Mexico City Gp Signs Extension Until 2028

Mexico City will enactment connected nan Formula 1 almanac until astatine slightest 2028 aft signing a caller three-year contract.

The woody ends uncertainty complete whether nan title would proceed aft Mexican driver Sergio Perez mislaid his spot connected nan grid, having been dropped by Red Bull astatine nan extremity of past season.

The title has been supported by nan Mexican government, some nationalist and local, and businesses.

Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is simply a erstwhile politician of nan superior and a protagonist of nan race, on pinch nan caller politician of Mexico City.

Billionaire businessman Carlos Slim Domit, 1 of nan world's richest men, has besides backed nan GP.

The title astatine nan Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has had 1 of nan sport's astir enthusiastic crowds since it returned to nan almanac successful 2015 aft a 22-year absence.

Stefano Domenicali, F1 president and main executive officer, said: "Every twelvemonth nan unsocial ambiance created by our fans successful Mexico City is 1 of nan astir unthinkable and energetic experiences of our championship.

"We look guardant to continuing this bonzer collaboration together and seeing nan unthinkable enthusiasm of nan Mexican fans again successful October."