Portugal Moto Grand Prix - World Championship Moto - 2010

The Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

The event was held twice in the 1980s in Spanish circuits. It returned to Portugal after the Estoril Circuit was homologated for international motorcycle racing.

The Autódromo do Estoril (officially, Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva) is a race course in Estoril, Portugal. Its length is 4.182 km (2.599 mi). It was also the home of the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996.

Its first years saw many national races, as well as an occasional Formula 2 race. However, the course soon fell into disrepair due to the owning company having been taken over by the state between 1975-78, and a significant redevelopment effort was needed before international motorsport returned in 1984.

On September 3, 2000, the Autódromo do Estoril held its first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, an event held annually. On October 23, 2005, the hosted the third round of the first ever A1 Grand Prix racing season, with both races in the event being won by the French team.
The track's main open-wheel racing series is now the Superleague Formula series which has hosted events at the track in 2008, 2009 and an event has been confirmed for 2010.

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