chicane was added which increased the circuit length to . Estoril sometimes has strong winds. Many teams were fond of using Estoril for winter testing. Estoril was dropped from the F1 calendar for the 1997 season, though it continued to play host to top-level single-seater, sports car and touring car events, including the FIA GT Championship, the DTM and the World Series by Renault. A new redesign of the parabolica turn which saw its length reduced to was implemented in 2000 in order to obtain FIM homologation. On 3 September 2000, the Autódromo do Estoril held its first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, an event held annually. On 23 October 2005, the circuit 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 hosted Superleague Formula series events in 2008 and 2009. In 2020, due to rescheduling of major international sport series due to COVID-19 pandemic, Estoril hosted the final race of 2020 Superbike World Championship (after hosting the series in 1988 and 1993) and the final race of 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Championship (after hosting the series in 1987 and 2000). Lap records The official race lap records at the Circuito do Estoril are listed as: Events Current January: GT Winter Series May: FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship, FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship June: Campeonato de España de Superbike July: 24H Series 12 Hours of Estoril, Ferrari Challenge Europe October: Eurocup-3, F4 Spanish Championship, Estoril Classics November: SuperCars Endurance Series 250 km Estoril Former A1 Grand Prix (2005) Auto GP (2004, 2014) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2004) Euroformula Open (2005–2007, 2015–2018, 2022) European Formula Two Championship (1975–1977) European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Estoril (2011, 2014–2016) European Touring Car Championship (1977–1978, 1985–1988, 2001–2003) European Touring Car Cup (2006) European Truck Racing Championship (2003) FIA GT Championship (2000–2003) FIA Sportscar Championship FIA Sportscar Championship Estoril (2002–2003) FIM Endurance World Championship 12 Hours of Estoril (1987, 2000, 2020–2021) Formula Chrysler Euroseries (2001) Formula 3 Euro Series (2004) Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix (1984–1996) Formula Renault Eurocup (2005, 2007–2008, 2016) Grand Prix motorcycle racing Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (2000–2012) IMSA European Le Mans Series ''Estoril 1000km (2001) International Formula 3000 (1985, 1994–1996) International GT Open (2006, 2008, 2015–2018, 2022) International Touring Car Championship (1995–1996) Porsche Cup Brasil (2011–2012, 2014, 2019) Porsche Supercup (1994, 1996) Sidecar