Round nineteen of the season heads across the US/Mexican border into Mexico to the capital Mexico City. Mexico first held a Grand Prix in the 1960’s at this circuit named after the after the racing drivers Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez. Ricardo was killed at the non-championship race in 1962 and Pedro was killed in a sports car race at the Norisring in 1971.
The circuit has a mix of long straights and fast corners which gives some great over taking opportunities for drivers. One of the eye conic sections of this circuit is Foro Sol stadium where the circuit goes through. Watching last year’s race when Sergio Perez went through the stadium and with Esteban Gutierrez back on the grid it will only add to the drama and excitement of the fans.
This race looks to have a strong future as we saw last year with record crowds and seeing the stadium roar has lead organisers to add more tickets and seats for this year’s race! The circuit will again see the battle between Mercedes, as Nico Rosberg could seal his first title this weekend.
Facts and figures
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| Race | FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE MÉXICO 2016 |
| Venue | F1 Grand Prix Circuit 2015, Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez Grand Prix circuit
Mexico City, Mexico |
| Circuit Length | 4.304 km (2.674 mi) |
| Laps | 71 |
| Race Distance | 305.541 km (189.854 mi) |
| Lap Record | 1:20.521 (Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 2015, FIA Formula One) |
| Most wins drivers | Jim Clark (3) |
| Most wins manufacture | Lotus (4) |
Event timetable
| Local Summer | Local Winter | BST | GMT | |
| Friday | ||||
| P1 | 10:00-11:30 | N/A | 16:00-17:30 | N/A |
| P2 | 14:00-15:30 | N/A | 20:00-21:30 | N/A |
| Saturday | ||||
| P3 | 10:00-11:00 | N/A | 16:00-17:00 | N/A |
| Qualifying | 13:00-14:00 | N/A | 19:00-20:00 | N/A |
| Sunday | ||||
| Race | N/A | 13:00-15:00 | N/A | 19:00-21:00 |
Note – Clock change in UK, BST to GMT on Saturday Night at 01:00BST and in Mexico at 01:00DST
What happened in 2015?
Nico Rosberg started a run of good races following Lewis Hamilton’s title victory in Austin. Rosberg took control of the race making some good passes and with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel crashing out of the race allowed him to take second in the championship. It didn’t get better either in another round of Fin v Fin Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen whos front wheel went over the front left of the Williams and breaking the red car’s suspension.
2015 vs 2014 Race Data
| P1 Fastest | P2 Fastest | P3 Fastest | Q1 Fastest | Q2 Fastest | Q3 Fastest | Race Time | Fastest Lap | |
| 2015 | 01:25.990 | 01:21:531 | 01:21.083 | 01:20.436 | 01:19.829 | 01:19.480 | 01:42:35.038 | 01:20.521 |
| 2014 | NOT HELD | |||||||
Tyres
| Driver | Super soft | Soft | Medium |
| HAMILTON | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| ROSBERG | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| VETTEL | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| RAIKKONEN | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| BOTTAS | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| MASSA | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| RICCARDO | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| VERSTAPPEN | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| MAGNUSSEN | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| PLAMER | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| HULKENBERG | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| PEREZ | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| KVYAT | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| SAINZ | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| BUTTON | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| ALONSO | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| ERICSSON | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| NASR | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| WEHRLEIN | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| OCON | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| GROSJEAN | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| GUTIERREZ | 7 | 5 | 1 |
