ANNUAL EVENTS IN ALGARVE:

Powerboat P1 (26 to 28 of September 2008)
If you love speed, go to Portimão at the end of September to watch the last phase of the World Powerboat P1 Championship. This competition is battled out on the open sea by very powerful monocoque boats that cut through the waves at speeds of over 160 kilometres/hr, making for some truly spectacular moments. Powerboat P1 is the motor sport whose number of participants has grown the most in Europe, and these competitions are of great public interest, broadcast by television to over one hundred million households across the globe. The Portimão competition is the last of the six phases of this tournament, which is fully contained within the European continent, and which wraps all the areas it passes through in a cloud of glamour and celebration, as is common with the Grand Prix in other motor sports.

Superbike Portugal Grand Prix (31 October to 02 of November 2008)
The World Superbike Championship (also known as the SBK) is recognised worldwide for the extreme competitiveness of every race. The bikes that are used on the track are built on the basis of commercially available models rather than from prototypes, which makes the championship a thrilling competition for bike enthusiasts. The championship was launched in 1988 and there are rounds in different parts of the world. Each round consists of two races and the results of the races are combined to decide two world championships, the riders' and the manufacturers'. Europe is the traditional centre of the SBK, but there are also rounds in countries such as Qatar and Australia. In 2008, the championship returns to the USA and to Indonesia and will be held for the first time in the far south of Portugal when the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve will be inaugurated.