Portuguese GP 2021 Weather Forecast: What’s the weather forecast of Algarve this weekend

Portuguese GP 2021 Weather Forecast: How will the weather play a part in Portugal this week? Will the clouds once again shower excitement?

Last year, the circuit in Algarve made its debut in Formula 1, and the rain added some excitement to the race, but it didn’t prevent Lewis Hamilton to record his 92nd Grand Prix victory.

However, this year, things might be different because last year, the race over here happened in October, but this time it will be in May, and the temperature would be slightly warmer with little to no chance of rain.

On Friday, there are 20% chances of rain, but it would not matter. The rain will certainly have no role in defining the race’s outcome, so the wet tyres have to stay inside.

Thus, Max Verstappen and Hamilton only have to rely on their capability to beat each other out, or maybe a twist of fate, with one of them ending up in DNF would surely benefit the other.

So, surely, it would be an interesting contest, as both teams have marginal differences this year.

Portuguese GP 2021 Weather Forecast

The official Formula 1 website has predicted that the days in Portugal will remain dry and warm, with no sign of rain either on qualifying and race day.

FRIDAY, April 30 – FP1 AND FP2 WEATHER

Conditions: Veil of clouds at first, then clouds growing up for FP2. Light wind increasing in the late afternoon. Dry for FP1 and slight chance of showers for FP2 due to daily heating.
Maximum temperature expected: 20 Celsius.
Chance of rain: 20%

SATURDAY, May 01 – FP3 AND QUALIFYING WEATHER

Conditions: Mostly sunny and dry sessions Air temp slightly decreasing in the morning due to northwest wind bringing cooler air mass.
Maximum temperature expected: 20 Celsius.
Chance of rain: 0%

SUNDAY, May 02 – RACE WEATHER

Conditions: Sunny and dry all day long.
Maximum temperature expected: 21 Celsius
Chance of rain: 0%

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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