The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve opened in October 2008 after a €195 million build on the Escampadinho plateau above Portimão — a purpose-built hillside circuit where Ricardo Pena's 4.653 km layout sends cars climbing through the Turn 1 crest before the long downhill run to Galp. Formula 1 returned to Portugal here in 2020 after a long absence, and Lewis Hamilton's 1:18.750 lap record still defines how modern ground-effect cars should look when gravity is part of the setup sheet. MotoGP, WorldSBK, the WEC, and DTM all treat Portimão as a reference-grade venue; the map on this poster is the clockwise outline fans trace with their finger — elevation baked in, blind crests included, no chicane nostalgia required.