Track name: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Times the race has been held here: 17
First GP: 1963, won by Jim Clark
Total number of race laps: 71
Complete race distance: 305.354 kilometers (189.738 miles)
Pit lane speed limit: 80 kph (50 mph)
Pitlane length: 650m/0.404 miles, estimated time loss 25s (longest of the season)
2016 winner: Lewis Hamilton, 1:40:31.402
2016 pole position: Lewis Hamilton, 1:18.704
2016 fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo, 1:21.134
Most wins (Driver) Jim Clark (3)
Most wins(Team): Lotus(4)
Lap record:– Nico Rosberg - Mercedes– 2015 - 1:20.521
Smallest winning margin: 1.366s, in 1991.
Circuit Length: 4.304km/2.674 miles
Direction: Clockwise
Turns: 17
Distance to Turn 1: 800m/0.497 miles (longest of the season)
Longest straight: 1.314km/0.816 miles, on the approach to the Turn One
Fastest corner: 260km/h (162mph), Turn 17
Slowest corner: 72km/h (45mph), Turn 13
Top Speed: 365km/h/227mph, on the approach to Turn One
Full throttle: 47%
DRS Zones: Two, on the approach to Turns One and Four
Key Corner: Turn Three. It’s the final right-hander in an ‘S’ bend, so the car is heavily loaded.
Fuel consumption: 1.49kg per lap, which is low
ERS Demands: High. The long straights use the ERS heavily.
Brake wear: Medium. There are 12 braking zones, three of them heavy.
Gear changes: 44 per lap/3,124 per race
Safety car likelihood: High.
Tyre choices: Medium Soft, Supersoft
Weather: Warm (22).
Chance of rain: 24%
Grip levels: Low.
Run off: Good.
A lap around Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
“Long straight line going into turn one with big braking, 90 degrees right-hand side, followed by a small chicane. It’s very important to get the second part right because you’ve got another long straight line. Then you’ve got another 90-degree left corner, and then a 90-degree right corner. That’s followed by a very weird double right-hander. It’s very difficult to find a line. Then you go to the middle section which is flowing, with mid- to high-speed left and right corners. Next it’s the entry to the stadium – big braking here, very tricky with the wall facing you. Then it’s a very slow hairpin in the stadium, as slow as Monaco. Finally, it’s the double right-hand corner with very important traction going into the old part of the oval to finish the lap.”
