Mexico City
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
- 2025 – Lando Norris
- 2024 – Carlos Sainz
- 2023 – Max Verstappen
- 2022 – Max Verstappen
- 2021 – Max Verstappen
- 2019 – Lewis Hamilton
- 2018 – Max Verstappen
- 2017 – Max Verstappen
- 2016 – Lewis Hamilton
- 2015 – Nico Rosberg
- 2025 – Lando Norris
- 2024 – Carlos Sainz
- 2023 – Charles Leclerc
- 2022 – Max Verstappen
- 2021 – Valtteri Bottas
- 2019 – Max Verstappen
- 2018 – Daniel Ricciardo
- 2017 – Sebastian Vettel
- 2016 – Lewis Hamilton
- 2015 – Nico Rosberg
When was the track built?
The circuit was laid out in the Magdalena Mixhuca sports park in Mexico City and opened in 1962. It has been reconfigured several times, most significantly for its modern return in 2015, when the fearsome Peraltada banked corner was cut and the lap redirected through a baseball stadium instead. That change cost the track its most famous corner but gave it a grandstand section unlike anything else in the sport, with the crowd wrapped almost entirely around the cars.
When was its first Grand Prix?
A non-championship race ran in 1962, with the first world championship Mexican Grand Prix following in 1963. The event ran through to 1970, when crowd control problems ended it, then returned for a spell in the late 1980s before disappearing again. Its most recent revival came in 2015, backed by strong local interest and a passionate home crowd, and it has been a reliable fixture of the calendar’s American leg since.
What’s the circuit like?
The altitude is the whole story. At well over two thousand metres, the air is thin, so cars run maximum downforce wings and still generate less grip than a low-downforce circuit at sea level. Straight-line speeds are enormous as a result, and the run to Turn 1 is among the longest anywhere. Cooling is a serious engineering headache, with brakes and power units both struggling to shed heat in thin air. Tyres run cool and can be hard to switch on. Overtaking into the first corner is genuine, though the wide entry and three-abreast temptation makes lap one a lottery.
Why go?
The crowd is the reason. Mexico City fills the venue with a noise and colour that few other rounds match, and the stadium section on a Sunday afternoon is one of the great experiences in the sport. Late October coincides with Day of the Dead celebrations, so the city itself is at its most vivid. Altitude is worth respecting if you are arriving from sea level, and the weather is mild rather than hot. The city has extraordinary food and a metro that gets you to the gate.
Where is the best place to watch?
The stadium section grandstands are the signature view, with cars threading a slow sequence inside a baseball arena surrounded by noise on all sides. The Turn 1 stands cover the end of the long straight and the heaviest braking, which is where the overtaking happens. The Turn 4 area offers a good view of the esses and the first sector. The main grandstand covers the start and the pits. Almost anywhere in the stadium is worth paying extra for, purely for atmosphere.