For the fifth year in a row, the Mexico City Grand Prix takes place one week after the US Grand Prix: in the last three editions, attendance has always exceeded 400,000, a sign of the enormous interest Mexicans have in Formula 1.
There have been 25 Grands Prix held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez – whose name pays tribute to local drivers Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez – but the first 20 were run as the Mexican Grand Prix.
The GP data
According to Brembo Group engineers who work closely with all Formula 1 drivers, the 4,304-meter-long Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez falls into the category of circuits that are demanding on brakes. On a scale of 1 to 5, it has earned a difficulty index of 4 despite having only 7 braking sections per lap for a total of just under 16 seconds. Three of the braking sections are in the Hard category, one is Medium, and 3 are Light. However, the decelerations the drivers are subjected to are all below 3.7 g.
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The most demanding corner
According to simulations, the most demanding corner of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the braking system is the first one: the single-seaters reach it at 340 km/h and slow down to 114 km/h in 3.51 seconds, during which they cover 193 metres. The effort required of the drivers is 3.6 g and the load they apply to the brake pedal is 107 kg, while the braking power is 1,668 kW.
Half a second more
Compared with the 2025 Mexico GP, due to the characteristics of the current single-seaters, the effort required from the drivers and brakes is lower. At Turn 4, a year ago the drivers were subjected to 4.1 g of deceleration and applied a load of 131 kg to the brake pedal, whereas this year these values should be 3.5 g and 102 kg respectively. The braking distance at that point should also increase, from 129 metres to 175 metres, as will the braking time, from 2.76 seconds to 3.33 seconds.
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The long wait
This weekend Andrea Kimi Antonelli could become world champion, ending a wait that has lasted for Italian drivers since as far back as 1953, when Alberto Ascari won the title. And to think that in the first 4 editions of the World Championship, Italian drivers won 3 titles: in 1950 with Giuseppe Farina, and in 1952 and 1953 with Ascari, while Brembo would only be founded in 1961. Which means that there has never been an Italian Formula 1 world champion with Brembo calipers. Until now.
Thinner with fins
The lower braking power of this year’s single-seaters is reflected in lower wear of the friction material compared to the past. As a result, the Brembo carbon pads that up to 2025 had a thickness of 22 mm are in many cases being replaced by pads with a thickness of 20.5 mm. To prevent heat from being transferred to the caliper, Brembo pads are equipped with cooling fins, since holes in the pads are prohibited by the regulations.