Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
until 1979 Magdalena Mixhuca

Mexico City , Mexico
Route type:	permanent race track
Opening:	December 20, 1959, reopened in 1986
Formula 1 venue :	1963-2019
Decommissioned:	1970-1986
Pista Completa
Grand Prix course
Route data
Important events:	Formula 1 FIA Formula E Championship
Route length:	4.304  km (2.67  mi )
Curves:	17th
Records
Track record: (Formula 1)	1: 18,741 min. ( Valtteri Bottas , Mercedes , 2018 )
Circuito Nascar
NASCAR variant
Route data
Route length:	4.053  km (2.52  mi )
Curves:	16
Records
Track record: (NASCAR)	1: 27.458 min. ( Scott Pruett , Chip Ganassi Racing , 2007 )
Oval
Oval track
Route data
Route length:	1,609  km (1  mi )
Curves:	4th
Formula E Mexico City E-Prix
shortened Formula 1 variant
Route data
Route length:	2.606  km (1.62  mi )
Curves:	16
Records
Track record: (Formula E)	1: 10,520 min. ( Alexander Sims , BMW i Andretti Motorsport , 2020 )
autodromohermanosrodriguez.com

Coordinates: 19 ° 24 ′ 15 ″  N , 99 ° 5 ′ 19 ″  W.

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a race track in Mexico City , the capital of Mexico . It was inaugurated on December 20, 1959, until 1979 it was called Magdalena Mixhuca and was then named after the brothers Pedro (1940–1971) and Ricardo Rodríguez (1942–1962). The latter of the two racing drivers had a fatal accident while training for the first Mexican Grand Prix on November 1, 1962 , which was not yet part of the World Championship, in a Lotus.

history

Start / finish straight of the racetrack; you can see the start of the 2016 Formula 1 race

In 1970 the route was closed due to a lack of security. The reopening took place in 1986 after numerous renovations had been made; so the run-off areas were enlarged and a new pit area built. Initially the length of a race lap was 5 km. In 1986 the course was shortened somewhat by adding the section between today's curves 6 and 8 and was then 4.421 km long. Another renovation was carried out in 2002, in the course of which the fast target curve Peraltada was defused to the effect that a right-left-right combination was inserted at the end of the back straight, which led through a baseball stadium, the Foro Sol , with a capacity of 26,000 hit the original route at the apex of the target curve. In 2006, due to the costs of the necessary temporary renovation work, this route was not used. The 2015 Mexican Grand Prix ran through the stadium again, reducing the length of the track from 4.421 km to 4.304 km.

Route variants

In addition to the "normal" route called Pista Completa , there are other variants. At the 4.053 km long Circuito Nascar , the start and finish straight will be given a chicane and the route between turns 4 and 9 will be shortened. There is also a 1.6 km long oval course called Ovalo , where the route after the start and finish leads right down to the back straight. The start-and-finish straight can also be used for 1/4 mile dragster races ( Recta Principal ). Finally there is the shortened version Circuito 3 km , where you turn right at the beginning of the back straight and drive on the first curve of the oval in the opposite direction, so that you get by at the end of the start-finish straight, where you turn sharply right again .

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  5,000 km variant until 1984

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  Formula 1 variant 1986–1992

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  Formula 1 variant since 2015

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  Comparison of the route variants 2014/15

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  Formula E variant 2015/16

run

Between 1963 and 1970 and between 1986 and 1992, the Mexican Grand Prix was held 15 times as part of the Formula 1 World Championship at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez . From 2002 races of the US Champ Car World Series were held here. In addition, the Corona México 200 of the NASCAR Nationwide Series took place between 2005 and 2008 . In 2007 and 2008 the now discontinued A1GP series also made a guest appearance here .

In July 2014, Bernie Ecclestone announced that a 5-year contract had been signed for the Mexican Grand Prix and that Formula 1 should start here again in 2015.

In 2016, the first Mexico City ePrix took place on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, and with it the first Formula E run on a permanent racetrack. In addition, a race for the FIA World Endurance Championship will take place at the Autódromo .

For 2020 , the Formula 1 race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

statistics

All winners of Formula 1 races in Mexico City

No.	year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP of
1	1963	Jim Clark	lotus	Climax	D.	2: 09: 52,100 h	5,000 km	65	150.152 km / h	Oct. 27	Mexico
2	1964	Dan Gurney	Brabham	Climax	D.	2: 09: 50.320 h	5,000 km	65	150.186 km / h	Oct 25
3	1965	Richie Ginther	Honda	Honda	G	2: 08: 32,100 h	5,000 km	65	151.710 km / h	Oct. 24
4th	1966	John Surtees	cooper	Maserati	F.	2:06:35,340 h	5,000 km	65	154.042 km / h	23 Oct
5	1967	Jim Clark	lotus	ford	F.	1: 59: 28.700 h	5,000 km	65	163.210 km / h	Oct. 22
6th	1968	Graham Hill	lotus	ford	F.	1: 56: 43.950 h	5,000 km	65	167.049 km / h	0Nov 3
7th	1969	Denis Hulme	McLaren	ford	G	1: 54: 08.800 h	5,000 km	65	170.833 km / h	19 Oct
8th	1970	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Ferrari	F.	1: 53: 28.360 h	5,000 km	65	171.848 km / h	Oct 25
9	1986	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	BMW	P	1: 33: 18.700 h	4,421 km	68	193.306 km / h	Oct 12
10	1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Honda	G	1: 26: 24.207 h	4,421 km	63	193.411 km / h	Oct 18
11	1988	Alain Prost	McLaren	Honda	G	1: 30: 15.737 h	4,421 km	67	196.898 km / h	May 29th
12	1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Honda	G	1: 35: 21.431 h	4,421 km	69	191.941 km / h	28th of May
13	1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 32: 35.783 h	4,421 km	69	197.664 km / h	June 24th
14th	1991	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Renault	G	1: 29: 52.205 h	4,421 km	67	197.757 km / h	June 16
15th	1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Renault	G	1: 31: 53.587 h	4,421 km	69	199.176 km / h	22 Mar
16	2015	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 42: 35.038 h	4.304 km	71	179.620 km / h	0Nov 1
17th	2016	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 40: 31.402 h	4.304 km	71	182.259 km / h	Oct. 30
18th	2017	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Renault ( TAG Heuer )	P	1: 36: 26.550 h	4.304 km	71	189.971 km / h	Oct 29
19th	2018	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Renault ( TAG Heuer )	P	1: 38: 28.851 h	4.304 km	71	186.039 km / h	Oct 28
20th	2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 36: 48.904 h	4.304 km	71	189.240 km / h	Oct. 27
-	2020	canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Record winner
Drivers: Jim Clark / Lewis Hamilton / Nigel Mansell / Alain Prost / Max Verstappen (2 each) • Driver nations: Great Britain (8) • Constructors: Lotus / McLaren / Mercedes / Williams (3 each) • Engine manufacturers: Honda (4) • Tire manufacturer: Goodyear (8)

See also

• List of motorsport racetracks
• List of Formula 1 racetracks

Web links

Commons : Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mexico Master Plan ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tilke.de, accessed on March 15, 2015. 
2. ↑ http://sport.orf.at/stories/2212737/
3. ^ Roman Wittemeier: WEC calendar 2016: Mexico as the ninth race! Motorsport-Total.com, September 19, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2015 . 
4. ^ Formula 1 calendar 2020 with "Eifel-Grand-Prix", but without America , motorsport-total.com from July 24, 2020; Accessed August 20, 2020