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{{Short description|Race track near Lisbon, Portugal}}
{{Motorsport venue
| name            = Circuito de Monsanto (Monsanto Park Circuit)
| location        = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
| coordinates     = {{coord|38|43|11|N|9|12|11|W|type:landmark|display=it}}
| image           = [[File:Circuit Monsanto.png|class=skin-invert|250px]]
| image_caption   = Grand Prix Circuit (1953–1959)
| events          = [[Formula One]]<br />''[[Portuguese Grand Prix]]'' (1959)
| opened          = 1953
| closed          = 1971
| layout         = Grand Prix Circuit (1953–1959)
| length_km       = 5.440 
| length_mi       = 3.380 
| record_time     = 2:05.07
| record_driver   = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Stirling Moss]]
| record_car      = [[Cooper T51]]
| record_year     = [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|1959]]
| record_class    = [[Formula One|F1]] 
}}

The '''Circuito de Monsanto''', or '''Monsanto Park Circuit''', was a {{cvt|5.440|km|mi|abbr=on}} race track in [[Monsanto Forest Park]], near [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] which hosted the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]].

Built on [[Monsanto Forest Park|parkland]]s, 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]]. He won the race in the twilight hours, since the race was purposely started late in the day to avoid the intense late summer sun.

==See also==
* [[Monsanto Forest Park]]
* [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix]]

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081016062226/http://www.allf1.info/tracks/monsanto.php Monsanto Park Circuit at All Formula One Info]

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[[Category:Formula One circuits]]
[[Category:Portuguese Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Motorsport venues in Portugal]]
[[Category:Defunct motorsport venues]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1954]]

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