- Mexico City’s head of government confirms deal is imminent
- Only Silverstone has welcomed more F1 fans since 2015
Formula One is set to extend its contract with the Mexico City Grand Prix until the end of the 2028 season.
Mexico City’s head of government Clara Brugada announced the impending extension in a press conference on 24th April, confirming that the country “will be signing the agreement with F1” this week.
The race returned to the Formula One schedule in 2015 and only dropped off the calendar for one year during the Covid pandemic, but its current deal expires at the end of this season.
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The event will continue to be privately funded after former Mexico president Andrés Manuel López Obrador withdrew government support for the event, which first affected the cancelled 2020 race. The race was renamed to the Mexico City Grand Prix in 2020 to reflect the change in financial support, even if the first edition of the event under this new moniker actually occurred a year later.
With home hero Sergio Pérez no longer on the grid after being dropped by Red Bull last year, there had been speculation that organisers at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez would not push for a renewal.
Pérez, though, has also been linked with a return to the grid through General Motors’ (GM) Cadillac entry in 2026.
Mexico City also saw the fourth-highest attendance of last season as 404,958 people watched Carlos Sainz take victory for Ferrari. The event has been one of the best-attended races during its time on the calendar – only Silverstone has welcomed more fans since 2015.
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