Formula 1 is back in the Algarve in June 2027 (and tickets open on Monday)
The Portuguese Grand Prix is confirmed on the world championship calendar for 2027 and 2028. The race runs 18-20 June at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, and the first of four ticket phases opens on 21 September.
There is a date. The Portuguese Grand Prix returns to the Formula 1 calendar and the race weekend is set for 18-20 June 2027 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. Confirmation landed on Wednesday, and it covers more than one season: the agreement between Formula 1 and the Algarve circuit runs through 2028 as well.
Portugal has not hosted a championship round since 2021. That was the second of two consecutive visits, in 2020 and 2021, and the circuit built into the hills above the coast made its name on exactly the thing that makes it awkward to drive: blind crests, gradients that keep moving, corners that arrive after the road has dropped away.
When tickets go on sale
Monday 21 September. It is the first of four sales phases and runs only through the official event platform, which already has a waiting list open. Phase one covers three-day general admission, seated places in every grandstand and the hospitality options; later phases open new areas, some with exclusive access.
The circuit’s own warning is the obvious one, and it bears repeating: buy from the official site. Grand Prix tickets are a favourite target for resale platforms of uncertain provenance, and a race that sells out leaves a lot of people paying too much for a seat that may not exist.
What it is worth to the region
The head of the Algarve tourism board puts the potential economic impact at around 150 million euros, spread across hotels, restaurants, transport and the long tail of suppliers that a weekend like this feeds. It is a projection, and impact projections tend to flatter. Still, mid-June sits right on the edge of high season, and three days of international traffic through Portimão will not go unnoticed.
If you are travelling in, the geography is simple enough. Faro airport is roughly 65 km from the circuit and Portimão town centre about ten. The organisers are also promising track activity and side events in the week leading up to the race.
Motorsport in Portugal has been moving generally. MotoGP coverage here changed broadcaster through 2031, and the Algarve keeps adding reasons for anyone who picked the region to settle in to block out a weekend well in advance.
Image: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
