PORTIMAO: Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes seek to continue their record-making progress as Formula One escapes in search of some autumnal sunshine at this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Circuit.
Two weeks after shivering at the Nurburgring where the six-time champion drew level with Michael Schumacher on 91 wins, the travelling circus hopes also to avoid any contact with the growing second wave of Covid-19 across Europe.
The local organisers of the race, which marks Portugal’s return to the calendar for the first time in 24 years since Jacques Villeneuve’s stirring victory at Estoril in 1996 and Portimao’s debut as an F1 race circuit, said there will be 27,500 spectators at…