With Mexico returning to the Formula 1 calendar this season, renovating Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit – which hasn’t been used by F1 since 2001 – is currently in full swing.
The circuit however will look unfamiliar to most when it’s completed later this year ahead of F1’s return in early November.
Images taken from a promotional video show much of the track will be re-profiled for safety reasons, including the famous Peraltada with the addition of a chicane cutting it in half.
Meanwhile the famous Eses have been shortened and smoothed out to make them quicker and less challenging, but primarily to allow for additional run-off to meet the FIA’s Grade 1 certification.
Check out the computer-generated images below to get a feel for the modified circuit, including a rough visualisation of the new layout and the original.
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