Only six Mexican drivers have ever raced in Formula 1 — but each has left their mark on the world championship. Matt Bishop looks back on their careers ahead of this weekend's Mexico City Grand Prix
Younger readers may possibly regard the Mexican Grand Prix as a new-ish thing, since, prior to its recommencement in 2015, it had not been a part of the Formula 1 world championship for a generation. But last Sunday's race, won faultlessly for Ferrari by Carlos Sainz, was the 24th world championship-status F1 Mexican Grand Prix, and, apart from a flurry of five (1988-1992) that were run in early summer, all of them have taken place at this time of year.
There have been six Mexican F1 drivers, and none of them has won his home F1 race. Two local lads contested the first world championship-status F1 Mexican Grand Prix, in 1963: Pedro Rodriguez and Moises Solana, and their racing careers were very different...
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