The Hermanos Rodriguez track in Mexico City has seen much intrigue and many variations of the circuit layout. It has also been an on-again, off-again race with many of the problems being the very bumpy nature of the track surface, and a lack of funds by the organizers to fix the problems!
In August 2011, Carlos Slim Domit revealed plans for a revived race. In August 2013, it was suggested by “high level sources” that the Mexican Grand Prix could be on the provisional 2014 World Championship calendar. A preliminary draft calendar for the 2014 season, circulated in early September 2013, assigned 9 November 2014 for the Mexican Grand Prix, but did not specify a circuit and noted that the event was “subject to confirmation”. But on December 5, 2013, the FIA released the official 2014 Formula One season calendar, and the Mexican Grand Prix was not on the calendar; then the FIA announced that the Mexican Grand Prix was postponed to 2015 due to lack of sufficient preparation time to upgrade the somewhat run-down Hermanos Rodríguez circuit to Formula 1 working standards. In July 2014, Ecclestone confirmed that he had signed a five year deal for the Hermanos Rodriguez track to host the Mexican Grand Prix, starting in 2015. On 3 December 2014, the FIA published a confirmed calendar for 2015 showing the 2015 Grand Prix of Mexico on 1 November 2015.
Mexican GP
So the Mexican Grand Prix has been resurrected and will it be another Hamilton/Mercedes whitewash? Or will the elevation of the circuit play havoc with the pit wall electronic nannies?
Unfortunately, telecast at 2 a.m. Thai time means we will miss live viewing, but if it is another procession behind the Mercedes you won’t have missed much.
