When is the Formula 1 Mexican GP held?
This eighteenth date of the 2021 series will take place between Friday and Sunday (the race will be at the 16th of Argentina) at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, which has a 4,304-kilometer circuit in which 71 laps to total a route of 305,354 kilometers.
This track has been good for both Verstappen and Hamilton, who will arrive as 1 and 2 in the drivers’ championship standings. The Dutch is the leader with 287.5 points, followed by the British with 275.5 points.
In the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix, Hamilton took pole position and climbed to the top of the podium that same year and then also in 2019; For his part, Verstappen won it twice in a row, in 2017 and 2018.
In Mexico, at 2,248 meters above sea level, the Red Bull driver will seek his ninth victory of the season and the Mercedes wheel will start for the sixth.
“It is very important for me and for the team to try to win the next three races now that we are fighting for the championship,” said Verstappen.
Although globally the attention will be fixed on the duel between Verstappen and Hamilton, on the local stage the spotlights will point to the Mexican star Sergio Pérez.
The ‘Checo’ Pérez has not been able to shine in the Mexican Grand Prix: with Force India he was eighth in 2015, tenth in 2016 and seventh in 2017; with Racing Point he dropped out in 2018 and was seventh in 2019.
In his first season with Red Bull, the Mexican driver has four podiums (three third places and one first, in Azerbaijan) and is fourth in the standings with 150 points, 35 from third place held by Finn Valtteri Bottas.
Where to see the Formula 1 Mexican GP
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In Mexico the fans envision an ideal scenario with Pérez as the winner, Verstappen in second place and Hamilton completing the podium as third; but at the same time it is feared that the ‘Checo’ would have to make a race not to go for the victory but to seek that of his teammate Verstappen.
“Today Max is fighting to win the drivers’ championship and as a team it is important to support him in that,” Pérez agreed and, faced with an eventual sacrifice for his teammate, he reflected: “We should see in what circumstances we are in the race, but at the end of the day we are Riders who work as a team, the main result must be given to the team. “
‘Checo’ Pérez is aware that the competition for the constructors’ title is also very close. The Mercedes team leads with 460.5 points, followed by Red Bull with 437.5 points.
“We are fighting both the team and drivers championship, that’s the big picture,” said the Mexican driver.
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