One of the best-attended races of the year, Mexico has had multiple stints on the Formula 1 calendar. The 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix is set to take place on October 26.
1145th F1 GRAND PRIX | 26th MEXICAN GRAND PRIX | 25th GRAND PRIX AT AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ
2024 POLESITTER: CARLOS SAINZ | 2024 WINNER: CARLOS SAINZ
2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday October 24
Free Practice 1 – 12:30pm Local Time / 7:30pm UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 4:00pm Local Time / 11:00pm UK Time
Saturday October 25
Free Practice 3 – 11:30am Local Time / 6:30pm UK Time
Qualifying – 5:00pm Local Time / 10:00pm UK Time
Sunday October 26
The 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix – 2:00pm Local Time / 8:00pm UK Time
2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
Max Verstappen could extend the record for most victories in Mexico to six at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. A win for Lewis Hamilton would see him become the second driver, after Verstappen, to record as many as three victories at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Meanwhile Carlos Sainz could become the sixth driver to win multiple races at the track.
Lewis Hamilton has the most podiums of any driver at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with six. His record could be equalled this weekend by Max Verstappen.
Charles Leclerc will equal Jim Clark as the driver with the most fastest laps in Mexico if he sets the fastest lap in the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.
A pole position for Charles Leclerc at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix would see him become the third driver – after Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna – to take three pole positions at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. Last year, there were three DRS zones. There are usually two DRS detection points and three activation zones, which are located on the main straight, between Turns 3 & 4 and between Turns 11 & 12.
AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ TRACK GUIDE
After years of rumours, Formula 1 returned to Mexico City in 2015 with a capacity crowd lining the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez track. The high altitude circuit has provided plenty of memorable moments during its three stints in the sport.
Mexico became familiar with motorsport in the early 1950s when the road race Carrera Panamericana began to be held. The rally was widely regarded as the most dangerous anywhere in the world, and regularly attracted racing stars from Formula 1. There was at least one fatality in every running of the race between 1950 and 1954, including the controversial death of a vulture in the 1952 event.
It wasn’t long before the country wanted its own permanent international racing circuit, and so one was built in the Magdalena Mixhuca area of Mexico City. The building of the track coincided with the rise of the Rodriguez brothers, Ricardo and Pedro, hence the desire for a Mexican Grand Prix was strong.
The race was run as a non-championship round in 1962. Ricardo Rodriguez, who was just nineteen, was a Ferrari driver but, as the event was a non-championship round, Ferrari declined to enter and instead Rodriguez entered in a Rob Walker Racing Lotus car. His presence in the event was enough to fill the grandstands. There was to be a tragic outcome though, as Rodriguez crashed at the ferocious Peraltada corner and died as a result.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. The C3, C4 and C5 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX?
Sainz led home a Ferrari 1-2 in the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix, as Verstappen picked up two ten-second penalties for separate incidents with title rival Norris.
There were incident-packed free practice sessions at the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix. In Free Practice 1, a collision between Alex Albon and Ollie Bearman – in the Ferrari, one of five rookies in FP1 – brought out the red flags. George Russell was fastest in the opening practice session but crashed heavily in the extended 90-minute FP2.
Oscar Piastri had been fastest in the final practice session but found himself eliminated in Q1 along with home favourite Sergio Perez. Yuki Tsunoda crashed out in Q2, while both Haas cars reached Q3 in Mexico for the first time in the team’s history. Carlos Sainz secured his first pole position of the season, ahead of title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris plus Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen leapt into the lead at the start of the race, while midpack contact saw Tsunoda crash out for the second time in two days. Sainz had taken the lead back by cutting the opening chicane just before the Safety Car was called out.
At the start of Lap 9, Sainz took the lead back legitimately as Verstappen fell back into grasping distance of Norris. The McLaren driver made his move with an overtake around the outside on Lap 10, in which he was barged off track by the Red Bull. Later around the lap, Verstappen appeared to run his rival off the road once again, with Leclerc finding his way into second place as a result.
The stewards interjected with Verstappen’s antics and supplied the Dutchman with two ten second time penalties for the two incidents, one for forcing another driver off track and one for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
While Fernando Alonso retired early on his 400th F1 weekend, Sergio Perez was finding himself involved in side-by-side midfield battles with Liam Lawson and Lance Stroll. Verstappen served his 20 second penalty when he pitted on Lap 27, with Sainz continuing to lead a Ferrari 1-2 up at the front.
It would remain a Ferrari 1-2 until the last ten laps, when Norris closed in on Leclerc. A mistake from the Ferrari driver at the end of Lap 62 – which would have resulted in a large impact if not for Leclerc’s quick reactions – allowed the McLaren through into second.
Sainz comfortably secured victory from Norris and Leclerc, with Verstappen finishing in sixth – behind the two Mercedes drivers, who battled for position in the closing stages, with Lewis Hamilton getting ahead of Russell. Perez struggled to make any progress from where he started and ultimately finished only 17th, Piastri made his way through the field to finish seventh.
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