Nico Rosberg starts the Mexican Grand Prix from his fourth consecutive pole position for Mercedes. With low tyre degradation it is likely to be a one-stop race, with the medium compound the main race tyre. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who qualified third, did a strong long run in practice. High altitudes, affecting engine and aerodynamic behaviour have brought the field closer.
Race Information
The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, named after the pioneering 1960s F1 racing brothers Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, hosted the Mexican Grand Prix from 1963 to 1970 and again from 1986 to 1992. Like Albert Park in Melbourne and Monza, Italy the circuit is built in a public park. The circuit has been modified for its 2015 relaunch, removing the daunting high speed Peraltata 180 degree corner. Other modifications mean that the revised 16 corner circuit is around 100m longer than before. The main straight is over 1.2 km long. This will be the highest altitude of any F1 Grand Prix on the calendar at 2,285 metres above sea level. This will present less of an issue for the turbo powered F1 cars of today than for the normally aspirated engines of the past, which lost engine power due to thin air density. The organisers have prepared for up to 120,000 spectators.