Name: Circuito de Monsanto
Grand Prix: Portuguese Grand Prix
Number of Grands Prix held: 1
Type: Street circuit, Clockwise
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Track Length: 5.440 km (3.380 mi)
Seasons: 1959
The Circuito de Monsanto, or Monsanto Park Circuit, was a 5.440 km (3.380 mi) race track in Monsanto Forest Park, near Lisbon, Portugal which hosted the Portuguese Grand Prix.
Built on parklands, the circuit was considered difficult to drive because it crossed so many different types of surfaces, including tramlines at one point. The track hosted numerous races from 1954 to 1959, but only one race qualified as a Formula One event: the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix, won by Stirling Moss.
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