The return of the Mexican Grand Prix
The F1-cricus is returning to Mexico, to a track that was first used on December 12th, 1959 when it was still named “Magdalena Mixhuca”. 15 Mexican Grand Prix have been held from 1963 to 1970and from 1986 to 1992. The track was closed for Formula 1 races from 1970 to 1986 and from 1993 to 2014. Today the 4,053 km long Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a reminiscence to Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez, both well associated with racing for the Scuderia, and reworked by Hermann Tilke features 16 corners and is under a contract with Ecclestone for the next five years. A huge crowd of 250,000 spectators are expected for this weekend’s 16th Mexican Grand Prix.

Most relevant “Mexican Ferrari-dates” are obviously 1964 when John Surtees became World Champion nearly 51 years ago, the pole position by Clay Regazzoni and the victory by Jacky Ickx in 1970 and the “1-2” by Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell in 1990. It’s remarkable that the Scuderia’s drivers did not finish for 12 times out of 29 starts over all Mexican Grand Prix.

We have added a Slide Show of some of Ferrari’s “Mexican Heroes” – men and machines!