The Circuito Internacional de Vila Real is a temporary street circuit in Vila Real, Portugal. This circuit was used for car and motorbike races.
The circuit
The circuit layout has suffered several changes through the times. Started as a street circuit in 1931, it was later reduced to a version in the 1950s, which lasted until 1991, with small chances in some corner, chicanes introduction and start/finish line being moved forward.
After a deadly accident in 1991, no race would take place in this circuit until 2007, after a length reduction to a long renovated layout. From the original circuit, remains the up and downhill section, from turn 6 (Boque), until turn 19, that drivers used to turn left. This section also gives the track big elevation changes.
It is often considered a challenging track due to high speeds reaching up to 170kph, and drivers being very close to the barriers.
Lap records
As of July 2026, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuito Internacional de Vila Real are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Urban Circuit (2007–present): TC1 1:57.929 Robert Huff Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 2017 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal TCR Touring Car 2:00.313 Yann Ehrlacher Geely Preface TCR 2026 Vila Real TCR World Tour round GT4 2:01.453 Rodrigo Almeida Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 2026 Vila Real CPV round Super 2000 2:04.903 Petr Fulín SEAT León Cup Racer 2016 Vila Real ETC round Porsche Carrera Cup 2:06.525 Rui Miritta Porsche 911 GT3 (991 I) Cup 2025 Vila Real CPV round Super 1600 2:19.656 Niklas Mackschin Ford Fiesta 1.6 16V 2016 Vila Real ETC round Old Urban Circuit (1958–1991): Group 5 sports prototype 2:19.920 Carlos Gaspar Lola T292 1973 Vila Real International race Group 5 sports car 2:27.240 Mário Cabral Porsche 917K 1971 Vila Real sports car race Group 4 2:28.900 Frank Gardner Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT 1969 Vila Real 6 Hours Formula Three 2:33.620 Manfred Mohr Tecno TF/68 1968 Vila Real European F3 round Group 5 special production 2:40.900 Jorge Petiz Porsche 935 K2 1981 Vila Real Group 5 race Sports car racing 2:55.000 Stirling Moss Maserati 300S 1958 Vila Real sports car race Original Urban Circuit (1933–1953): Sports car racing 3:51.750 Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Barchetta 1951 Vila Real sports car race
Winners Season Edition Driver Car/Motor Class 1931 1st Gaspar Sameiro Ercílio BarbosaFord A 1932 2nd Vasco SameiroInvicta 1933 3rd Vasco SameiroAlfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 1934 4th António Guedes de HerédiaBugatti T35B 1935Not held 1936 5th Adolfo FerreirinhaFord V8 1937 6th Casimiro de OliveiraJaguar SS100 19387th Vasco SameiroAlfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza1939-48Not held 1949 8th José CabralAllard K1 1950 9th Piero CariniOSCA Sport 1951 10th Giovanni BraccoFerrari 212 Export Barchetta Sport 1952 11th Antonio StagnoliFerrari 225 S Spider Sport 1953-57Not held 1958 12th Stirling MossMaserati 300S Sport 1966 13th John MilesFord Cortina Lotus Touring car John FenningBrabham BT18 - Ford/CosworthFormula Three 1967 14th Mike de UdyLola T70 MkII Chevrolet Sport Chris WilliamsBrabham BT21 - Ford/HolbayFormula Three 1968 15th Mike de UdyLola T70 MkII Chevrolet Sport Reine WisellTecno 68 - Ford/NovamotorFormula Three 1969 16th Chris Craft David PiperPorsche 908/2 6 hour/Endurance 1970 17th Teddy Pilette Gustave GosselinLola T70 MkII Chevrolet 500 km/Endurance 1971 18th Jorge BagrationPorsche 908/2 Sports 1972 19th Claude SwietlickLola T290 Sports 1973 20th Carlos GasparLola T292 Sports 1979 21st Robert GiannonePorsche 935 1980 22nd António BarrosPorsche 935 1981 23rd Robert GiannonePorsche 935 1982 24th Mário SilvaFord Escort RS 1800 Mk 2 1983 25th António TaveiraBMW M1 ... ... ... ... ... 2007 40th Francisco CarvalhoSEAT Leon SupercopaPTCC César CampaniçoBMW 320si Pedro SalvadorJuno SSESports prototypes200841st César CampaniçoBMW 320siPTCC Francisco CarvalhoSEAT Leon Supercopa Pedro SalvadorJuno SSEGT & Sports prototypes Pedro SalvadorJuno SSEGT & Sports prototypes 2009 42nd César CampaniçoBMW 320siPTCC João FigueiredoPeugeot 407 S200 Francisco MartinsPorsche 997GT & Sports prototypes Francisco MartinsPorsche 997 2010 43rd José MonroyMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXPTCC José MonroyMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Pedro SalvadorJuno SSESports prototypes César Campaniço João FigueiredoAudi R8 LMSGT 2014 44th Pedro Salvador Carlos VieiraTatuus PY012Sports prototypes Pedro Salvador Carlos VieiraTatuus PY012201545th José María López CitroënWTCC Ma Qing Hua Citroën201646th Tom Coronel ChevroletWTCC Tiago Monteiro Honda201747th Mehdi Bennani CitroënWTCC Norbert Michelisz Honda 2017 48th201849th Yvan Muller HyundaiWTCR Mat'o Homola Peugeot Thed Björk Hyundai201950th Tiago Monteiro HondaWTCR Mikel Azcona CUPRA Norbert Michelisz Hyundai202251st Santiago Urrutia Lynk & CoWTCR Robert Huff CUPRA2023 52ª José Carlos Pires Francisco Abreu BMW M4 GT4 (G82) Campeonato de Portugal de Velocidade Patrick Cunha Jorge Rodrigues Audi R8 LMS GT4
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References
External links Clube Automóvel de Vila Real Official Website of Circuit