Why Mexico Would Be a Great Addition to the Formula One Calendar Fraser Masefield - Bleacher Report
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Mexican driver Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Sergio Perez talking about being mexican and a professional racing driver at Formula One. (Perez Racing)

Although it has been confirmed that Mexico will now miss out on hosting a grand prix in 2014, there is still hope that the famous Mexico City circuit will return to the calendar in 2015.

The venue last hosted a grand prix in 1992, when Nigel Mansell emerged victorious, and, although it was given a provisional slot for 2013, a commercial contract could not be completed in time.

It’s not that either the funds or the fanbase in Mexico should stand in the way of it happening, with Autosport quoting Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim in the summer that all the pieces of the jigsaw were coming together.

The Mexican people also now have drivers they can identify with in the form of Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez, and filling the venue should not be a problem due to its proximity to North America.

“I believe that 2015 it can really happen,” Perez is quoted on Autosport. "We are a lot closer right now than we were a couple of months ago. I have big hopes that 2015 can be when Mexico will happen.”

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