Kimi Raikkonen explains the 2018 F1 circuit Mexico
- 6 years ago
A charter led the Scuderia Ferrari racing team from Austin to Mexico City on Monday morning. Just over two hours of flight to completely change horizon: from the plains of Texas to a megalopolis that, seen from the plane, never seems to end, with a crazy traffic and the police at every street corner. All around there are mountains, but it is hard to realize, especially when the sun heats, to be over 2200 meters above sea level. Two miles more than Austin.
Elevation is a classic theme of the Mexican GP: it has always been the highest race in the world (the lowest of course is Baku, which is 28 meters below sea level). Air rarefaction, about 25 percent less, has an important effect on aerodynamics. Normally on this track we use a maximum level of downforce: but even so, the overall load is lower than that of Monza. For the engines the speech is a bit 'different, since the turbo compensates for the lower air density and therefore the relative loss of power.
Like a week ago, even here the weather has some unknowns. During the weekend, storms are expected almost every day. But it is difficult for this to discourage the public, that since the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has returned to the calendar has never failed to fill the stands on the day of the race.
Elevation is a classic theme of the Mexican GP: it has always been the highest race in the world (the lowest of course is Baku, which is 28 meters below sea level). Air rarefaction, about 25 percent less, has an important effect on aerodynamics. Normally on this track we use a maximum level of downforce: but even so, the overall load is lower than that of Monza. For the engines the speech is a bit 'different, since the turbo compensates for the lower air density and therefore the relative loss of power.
Like a week ago, even here the weather has some unknowns. During the weekend, storms are expected almost every day. But it is difficult for this to discourage the public, that since the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has returned to the calendar has never failed to fill the stands on the day of the race.