Mexico City GP signs 3-year extension to stay on calendar through 2028

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico City Grand Prix will remain on the F1 calendar through at least the 2028 season after a three-year contract extension was announced on Wednesday.

The contract for the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit was set to expire at the end of this season.

Mexico first hosted an F1 championship race in 1963 and has been on the calendar every year since 2015, excluding 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The extension comes as F1 experiments with rotating some established off-schedule slots in alternate years to meet demand for new hosts outside of Europe.

Mexico also fits in with F1’s plans to reduce travel by scheduling back-to-back races in the same regions of the world. This year, it’s part of a four-race series in the Americas, in October and November. The others are in Sao Paulo, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas.

This June, NASCAR will hold its first modern-era international points-based race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez track, and IndyCar is in talks to hold an event there.

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