United States & Mexican GPs

Watkins Glen

"The Glen" is a race track in Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has also been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, International Motor Sports Association, and IndyCar.

The Circuit

Length: 2.35 Miles, 3.78 km
Direction: Clockwise

Initially, public roads were used for the race course, but in 1956 a permanent circuit was built. The circuit's current layout, which has an extra loop to the bottom right, has remained more or less the same since 1971.

Magdalena Mixhuca

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, in Mexico City, is named after the racing drivers Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez. The circuit got its name shortly after it opened when Ricardo Rodríguez died in practice for the non-Championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix. Ricardo's brother Pedro also lost his life behind the wheel nine years later. Since 2015 the track once again hosts the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix, an event it previously hosted in two separarate time periods on a different layout, the last occasion being in 1992.

The Circuit

Length: 2.35 Miles, 3.78 km
Direction: Clockwise

Built in the Magdalena Mixhuca public park in 1959, the circuit hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix in 1962, as a non-Championship race. The following year the Mexican Grand Prix became a full World Championship event. The circuit remained part of the F1 calendar through to 1970, when spectator overcrowding caused unsafe conditions. When F1 returned in 1986, the circuit boasted a new pit complex, as well as improved safety all around. In 2001 a redesign which included a baseball stadium and a complete upgrade of the circuit was completed. As of 2019, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez has been the only venue for the F1 Mexican Grand Prix.