ThestoryoftheMexicanGrandPrixdatesbackto1959whenthethenPresident,AdolfoLopezMateo,listenedtooneofhisadvisers,thefatherofthemostfamousMexicandrivers,RicardoandPedroRodriguez.
The president thus had the circuit built and today it carries the name of the two Rodriguez brothers and is located inside the Magdalena Mixiuhca sports complex in Mexico City, making use of existing roads. F1 in Mexico came into being not long after, in 1962 in fact, when motorsport’s blue riband category took part in a non-championship race.
The following year, the Mexican Grand Prix was officially part of the calendar and was won by Jim Clark. From then on there were 20 more races, all at the Mexico City track, in three blocks from 1963-1970, 1986-1992 and then from 2015 to the present day.
