Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez sits inside the Magdalena Mixiuhca sports complex in the middle of Mexico City and opened on 20 November 1959; it is named after the racing brothers Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez. The city government of Mexico City owns the venue, and Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento runs it through its OCESA subsidiary. For the return of Formula 1 the circuit was rebuilt in 2014 and 2015 under Hermann Tilke; since then the Grand Prix layout measures 4.304 kilometres and has 17 turns. The track lies 2,238 metres above sea level - Wikipedia notes that the thin air cuts aerodynamic drag far enough that teams can run high downforce without paying for it on the straight. Two sections define the lap: the slightly banked, very fast final corner known as the Peraltada, turn 17, and the passage through the Foro Sol baseball stadium, which was built inside the old Peraltada after Formula 1 left in 1992. Beyond Formula 1, racingcircuits.info lists the World Endurance Championship, Formula E, NASCAR and CART/ChampCar among the series that have raced here. The character comes from the swing between extremes: around 1.2 kilometres flat out on the run to the first corner, then the tight stadium segment where you have to flick the bike from side to side in quick succession. That mix exposes a wrong ride-height and sag balance without mercy - what still feels manageable in the tight part starts to weave down the long straight. Top of our cause list is a rear that sits too high and takes load off the front. So set your sag before you touch damping or geometry at all.