For F1 teams, the Mexican GP is all about altitude
Formula One (F1) cars racing in Mexico City, the normal rules don’t apply.
When speeding down a straight that is almost 1 mile (1.6 km) long, teams would usually need to race a car with as sleek a body shape as possible to cut through the air and hit top speeds quickly. But at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where this weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix (GP) will be held, it’s the opposite.
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez first held a F1 world championship race in 1963. For the drivers, the track will feel more akin to racing on a slippery street course like the one in Monaco, where regular automobiles that use the streets when F1 is not in town wear away the traction provided by the sticky tire rubber laid down by race cars.
In Mexico, it’s all about altitude. The country’s capital city is a little more than 7,000 feet above sea level, one of the highest of any capital city (La Paz, Bolivia, is No 1 at about 12,000 feet). But in F1 terms, there is no competition.
The next highest races are the Brazilian GP at about 2,700 feet above sea level and the Austrian event at about 2,200 feet. Las Vegas is next up at about 2,000 feet. Of the other 20 events this year, 11 sit under 50.
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