10 facts about Mexican Formula 1 racing

Madrid, October 26 (European Press) –

The Formula 1 World Championship will host the Mexican Grand Prix starting Friday, where Max Verstappen’s (Red Bull) race could surpass his record of victories in the same season, and Lando Norris equals a record of consecutive podium finishes for McLaren that has not been achieved since 2011, and in Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) they will attempt to achieve the first Spanish podium on Mexican soil. These are 10 facts about the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix.

1. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez will host the 22nd Formula 1 Grand Prix this weekend, and is the third track in America that has hosted the most races after Gilles Villeneuve (Canada) and Interlagos (Brazil).

2. 77% of the winners of the Mexican Grand Prix in the last 13 editions started on the front row of the grid.

3. In the last 11 editions of the race, 11 different drivers have started from pole position. The last person to take pole position on the grid was Max Verstappen.

4. Max Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to have finished every Grand Prix so far this season.

5. If Max Verstappen wins, he will become the driver with the most wins in a single season (16), surpassing the record he himself has held since 2022 (15).

6. Lando Norris (McLaren) achieved 12 podiums in Formula 1, and he is the second driver with the most victories without knowing victory, surpassed only by Nick Heyfield.

7. McLaren has placed Lando Norris on the podium in the last 4 races, and if he achieves that in Mexico, he will equal Jenson Button’s streak of 5 consecutive podium finishes in 2011.

8. Lewis Hamilton climbed to the podium in the Mexican Grand Prix in 5 of the 7 races he participated in, and the 2017 race was one of the races in which he did not achieve it, as he finished ninth, a position that was sufficient for him to become world champion in this race.

9. With his podium finish at the recent US Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz added his No. 16 for Ferrari, surpassing the No. 15 held by teammate Charles Leclerc in the same time period.

10. Fernando Alonso’s best finish at the Mexican Grand Prix is ​​ninth place in 2021, having managed to score points in only two of the six races he participated in there.