Lewis Hamilton achieved his second win of the season by defeating Max Verstappen and team-mate Valtteri Bottas in Portimao and increasing his lead in the drivers' standings while Lando Norris retained third place in the drivers’ standings by finishing fifth for McLaren.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the second free practice for the Portuguese GP, where he was one tenth of a second faster than Max Verstappen in Red Bull, which kept Mercedes at the top after the first day in Portugal.

Ahead of the third race of the 2021 F1 Championship in Portugal, we bring you information about the Algarve track, a historical overview of the Portugese GP and the latest statistics.

The Formula 1 has confirmed that the Portuguese Grand Prix will host the third race of the 2021 F1 season and thus replace the Vietnam Grand Prix, which will not be held for the second year in a row.

Portugal will be officially confirmed tomorrow as the destination of the third race of the new F1 season 2021 after uncertainty about the situation with the coronavirus in that country, reports Autosport.

Formula 1 has a back-up plan if the Portuguese Grand Prix is ​​not held as the third race of the season at the beginning of May and in that case Bahrain would again host two races as last season.