand, for the ticket control at the entrance and to look for the marked place. Don’t make it easy, so that your experience is as good as possible and you can attend all the training sessions and races on the program.

The program is very extensive and rich, so there are reasons to be entertained as early as 0900 in the morning and until the end of the day. In addition, there are support facilities scattered around the Circuit and near the grandstands, such as toilets and areas to buy food and drink. In addition, giant screens around the circuit will always be broadcasting, so you can watch everything that is happening on the track.

Come as early as possible to the Circuit.

Yes, all cars and motorcycles will be able to enter without a badge and without paying for parking in the Green, Yellow and Red parks. Only the park of the main grandstand is paid.

You will receive your ticket at the e-mail address indicated at the time of purchase. You must present it in order to enter the Circuit. You can bring it with you on your mobile phone or printed, as long as all the elements are legible, especially the QR-Code or Bar Code, for optical reading.

There is a reserved area for caravans, with paid access. You can buy your caravan parking space on our website or at the Autódromo Shop. The caravan park does not have water, electricity or any kind of support infrastructure.
There is no place to camp and/or stay in any other way and camping and/or overnight accommodation will not be allowed in the vicinity of the Circuit.

On the Circuit there is only one ATM for cash withdrawal, located next to the accreditation building, near the entrance to the Main Grandstand. Payment at the Food and Beverage points of sale can be made with cards and cash.

Yes, there are several giant screens around the circuit, in front of the marked grandstands, so that you can follow everything that is happening in the various areas of the circuit. Their location is marked on the Circuit map, available on this page.

You may bring your helmet with you to the stand. There is no official place for helmet storage and safekeeping. However, Moto Clube de Portimão offers a service of this type in the area nearby the Circuit Shop (cost and conditions are the responsibility of Moto Clube de Portimão).

The MOTOGP organization does not allow professional capture of images. It is not allowed to enter with cameras/video cameras with a lens (fixed or removable) larger than 200mm or any video image and sound recorders, other than for private use and purposes, or tripods.

Only containers for individual use and of small size, such as an individual bag, backpack or suitcase/wallet, are allowed.

There is no place for storage and safekeeping of equipment, so you should not bring it with you or, if you do, it will be your responsibility to ensure its safekeeping and security.

Your ticket only gives access to the stand indicated on it and each stand has only one access door, which you can see on the map above. The seats are marked. You will not be given access through any other door or to any other stand.

You cannot return tickets. Once you have made your purchase, it is final.

Yes, provided you hold a pass or ticket for the race. Buses will leave Portimão (Praia da Rocha) and Lagos (by the Marina) during the three days of the event from 7:30am and at approximately 60 minute intervals. Please note that parking at these points will be free of charge but limited to its capacity.

At the end of each day’s programme of activities, these shuttles will take the opposite route. The last bus back to Portimão (Praia da Rocha) and Lagos (Marina) is scheduled to leave the Autódromo at 5.30pm each day.

The departure (and return) points are as follows:

PORTIMÃO (Bus stop and parking area):

Parking Portimão Marina (3 parking areas):

. Entrance from Av. Rio Arade here

. Entrance from Estr. da Rocha here

. Entrance from Rua Simão Correia here

Shuttle (2 pick-up/drop-off zones): near the car parks, here or here

LAGOS (Bus stop and parking area):

Parking Marina de Lagos / Marina Club

Bus stop and parking area here

Yes, both. See above for the map provided, which show the stands, the location of the gates, the car parks, the locations of the giant screens, etc.

You can buy a ticket up until the start time of the race on Sunday on the ticket purchase website. We can’t guarantee that buying your ticket on the website before the start time will get you your ticket in time to enter the circuit.

Tickets are also sold in the Autodrome Shop, but there may be a queue and it may take longer to buy your ticket. If you buy a ticket in the shop, you can’t choose your seat.

Yes, with the presentation of the ticket. On each entry and exit, this movement is registered in the entry control system.

To enter the Circuit you must have your ticket and an official identification document with photo (CC, ID, Passport or Driving License).

There is no regular public transport. However, free shuttles will be available for those who have a ticket for the Circuit, which will depart every 1 hour from Portimão (Praia da Rocha) and Lagos (Marina), at the places indicated in this Guide.

Yes, you can use any of the contacts listed at the bottom of this page.

There will be a system of shuttles around the Circuit, to take you to your stand if you do not wish to walk. These shuttles will run around the perimeter of the Circuit, along the road that runs around it.

There are no buses from the Parking Lots to the Circuit area.

The operating hours of the internal shuttles (Grandstands, Parks and VIP Tower) are as follows:

Start – 7.30am

End – Friday 6.00pm / Saturday 5.30pm / Sunday 4pm

Yes. In all stands there will be several toilets (depending on the size of the stand) and at least one point of sale for food and drink.

Yes, all the seats are marked and there are signs to make it easier for you to get to your seat. If you have any questions, you can ask the staff at the entrances and in the stands for assistance.

Yes, there will be merchandising for sale outside the circuit and in the stands area.

There is no transportation from the Parking Lots to the grandstand areas.

Expect to take at least 10 to 30 minutes to walk from the parking lot to the Circuit. There, near each Circuit entrance marked on the map, there will be a shuttle system departing and arriving that will travel around the perimeter of the Circuit at all times to take you to your grandstand.

Yes, there is a Medical Post to help you, next to the Main Grandstand entrance, in case you need support. In serious cases, use the national emergency number 112 and ask for help to the authorities present on the Circuit.

By imposition of the authorities and as in other types of sports and recreational events (football games and stadiums, for example), the entry of food and/or drinks into the Circuit is controlled. Only food products and drinks in quantity and type for individual consumption (a bottle, sandwich, piece of fruit, snack, for example) may be brought in. The authorities, for safety reasons, may instruct bottles to enter without caps. There are several food and drink purchase points at the stands.

There are several places to buy food and drinks at the stands, both in the fixed bars and in the new food trucks that will be new this year and which will have different food concepts. For logistical reasons, it is impossible to have all the diversity of the Circuit’s food offer equally at all the stands, but there will be various alternatives at all the stands.

Yes, the ticket may not have your name printed on it. However, the QR-Code or barcode on the ticket is associated with your data in our system, so it is possible to control your seat and, in case you need to be contacted afterwards, we can do it.

As the ticket is electronic, these types of questions should not arise. However, we will have an Information Desk located next to the Race Track Shop, to solve this type of questions and other problems or doubts that may arise.

There will be no other physical contact point or helpdesk, either near the Autódromo or in Portimão.