The head of Mexico City’s government has said it will sign a new deal to keep its race on the Formula 1 calendar next week.
The future of the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has been in doubt as its contract expires after this year’s race.
However Clara Brugada, the head of government for the country’s capital, said this week they will formally announce a contract extension with Formula One Management on Wednesday.
“On 30 April, we will be signing the agreement with Formula 1, so this is good news,” said Brugada, according to Marca. “On the same day, we will inform you all and make it officially public.”
Mexico’s round of the world championship returned to the F1 calendar in 2015. It has held a race every year since then, except in 2020 when it was called off due to the pandemic.
The race’s last contract extension, for three years, was agreed in 2022 by one of Brugada’s predecessors, Claudia Sheinbaum, who became the country’s president last year.
It has proved a hugely popular event, with large crowds filling the grandstands, most noticeably at the unique Foro Sol stadium section at the end of the track. However this year’s race stands to be the first without a Mexican driver in the field since the event returned to the world championship calendar.
Sergio Perez, who finished third for Red Bull in the 2021 and 2022 races, was dropped by the team at the end of last year. It remains to be seen what effect his absence will have, and whether he might return to the grid next year with new US team Cadillac.
The event is one of F1’s five rounds in North America, along with the Canadian Grand Prix and three events in the USA.
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