Formula One Racing: Mexico City Promises World's Second Fastest Track Adam Justice - IBTimes
go to original October 4, 2015

The Rodriguez Brothers race track in Mexico City opened to the public on 3 October ahead of the Formula One race to be held there next month. The race track, measuring 2.67 miles, recently underwent a $50m reconstruction. Mexican Formula One racer Sergio Pérez joined Mexico City mayor Miguel Mancera who led the ribbon cutting ceremony.

...The track was completely rebuilt for the F1 race scheduled for 1 November. In addition to the track, a hospital and new stadium stands were built for the thousands of fans expected to attend the three-day event. Retired Brazilian Formula One racer Emerson Fittipaldi was also present for the inaugural celebration.

According to the official Formula One website, Mexico's Grand Prix race course will be comprised of 71 laps. Taking into account an average of 75 seconds per lap, the Mexican race track should be the second fastest in the world – second only to Italy's Monza.

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