Peter Mills

As the Portuguese Grand Prix returns to the F1 world championship, we take a look at how the superb Algarve circuit came about - and why it's taken so long for F1 to race there - in an article originally published in Autosport magazine on 26 August 2010

World Series Formula V8 3.5 championship race winner Egor Orudzhev has completed a switch to AVF for the 2017 season

Il Barone Rampante, the name of Giuseppe Cipriani's leading International Formula 3000 team from the early-1990s, has been revived for the 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 season

Alfonso Celis Jr will switch from AVF to Fortec Motorsports for his third season in Formula V8 3.5

Formula V8 3.5 boss Jaime Alguersuari Sr has called on the FIA to instigate a meeting with major single-seater promoters to help reduce the burden of cost on aspiring drivers

GP3 racer Alex Palou set the fastest time on the final day of the Jerez Formula V8 3.5 test

Pietro Fittipaldi topped the penultimate day of Formula V8 3.5 testing at Jerez

EuroFormula Open racer Damiano Fioravanti set the fastest time on the opening day of Jerez's three-day Formula V8 3.5 test

Formula V8 3.5 champion Tom Dillmann has no firm plans for the 2017 season, following his dramatic title success at Barcelona last weekend

Tom Dillmann claimed the 2016 Formula V8 3.5 championship in thrilling style, winning the season finale from seventh on the grid to beat Louis Deletraz to the crown

Championship leader Louis Deletraz mastered drying track conditions to take his third pole position of the season for Barcelona's Formula V8 3.5 title decider

Egor Orudzhev claimed a dominant fifth Formula V8 3.5 victory of the season in the final round of the season at Barcelona

Championship contender Tom Dillmann claimed his fifth pole position of the season in a damp Formula V8 3.5 qualifying session at Barcelona's title-deciding meeting

Seven drivers go into this weekend's Barcelona Formula V8 3.5 decider with a championship chance, but long-time leader Tom Dillmann believes his hopes are slender without a change of form

Egor Orudzhev became the first driver to score four Formula V8 3.5 wins in 2016 as Louis Deletraz snatched the championship lead with second place in race two at Jerez

Louis Deletraz claimed his second Formula V8 3.5 pole position of the season at Jerez after emerging on top in a close battle with Renault Academy stable-mate Jack Aitken

Louis Deletraz has been handed a 10-second time penalty for his part in a collision with title rival Tom Dillmann in the first Formula V8 3.5 race at Jerez

Rookie Matevos Isaakyan claimed a breakthrough first Formula V8 3.5 victory at Jerez, heading a Russian one-two after a close fight with compatriot Egor Orudzhev in the final laps

Renault protege and GP3 race winner Jack Aitken claimed a shock pole position for his maiden Formula V8 3.5 race at Jerez

Renault will end its one-make Sports Trophy series for the RS01 at the end of 2016 after just two seasons

GP3 race winner and Renault protege Jack Aitken will race for RP Motorsport in the final two Formula V8 3.5 rounds of 2016

Egor Orudzhev bounced back from a disappointing performance in the opening race of the Monza Formula V8 3.5 weekend to score his third victory of 2016 in race two

Roy Nissany claimed his second Formula V8 3.5 pole position of the weekend at Monza

Roy Nissany scored a dominant third victory of the Formula V8 3.5 season in race one at Monza, finishing 12.4 seconds ahead of Louis Deletraz

Lotus racer Roy Nissany claimed his second Formula V8 3.5 pole position of the season at Monza.

Formula V8 3.5 is set to race at Austin next season as part of its new tie-up with the World Endurance Championship

Former Formula Renault 3.5 team Comtec will enter the penultimate round of the Formula V8 3.5 season at Jerez in October with British Formula 3 race winner Thomas Randle

Arden racer Aurelien Panis held off championship leader Tom Dillmann to claim his second victory of the season in the second Formula V8 3.5 race of the weekend at Spielberg

Russian rookie Matevos Isaakyan claimed a surprise maiden Formula V8 3.5 pole position in qualifying for race two at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday

SMP Racing's Matthieu Vaxiviere held off Louis Deletraz to score his second victory of the season in the opening Formula V8 3.5 race of the weekend at the Red Bull Ring

Louis Deletraz claimed his maiden Formula V8 3.5 pole position at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday

Audi factory sportscar racer Marco Bonanomi will make his first single-seater start in seven years at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, in the Formula V8 3.5 Series

The Formula V8 3.5 Series will be revamped by joining forces with the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2017

Roy Nissany completed back-to-back Formula V8 3.5 wins thanks to a dominant showing in Sunday's second race at Silverstone

Matthieu Vaxiviere was again in command during Formula V8 3.5 qualifying at Silverstone, taking his second pole position of the weekend on Sunday

Charouz-run Lotus racer Roy Nissany survived a high-speed collision at Stowe corner to claim a dramatic maiden Formula V8 3.5 victory in the opening race of the weekend at Silverstone

SMP Racing's Matthieu Vaxiviere claimed his second Formula V8 3.5 pole position in two meetings at Silverstone on Saturday

Fortec racer Louis Deletraz claimed his second victory of the Formula V8 3.5 season after a charging drive from third on the grid at Paul Ricard

Lotus racer Roy Nissany claimed his maiden Formula V8 3.5 pole position with a dominant performance in qualifying at Paul Ricard on Sunday

Arden's Egor Orudzhev fended off a brave challenge from Roy Nissany to become Formula V8 3.5's first two-time winner of 2016 in the Paul Ricard opener

SMP Racing's Matthieu Vaxiviere claimed his first Formula V8 3.5 pole position of 2016 on home ground at Paul Ricard on Saturday

Spa victor Egor Orudzhev topped both Formula V8 3.5 practice sessions at Paul Ricard on Friday, as the series returned to the French venue after a season's absence

Johnny Cecotto Jr has split with RP Motorsport ahead of this weekend's Formula V8 3.5 round at Paul Ricard

Matthieu Vaxiviere won an incident-packed Formula V8 3.5 race at Spa-Francorchamps, handing series newcomer SMP Racing a maiden victory in the category

Championship leader Tom Dillmann set pole position for the second Formula V8 3.5 race of the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps

Egor Orudzhev emerged on top from an outstandingly close duel with championship leader Tom Dillmann to claim his first Formula V8 3.5 victory of 2016 at Spa

Matthieu Vaxiviere handed Amato Ferrari's SMP Racing team its maiden Formula V8 3.5 pole position for Saturday afternoon's opening race of the Spa-Francorchamps weekend

Lotus racer Rene Binder set the fastest time in Formula V8 3.5 practice at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday

Tom Chilton says he now feels 'settled' at the Sebastien Loeb Racing team after scoring his first World Touring Car Championship podium with the independent Citroen outfit at the Hungaroring

Tom Dillmann took his first Formula V8 3.5 victory by mastering a soaked Hungaroring and successfully fending off Roy Nissany by less than a second

AVF racer Tom Dillmann maintained his grip on recent Formula V8 3.5 qualifying sessions by taking his third consecutive pole position at a wet Hungaroring on Sunday

Force India Formula 1 Friday practice driver Alfonso Celis Jr has been awarded a five-place grid penalty for the second Formula V8 3.5 race at Hungaroring on Sunday

GP2 refugee Johnny Cecotto Jr handed RP Motorsport a maiden Formula V8 3.5 win at the Hungaroring in only the Italian team's second meeting in the category

Tom Dillmann claimed his second consecutive Formula V8 3.5 pole position in qualifying for Saturday afternoon's opening race of the weekend at the Hungaroring

Recent Red Bull junior recruit Sergio Sette Camara had his first run in a Formula 1 car in a demonstration for the team at Aragon this weekend

Aurelien Panis got his relationship with new team Arden Motorsport off to a fulfilling start by taking a maiden Formula V8 3.5 victory in race two at Aragon on Sunday

Tom Dillmann claimed pole position for the second Formula V8 3.5 race of the opening round of 2016 at Aragon

Renault Sport Academy driver Louis Deletraz claimed victory on his Formula V8 3.5 debut at Aragon

Double 2015 race winner Egor Orudzhev claimed pole position for the opening race of the rebranded Formula V8 3.5 championship at Aragon on Saturday

Louis Deletraz ended the final day of 2016 pre-season Formula V8 3.5 testing on top at Aragon on Sunday