The 2024 Eurocup-3 season heads to Portugal for Round 3 of Season 2 at superb Autodromo Internacional do Algarve on June 8 & 9.
After two memorable rounds at Spa-Francorchamps & Red Bull Ring, Eurocup-3 is ready for more in Portuguese soil!
The Autodromo Internacional do Algarve does that thing good circuit design seems to rely on: start with a hill and get rid of anything that doesn’t look like a race track. Featuring a varied and demanding set of corners the circuit rises and falls across the hilly landscape with often alarming rapidity,
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Rather like Austin’s Circuit of The Americas, Portimao is a modern venue with elevation change baked into its layout. The Ricardo Pena-designed 2.9-mile lap sends drivers swooping up hill and down dale, before culminating in a plunge down to the final right-hander at Galp leading back onto the pit straight – with the double-apex, Acque Minerali-evoking Portimao corner a particular highlight.
As it stands…
Spa-Francorchamps and Red Bull Ring proved a fantastic start to the season for Mp Motorsport taking all wins with four drivers in overall top-5 and Javier Sagrera leading the way ahead of Round 3 in Portugal.
The standings
So, Sagrera leads the Drivers’ Standings from Bruno del Pino (MP Motorsport). Owen Tangavelou (MP Motorsport), Emerson Fittipaldi Jr (MP Motorsport) and Kirill Smal (Paloy Motorsport) complete the top-5 after Round 2 with Valentin Kluss (Campos Racing) as best rookie and Mp Motorsport leading the Teams’ Standings from Campos Racing & Sainteloc Racing.
Entry list and schedule for Round 3 at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
In terms of entry list, Nikola Tsolov is back to the grid with GRS Team for a total of 27 drivers ready to fight in Spielberg.
An action-packed weekend is ahead for teams and drivers in Portimao with a busy Friday including three hours of Collective Test sessions.
Both Free Practice will take place on Saturday at 09:50h local and 12:20h local respectively. Then Qualy 1 (14:50h local) to meet the first B.R.M Chronographes Pole Position awarded of the weekend while Race 1 will take place at 17:05h local time.
Sunday action will comprise Qualy 2 at 09:40h local, Race 2 at 12:00h local time and extra Race 3 (the one cancelled at Spa in Round 1) to put the ice on the cake to the weekend at 14:45h local.
