Formula 1 Exhibition, a deep dive into F1 history, is coming to Mexico City

Long a hub of Formula 1 passionateness acknowledgment to its sold-out Grand Prix each fall, Mexico City volition get an aboriginal burst of velocity this twelvemonth erstwhile the monolithic Formula 1 Exhibition opens March 20 successful the capital.

The interactive showcase — which has been highly fashionable successful erstwhile stops from Madrid to Melbourne to Buenos Aires — volition marque its Latin American instrumentality successful Mexico City, the ninth big metropolis worldwide, according to Formula1.com.

The grounds besides features galore Formula 1 artifacts, specified arsenic this undersized but almighty engine. (F1 Media)

The accumulation volition beryllium astatine Yama Punta Museo, an automobile-themed depository connected the 3rd level of an upscale residential/retail analyzable successful the confederate Mexico City borough of Coyoacán.

“Since Formula 1 Exhibition’s debut successful Madrid successful 2023, the amusement has gone from spot to spot to pull implicit 1 cardinal visitors,” said Emily Prazer, Formula 1’s main commercialized officer. “Mexico City is simply a vibrant taste hub with a existent passionateness for motorsport, truthful it made cleanable consciousness for it to beryllium the adjacent halt connected the Latin American tour.”

The metropolis has embraced Formula 1 arsenic 1 of its biggest yearly spectacles.

Held each autumn astatine Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the Mexico City Grand Prix has sold retired each year since rejoining the calendar successful 2015. Attendance is astir 400,000 crossed the afloat contention weekend, with astir 150,000 connected contention day.

Last year’s race was won by McLaren squad operator Lando Norris, up of Charles Leclerc successful 2nd and Max Verstappen successful third.

This year’s contention connected Sunday, Nov. 1 — with 3 escaped signifier sessions positive qualifying connected Oct. 30-31 — volition spot local favourite Sergio Pérez vie with F1’s newest team, Cadillac.

The accumulation astatine the depository 10 kilometers distant volition diagnostic six immersive galleries crossed 2,000 quadrate meters, including Pit Wall, a cinematic look astatine F1’s astir unforgettable moments; Design Lab, an insider’s presumption into contention car engineering; and Drivers & Duels, chronicling the sport’s historical rivalries.

A peculiar country volition grant Mexico’s racing bequest and wage homage to Pérez, a Guadalajara autochthonal who started successful Formula 1 successful 2011 and drove for Red Bull Racing from 2021 to 2024.

Artifacts volition see historical cars, uncommon photos and the remains of French-Swiss operator Romain Grosjean’s fiery 2020 Bahrain crash — erstwhile his car was engulfed successful flames for fractional a infinitesimal aft hitting a obstruction astatine precocious speed, yet helium escaped alive.

The grounds debuted successful Madrid, wherever it became Spain’s top-selling impermanent grounds of 2023; the adjacent twelvemonth successful London, it won a prize for being the city’s champion visitant acquisition of the year.

Tickets successful Mexico City commencement astatine 295 pesos (about US $17), with early-access registration unfastened earlier nationalist income motorboat Jan. 28. There volition beryllium nary summons income connected site. The grounds volition tally regular from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

No closing day has been provided; past versions person tally anyplace from 5 to 9 months, with extensions owed to beardown summons sales.

For much information, sojourn F1exhibition.com.

With reports from Formula 1.com, Infobae and Mediotiempo