A unique flavour – why the Mexico City Grand Prix will continue to be unashamedly Mexican

For the organisers of the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, the race weekend provides an annual alternative to showcase their nation on a worldwide stage.

The 2026 World Cup will kick off in Mexico, however internet hosting a spherical of the Formulation 1 World Championship yearly opens up an opportunity to actually have a good time the heritage of the nation.

The race solely returned to the F1 calendar in 2015 however has since gone on to win the FIA’s Promoter of the 12 months award on no fewer than 5 events.

For Federico Gonzalez, who promotes the race for Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE), that recognition – in addition to being shortlisted for the Promoter of the 12 months on the Autosport Awards – is simply reward for the laborious work that goes into staging the grand prix.

“What we wish to do yearly is to try to enhance each single element, making it a nicer expertise yr on yr,” he mentioned.

“This yr, the paddock, we adorned it for the Mexican Day of the Lifeless, a very completely different strategy and atmosphere. We’ve got received many awards for the reason that race returned in 2015 and I believe it’s as a result of we actually took a whole lot of care, my perception is now we have an unimaginable crew that is ready to make issues higher yearly.

“We can not take part within the determination of the groups. So our accountability just isn’t if we inform a driver to vary the tyres, that is not our job. Our job is to provide the folks an incredible expertise and an incredible grand Prix in Mexico Metropolis.”

As a part of that have, the intention of the promoters is to make the race weekend as authentically Mexican as potential, tapping into the wealthy tradition of the nation.

In addition to the Day of the Lifeless decorations, mariachi bands had been enjoying throughout the weekend with Mexican dancers solely including to the fiesta environment.

“What’s essential for us is that it’s a platform for the nation,” explains Gonzalez.

“With that in thoughts, all the selections are made round learn how to have a really Mexican, Mexico Grand Prix, giving folks from exterior the nation an actual Mexican expertise and that is a part of the spine of the race.

“9 years in the past, we understood that there are only a few worldwide occasions that occur in a rustic yearly. The most important ones – the Olympics or a World Cup, it’s extremely troublesome to have these occasions, and so they occur solely each 4 years.

“So the chance to have one race yearly with this worldwide, large affect, it is an incredible factor to have, as a result of it provides you the chance to indicate the nation, to indicate the tradition. If it is a global occasion, it is advisable have the flavour of every nation.

“It does not make sense going all over the world having the identical expertise. So I believe the flavour of getting completely different tracks, completely different cultures, completely different international locations, that makes it extra thrilling to be in Mexico.

“If you would like the Mexican expertise, we perceive that. And once more, I encourage all my crew to even say, ‘if we wish to serve wine within the hospitality, it must be Mexican wine!’”