GridpediaAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
- Location
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Races held
- 25 (1963 to 2025)
- Most wins, drivers
- Max Verstappen (5), Lewis Hamilton (2), Nigel Mansell (2), Alain Prost (2), Jim Clark (2)
- Most wins, teams
- Red Bull (5), McLaren (3), Williams (3), Ferrari (3), Mercedes (3)
- Most poles
- Jim Clark (4), Ayrton Senna (3), Nigel Mansell (2), Max Verstappen (2), Lewis Hamilton (1)
- Fastest race lap
- 1:16.788, Nigel Mansell, 1991 (race laps since 1982; layouts change over time)
- Map
- OpenStreetMap
What is a lap of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez like?
At more than 2,200 m above sea level this is the highest circuit on the calendar: the thin air means teams run maximum-downforce wings yet get relatively little downforce, top speeds are among the highest of the year, and cooling is a constant concern. The lap is decided by the trade-off between the 1.2 km run from the final corner to Turn 1 and the slow, low-grip stadium section (Turns 12 to 16), which winds through the former Foro Sol baseball stadium between two huge grandstands. The 2015 rebuild by Hermann Tilke routed the lap through the stadium, bypassing the first half of the banked Peraltada; the final corner (Turn 17), the remaining part of it, is named after Nigel Mansell, who passed Gerhard Berger around the outside of the old Peraltada in 1990. Three DRS zones are used (the main straight, the run from Turn 3 to Turn 4, and from Turn 11 into Turn 12), and the slipstream on the long run to Turn 1 allows plenty of overtaking into the first corner.
- Lap length
- 4.304 km
- Turns
- 17
- Direction
- clockwise
- Downforce
- Maximum
- Longest straight
- 1,200 m
- Elevation change
- 2.8 m
- DRS zones (to 2025)
- 3
- Character
- Technical (about 34% of the lap is cornering)
- Layout described
- Grand Prix layout introduced for F1's return in 2015 (4.304 km / 17 turns), with the lap passing through the Foro Sol stadium (called Estadio GNP Seguros since 2024); used 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, including the most recent race (2025 Mexico City Grand Prix)
| Turn | Name | Side | Type | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complejo Moisés Solana | Right | slow | 87° |
| 2 | Complejo Moisés Solana | Left | slow | 70° |
| 3 | Complejo Moisés Solana | Right | medium | 92° |
| 4 | Ese del Lago | Left | slow | 91° |
| 5 | Right | slow | 111° | |
| 6 | Recorte Rebaque | Right | slow | 134° |
| 7 | Esses | Left | medium | 66° |
| 8 | Esses | Right | medium | 38° |
| 9 | Esses | Left | medium | 61° |
| 10 | Right | medium | 63° | |
| 11 | Esses | Left | kink | 44° |
| 12 | Adrián Fernández | Right | slow | 78° |
| 13 | Foro Sol | Left | hairpin | 138° |
| 14 | Foro Sol | Right | slow | 81° |
| 15 | Foro Sol | Left | kink | 19° |
| 16 | Foro Sol | Right | slow | 110° |
| 17 | Nigel Mansell | Right | banked | 72° |
Sources for the checked facts (15)
- formula1.com/en/racing/2025/mexico
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%C3%B3dromo_Hermanos_Rodr%C3%ADguez
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/need-to-know-the-most-important-facts-stats-and-trivia-ahea
- mexicogp.mx/noticia/mexico-gp-como-se-llaman-las-curvas-del-autodromo-hermanos-rodriguez/
- mexicogp.mx/wp-content/uploads/files_mf/1664897614221003NombredelascurvasyrectasAHR.pdf
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/5-reasons-we-love-the-mexican-grand-prix-2019.1wrS6jzxlx6vL
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/need-to-know-mexico.55q5Sw1rfiE4cec4s60We2
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/need-to-know-the-most-important-facts-stats-and-trivia-ahea
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/mexico-names-final-corner-after-nigel-mansell.3ce3dyJyuipoA
- racefans.net/2024/10/24/longest-drs-zone-shortened-for-mexican-grand-prix/
- racefans.net/2025/10/26/2025-mexican-grand-prix-strategy-briefing-all-the-data-to-follow-t
- formula1.com/en/latest/features/2016/10/highs-and-lows---which-f1-track-has-the-most-eleva
- f1technical.net/news/25717
- williamsf1.com/articles/ffcf0d74-0d2c-4b62-9dde-1c7a0e291a91/how-altitude-affects-an-f1-ca
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/watch-how-does-mexico-citys-high-altitude-affect-an-f1-car.
Map, character and grey values are approximate (measured from a GPS trace). Report a correction.
Does pole position win at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez?
The pole sitter has won 12 of 25 races here (48%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 16 of 25 races (64%) and from the top three in 22 (88%). Lowest grid position to win: 13th, Alain Prost in 1990.
| Winner started from | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 12 | 48% |
| P2 | 4 | 16% |
| P3 | 6 | 24% |
| P4 | 2 | 8% |
| P11 or lower | 1 | 4% |
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.
How are races at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez won?
- Since 2010
- 10 races; winners made 1 stop in 7, 2 stops in 2, 3 or more in 1; first stop at a median lap 26 (36% of the race)
| Race | Winner | Stops | Stop laps | Tyre compounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lando Norris | 1 | 34 of 71 | C2 hard C4 medium C5 soft |
| 2024 | Carlos Sainz | 1 | 32 of 71 | C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | 3 | 19, 33, 34 of 71 | C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft |
| 2022 | Max Verstappen | 1 | 25 of 71 | C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft |
| 2021 | Max Verstappen | 1 | 33 of 71 | C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft |
| 2019 | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 23 of 71 | C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft |
| 2018 | Max Verstappen | 2 | 13, 48 of 71 | |
| 2017 | Max Verstappen | 1 | 32 of 71 | |
| 2016 | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 17 of 71 | |
| 2015 | Nico Rosberg | 2 | 26, 46 of 71 |