Star wrote: ↑2 years ago
F1 has long had a stop and start love affair with Mexico City but the Autrodromo Hermanos Circuit once again hosts this race. For those who don't already know, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was in part named after two brothers who tragically lost their lives there. Ricardo died shortly after the circuit opened in 1962 and sadly his brother also died there some nine years later in 1971. It is located in Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City which is in the south east of Mexico City and is a public park that has been used for other events such as a baseball, the park is also home to the Insomniacs Electric Festival or EDC Mexico, a popular music festival that attracts over 200,000 people.
The thin air in Mexico City can cause problems for both drivers and cars, the speed at which the cars can get up to on the main straight is 370 km/h or 230 mph in old money. It first appeared on the calendar in 1962 as a non championship race before becoming a championship race in 1963. It remained on the calendar until 1970, had a brief reinstatement from 1986 to 1992 before finally returning again in 2015 and has since run to date, apart from last year of course. During one of the breaks it was used for the Grand Prix Of Mexico Champ Car. Sebastien Bourdais the former Toro Rosso driver apparently won three of the six races held there from 2002 - 2007.
After some speculation in the years beforehand, this race returned to the calendar in 2015. It was probably helped by having two Mexican drivers at that time with Sergio 'Checo' Perez and Esteban Gutierrez. Whilst Gutierrez is now a mere memory Perez is still there and racing with Red Bull, doing very nicely too, he will no doubt be the busiest man on the grid this race weekend. Perez has never done that well at his home race, he's certainly not made an appearance on the podium so far. He did manage to finish 7th in 2019, the last time they raced there. Can he do better this year? Well in the Red Bull he stands more of a chance of doing so at least you would think.
Theories of Mongol settlement and conquest of South America are largely discredited now. Nevertheless, the author of a 19th century work 'ventures confidently to affirm that Peru, Mexico, and other countries in America were conquered by the Mongols, accompanied with elephants, in the thirteenth century.' So there
Please note, this is an edited version race thread I used before on another site, but it seemed relevant enough still
Winners:
2020 N/A
2019 Lewis Hamilton
2018 Max Verstappen
2017 Max Verstappen
2016 Lewis Hamilton
2015 Nico Rosberg
2019 Pole and Podium result.
Pole sitter: Max Verstappen Red Bull
1st Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2nd Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3rd Valterri Bottas Mercedes
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc Ferrari
There will be 71 laps and the race starts at 1pm loca time.
The title race between Hamilton and Verstappen is hotting up and looking at past results, this could either way. I am hopeful that it will go Red Bull's way and I am sure Sergio Perez will be hoping to make a great impression at his home race.
So it's hello or Hola! to Mexico, slap on your sombrero, let your feet get tapping to the
rhythmn of the mariachi bands and let’s hope we all enjoy a good race!