Estoril + Portimao
Mo-Su 24-30 Sep 2018
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Estoril
Estoril is a very popular resort in Portugal, in the picturesque municipality of Cascais.
At the beach you will find several cafes and clubs where the party starts in the evening.
Estoril is also an ideal holiday destination for those who love golf.
There are beautiful golf courses and special golf hotels.
Cascais
The Estoril coast is close to Lisbon.
Rossio square | Lisbon
Furthermore Estoril is known for the "Autodromo do Estoril" and the huge casino.
World famous casino | Estoril
The GP circuit of Estoril was built in 1972.
Between 1984 and 1996, 13 Formula 1 races were held.
Ayrton Senna won his first GP F1 in 1985 @ Estoril.
Senna | First F1 win | Estoril | 1985
Between 2000 and 2012, 13 MotoGP races were held.
Valentino Rossi won 5 times the 500 cc / MotoGP race.
In 2006, Pedrosa crashed out his former teammate Hayden, making the latter almost miss the world title.
Pedrosa (26) & Hayden (69) shortly before their crash
Portimao
Portimao is a port city, located at the mouth of the Rio Arade.
The fish industry is an important source of income in this city.
The new port of Portimao
On the other side of the new port of Portimao lies Ferragudo.
Ferragudo
In addition, Portimao is also an important trading town, and the large beach of Praia da Rocha is an important attraction.
Praia da Rocha
Navigating the old trade route via the Rio Arade to Silves is another tourist attraction.
In 2017 we went on tour with this fantastic boat
Castle | Silves
Near Portimao, 6 km away, is Alvor, a picturesque village with a beach within walking distance.
Alvor
At 35 km - east of Portimao - lies Albufeira, which has become one of the most important and busiest tourist resorts in Portugal.
Albufeira
Another pearl in the Portuguese Algarve is the port city of Lagos, located 25 km west of Portimao.
Center | Lagos
Beach | Lagos
Circuit | Portimao
The Portimao circuit was first used for the World SBK competition in October 2008.
A year later - in 2009 - we organized the first EYBIS event over there.
Since then, we 've returned every year.
Rea won both World SBK races in the Algarve in 2017
Estoril
Riding time
- Monday
- 6 sessions free riding
- Tuesday
- 6 sessions free riding
Holiday
Free time
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
(transfert Estoril - Portimao = 300 km | 3h)
Portimao
Riding time
- Saturday
- 6 sessions free riding
- Sunday
- 5 sessions free riding
- Possibility to participate @ the 1,5 hours endurance race (teams of 2 pilots, no licence required)
- More info about this race will follow ASAP
On both tracks
- Free third party liability (TPL) insurance
- Free timekeeping: every half day, the groups will be optimized based on the lap times
- Free overnight stay possible in the guarded paddock (equipped with electricity, water and showers)
- Technical and HP service
- Tyre service at € 15 / tyre
- remove the old tyre
- put on the new tyre
- wheel balancing
- Photo service
- Safety
- Circuit
- officially certified track officials with radio connection
- intervention team / safety car
- staff for video surveillance of the complete track (during the sessions)
- Medical
- medical centre
- 2 manned ambulances
- Experienced organization (since 2005)
Bike Transport
How to order?
- During your booking, you can click it as an "option"
14 collection points in 5 countries
- THE NETHERLANDS
1. Middelbeers
- BELGIUM
2. Bruges
3. Brussels (Kampenhout)
- LUXEMBOURG
4. Luxembourg
- FRANCE
5. Rouen
6. Nancy
7. Troyes
8. Belfort
9. Dijon
10. Tours
12. Lyon
13. Bordeaux
14. Montpellier
- SWITZERLAND
11. Genève
What can be sent?
- Motorcycle
- Second set of wheels
- Paddock stand front and rear
- Empty jerrycan
- Tyres
- Small tools
- Leather suit, helmet, boots, gloves, sports bag
- You only have one box per motorcycle available, that you can / may fill yourself
- TIP: better a few sports bags than one big box!
Insurance
- All motorcycles are - during transport, loading and unloading - correctly insured, according to "G13 al risk"
- Insured amount = 10.000 € / motorcycle
- Upgrade is possible at 20 € / 2.500 €
- ATTENTION: many other transporters work with a common " CMR" insurance at 9 € / kg .... so be careful with this!
Ideal and cheap, is flying with Ryanair.
Outward flight
- Flying to Lisbon
- Distance | Time from the airport to Estoril:
1. Lisbon | 32 km | 45'
Return flight
- Fly back from Faro
- Distance | Time from Portimao to the airport:
2. Faro | 66 km | 48'
Pick-up | Lissabon
Estoril
The most simple solution is to fly with Ryanair to Lisbon (located next to Estoril), and during the online booking procedure, take an option on a rental car.
Portugal is the cheapest European country when it comes to rental cars (from 11 € / day).
We usually book a car from Europcar (they have also an office on the seafront @ Portimao).
Return | Faro
Portimao
Flying back - after our event @ Portimao - you do best from Faro, where you can return your car at no extra cost.
In the paddocks
From the night before
- Permitted and free
- In the centre of both paddocks, there is a building with showers
- For mobile homes, there are electricity connections in the paddock
The night after our event
- Staying overnight for free is allowed, however not directly behind the pitboxes
Outside the paddocks
Estoril
We have had good experiences with the following 2 hotels:
Pestana Sintra Golf Resort & Spa Hotel ****
For those who want "something more". Very good!
Distance to circuit = 5 km
Hotel Ibis Lisboa Sintra **
Cheap and good!
Distance to circuit = 8 km
Portimao
Hotel Algarve Casino *****
The EYBIS team will spend the 3rd consecutive year @ Hotel Algarve Casino. This hotel is located on the ambankment of Portimao. A covered, guarded parking is included. Every evening - on arrival in the lobby - you can immediately walk to the large, beautiful, covered terrace with the sea, from where you can admire the sunset. This hotel has become our absolute favorite.
Distance to circuit = 24 km
Hotel Tivoli Marina Portimao ****
Until 2015, we stayed in this hotel, which is also recommended. The disadvantage is that it is not located on the dike. The adantage is that it is located near No Solo Agua, a nice lounge bar.
This lounge bar is also on walking distance from the Hotel Algarve Casino.
Distance to circuit = 24 km
Hotel Jupiter Algarve ****
From 2009 to 2013 - 5 consecutive years - we were always guests @ Hotel Jupiter. We can still recommend it.
Distance to circuit = 24 km
All those hotels are easy to book via Booking.com.
Estoril
105 dB
Portimao
105 dB
Everybody is responsible for the good state of his motorcycle and riders outfit.
Pay special attention to the following:
-
Motorcycle
- brakes
- tyres
- chain tension
- absence of oil leaks (check crankcase and front fork)
-
Riders outfit
- motorcycle boots
- leather motorcycle gloves
- good fitted full face helmet
- back protector
- leather suit (one-piece is recommended, two-piece is tolerated if both pieces are firmly zipped together)
The technical inspection will be done at random.
Estoril
Portimao
More info ASAP!
Present
- Operational from 20.00 the evening before
- In the morning from 08.00
- Last riding day of the event till 16.00
Mounting
- You should remove the wheel from your bike yourself
- Tyre service @ 15 € / wheel
- Remove old tyre
- Install new tyre
- Balance the wheel
Purchase of tyres
- Is possible on request
- Pirelli | Metzeler | Dunlop
Pre-order tyres to be sure!
- Contact: Bertrand
- Languages: French | English
+ 41 79 812 35 42
Payment on the spot
- Cash | Credit card
Presence
- Operational from the day before from 20.00
- In the morning from 7.00
- Last day of the event untill 16.00
Service
- Diagnostic in case of breakdown (all brands)
- BMW electronic diag
- Package 32 €
- Diag multi-brands
- Package 25 €
- Mechanical Diag
- 67 € / hour
- Suspension
- Montage | Repair
- 67 € / hour
- Package seal spi (disassembled fork)
- 125 € | SKF seal, oil, mechanical included
- Suspension workshop | Sponsored by Matris Workshop
- Settings
- 30 € / day
- 50 € / 2 days
- 65 € / 3 days
- BMW telemetry
- 60 € / day
- 2D Datalogger Rental
- 50 € / whole event
- deposit of 500 €
- General mechanics
- Simple mechanics
- 67 € / hour
- Technical mechanics
- 85 € / hour
- Package brake bleeding AV and AR + liquid
- 33 €
- Motul 300V engine oil change package + KN oil filter
- 89 €
- Package replacement brake pads
- 15 € (brake pads not included)
Sales
Parts BMW
- Racing Parts
- fairing | handlebars | remote orders | protections | ...
- BMW original parts
- + 500 references on the spot in the paddock
- HP parts
- the entire HP range
- Other brands
- on order 72h before the event
Remark
Manpower rate is increased by 30 % @ night between 8 PM and 8 AM.
Contact
For special part orders, on-site appointments or requests for information:
Estoril
In the paddock
There is no petrol station in the paddock.
Don't forget to bring one or two jerrycans with you.
Outside of the paddock
CEPSA Fuel Station
Distance = 8 km | Time = 8'
+ 34 977 45 70 74
TV-3025, KM 0,5
43204 L'Ametlla de Mar
Tarragona
Spain
Portimao
In the paddock
There is no petrol station in the paddock.
Don't forget to bring one or two jerrycans with you.
Outside of the paddock
BP Fuel Station
Distance = 11 km | Time = 14'
+ 351 282 476 756
Opening hours: 7.00 - 22.00
E.N 125 - Km 109 - Penina
8500-000 Portimao
Portugal
Estoril
You can eat and drink in the "Bar Paddock".
Portimao
There is a restaurant in the paddock (next to the pool), that is open every day from 8.00 untill 19.00.
You can drink coffee, or something else all day long, on the terrace alongside the pool.
A lunch costs between 10 and 15 €.
Estoril
We offer you - as a participant - a FREE place in a pitbox.
Portimao
We offer you - as a participant - a FREE place in a pitbox.
In both paddocks and in the boxes conventional as well as 3-pole (blue) EURO “Camping”-plugs can be used (= of the type “16 AMP two-pole”).
Estoril
In the center of the paddock, there is a building with showers and toilets.
There is also a toilet in each pitbox.
Portimao
In the center of the paddock, there is a building with showers and toilets.
There is also a toilet in each pitbox.
- It is forbidden to leave your worn tyres in the paddock
- Drilling or making holes in the ground is prohibited (for example, to secure your tent)
- No smoking in the boxes, the pitlane and along the circuit
- Children are not permitted to walk around the pitlane without being accompanied
- It is forbidden to bring animals to the entire race track area
- It is forbidden to make “Burnouts”, “Wheelies” or “Stoppies” under penalty of a fine of € 1.000 (imposed by the race track)
- Motorcycle which is technically 100 % fit
- dB-killer: only standard exhausts, and after markeet exhausts with dB-killers are authorised
- Motorcycle riders gearing:
- leather suit (one-piece recommended, two-pieces authorised)
- back protector
- boots
- gloves
- fullface helmet
- Enough water | Fruit | Energy bars
- ID-card
- European Health Insurance Card
- necessary in Spain and Portugal in case of hospitalization
- Credit card
- Smartphone
- Filled in and signed waiver of liability
- Good temper, discipline, good-fellowship, well-trained body and clear mind
We will not verify this, it 's only for your own comfort / safety, especially in Spain and Portugal.
VERY IMPORTANT: make sure to have your "European Health Insurance Card" (EHIC) with you. By showing this card, people know - in the domain of health (and injury) insurance - that you're completely covered in your own country and that every other country, that is a member of the European Union, has to give you all the needed care.If you haven't obtained your card from your health care insurance, than :
- apply for a card immediately;
- if you cannot receive it in time, ask them to e-mail to you a "Provisional replacement certificate for the European Health Insurance Card" (= 1 page, and this can be done immediately);
A list of "Dangerous sports" that are excluded from "urgent medical care abroad". Usually, "racing with car / motorcycle / outboard engines" is listed. But as we do not "race", our activity is not excluded from any treatment. Check if this is also the case with your insurance, and if it is not, just be sure to get an insurance yourself.
EYBIS has not only a very good insurance as an organiser, but insures also - on every event - all participants with a good TPL (= third partie liability) insurance.
If you have a racing license from your national motorcycle council, be sure to bring it with you.
- With EYBIS, the Third Party Liability (TPL) insurance is included in your enrolment price since years;
- Some circuits require a license. The only reason for this is that there is a TPL insurance included in it;
- Because we provide for all participants - included in the price - such a TPL insurance, a license is not requested during our events and yet you are fully okay;
Estoril
Paddock access
From the evening before at 20.00
Address
Circuito Estoril
Av. Alfredo César Torres
Apartado 49
2646 - 901 Alcabideche
Portugal
Portimao
Paddock access
From the evening before around 19.00
Address
Autodromo Internacional Algarve
(Circuit of Portimao)
Sitio do Escampadinho
Mexilhoeira Grande
8500-148 Portimao
Portugal
Where?
- EYBIS pitbox
Hours
- 7.15 - 8.00
Bring
- ID-card
- Waiver of liability, with on it:
- First- & Lastname
- ID card number
- Read and approved
- Signature
Show
- ID card
Deliver
- Completed | Signed waiver of liability
Receive
- Number for on your bike
- stick it on the front, right side
- QR-code sticker for on your helmet
- stick it central @ the bottom of your helmet
- Transponder (+ houder) for timekeeping
- fix it @ the right side of your front fork
- Timing
Place will be communicated in the morning @ the info point.
Why follow us?
Cancellations / Waiting lists
- 80 % of our events are 1 upto 3 months in advance sold out;
- We don't use waiting lists for those who were too late to book, who would like to have a chance to buy a place from someone who cancels his participation;
- But - for events which are already fully booked - each cancellation of a place, is immediately communicated on our Facebook page;
- This means that everybody who has liked our FB page, will immediately be informed about new free places;
Instant info
Short "instant info" will be communicated only via our Facebook page, as for example:
- The practical information from an event which went online minutes ago, or just has been completed;
- Access to the paddock is possible from now on (if earlier than planned);
- There are 2 cancellations for fully booked event X, in group Y or Z;
- Very well known person X just informed us that he / she will be participating @ event Y;
- The pictures of event Z are from now on online;
- ...
Photos and Videos
- On our websites, you can find from each event a selection of some photos;
- On our Facebook page, we put a lot more images from each event (photos, short - non professional - movies, etc.);
Community
- Via our Facebook page, you can easily communicate with other participants, without knowing them before;
- You would like to drive together to an event, or you have a place free on your trailer, etc.? It all can be communicated on our Facebook page!
Follow us on Instagram, and see:
- the best pictures of each event
- what you will never see on our website
Do not hesitate to call us!
Jochen: +32 475 984 909
Frank: +32 476 691 091