However, the Mexican government estimates the economic benefits of the race will come in at $2 billion by 2020, with 18,000 direct and indirect jobs created.

Last year, touts kept their distance from the circuit but could be seen around subway stations in Mexico city selling tickets for anything between 4,500 pesos ($240) and 120,000 pesos ($6,415). The hawking of tickets is common in Mexico. Last year total ticket sales came in at more than $50 million according to the Formula 1 travel guide F1 Destinations. Both ticket types were sold out almost as soon as they went on sale.įormula 1 organizers said the fortunes of the peso against the US dollar had not affected ticket prices this year. The cheapest tickets are still at 2015 prices and will see spectators forking out around 1,500 Mexican pesos ($80), while the most expensive tickets cost 18,750 pesos, or around $1,000. With the main race kicking off at 1pm local time on Sunday at the Hermanos Rodríguez Grand Prix circuit, here are five facts everyone should know.

There is huge excitement around this weekend’s Grand Prix, after a whopping 336,174 people snapped up tickets to last year’s race – the first in the country in over two decades – making it the most popular fixture on the circuit last year. Mexico is well and truly gearing up for the festival that is the arrival of the Formula 1 circus. Seis datos que debes saber antes del Gran Premio de México 2016

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