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[NOTE: This race fact sheet was used during the CART/Champ Car years. They have not been updated since then. However, we left them up for the historical information.]

Mexico City

Track: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Type: 2.774-mile road course (17-turn layout)

Lap Record (up to 2007)
Will Power (2007) - 1:23.558 (119.515 mph).

Race Record (up to 2007)
Sebastien Bourdais (2004) - 1:39:02.662 (106.327 mph).

Past Race Winners
Year Driver Laps Miles Time Speed
2002 Kenny Brack 73 203.378 1:56:48.475 104.468
2003 Paul Tracy 70 195.02 1:56:51.396 100.133
2004 Sebastien Bourdais 63 175.518 1:39:02.662 106.327
2005 Justin Wilson 70 195.02 1:58:23.479 98.835
2006 Sebastien Bourdais 66 183.084 1:51:31.146 98.504
2007 Sebastien Bourdais 64 177.563 1:45:02.885 101.403

Other Mexico City Venues and Results

Mexico City - 2.48-mile, then 2.5-mile Road Course
Year Driver Laps Miles Time Speed
1980 Rick Mears 60 148.8 1:16:43 116.376
1981 Rick Mears 59 147.5 1:24:48 104.363

Monterrey - 2.104-mile Temporary Road Course
Year Driver Laps Miles Time Speed
2001 Cristiano da Matta 78 164.112 2:00:44.850 81.548
2002 Cristiano da Matta 85 178.84 1:58:30.642 90.372
2003 Paul Tracy 85 178.84 2:03:04.677 87.184
2004 Sebastien Bourdais 72 151.488 1:45:01.498 86.544
2005 Bruno Junqueira 76 159.904 2:03:38.021 77.602
2006 Sebastien Bourdais 76 159.904 1:39:50.252 96.099

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Mexico Musings

1981: Rick Mears becomes the only CART driver to win all road course events in a single season, also taking victories at Riverside and Watkins Glen. 2001: Race shortened by two laps due to 2-hour limit.
 
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