In 1959 the father of Mexico’s most famous racing brothers, Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, was an advisor to Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateo, and had a word in his boss’s ear about building a racing circuit in Mexico City’s Magdalena Mixiuhca sports park using the existing internal roads. El Presidente liked the idea, and work on the track was completed in under a year.
Formula 1 cars arrived in 1962 for a non-championship race, returning the following year for a proper, bona fide Grand Prix. That 1963 race was won by Jim Clark, while for the next few years, Mexico’s fiesta vibes meant it became the traditional season-ender for Formula 1. Mexico was welcomed back onto the Formula 1 calendar six years ago, while in 2020 the event could not take place due to the general worldwide heath issues.
Follow us for the latest info, news, updates and live results from the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, as the first practice session for the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix is about to get underway, with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc at the wheel of the Maranello team’s SF21 car, ready to start evaluating the tyres and identify the best set-up ahead of qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday.
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