Over the years we’ve posted quite a few fun articles on the F1 Mexican Grand Prix. I believe you should totally check them out on the eve of the 2023 edition of the race.

You know, in the good old days peeps would come to Mexico, maybe go to a party, no stupid smartphones, no nothing. Have a good time. Have a sip of mezcal, dance naked in a club, get nasty with a bartender. That sort of thing. Then go to the circuit, smoke cigars, inhale leaded exhaust fumes and enjoy some loud motor racing. Not great for your health, I’m fully aware of that.

How times have changed! Instead of actually watching the race, nowadays we see x-tweeps filming with their phones and looking at the reality through the smartphone’s filthy screen covered with greasy fingerprints. That’s plain sad and dumb, if you ask me. Content creators, tuk-tukers and so on – are they true fans of the sport or just a bunch of attention-seeking megalomaniacs? Quit social media NOW! But it’s up to you, for sure. No pressure there… Views are purely my own – editor.

The Peraltada in Mexico City: 25 years between: “The passionate Mexican crowd always embraced the event, on which a true ‘macho’ instinct, that much loved Mexican bravery element, needed to tame that machinery flat out around the legendary Peraltada turn. Much like Tamburello in Imola or Parabolica in Monza, the banked 180º Peraltada, in Mexico City was one of the few corners in the world on which you could pick the men out of the boys.”

F1’s Golden Years: Mexico City in 1989: “1989 F1 season was not only diverse for the large number of constructors but, it was also very colorful with so many sponsors funding the teams. International tobacco companies like Marlboro, Camel, Barclays, West and Gitanes adorned the lively scene. The official Mexican GP poster featured a French man, Philippe Alliot on his Larrousse. The popular Frenchman had reached celebrity status in Mexico after his spectacular crash the previous year during qualifying. Unmissable, too, were other non-tobacco sponsored cars like the vibrant USF&G Arrows, designed by Ross Brawn, or the gorgeous electric blue Leyton House March designed by Adrian Newey. Without any question it was one of the best looking cars ever.”

Mexican DRS: “Popular motor sport madness in Mexico never ceases to amaze us. Passionate race fans dangerously invading roads in the 50s were one of the factors why the legendary Carrera Panamericana was cancelled. However Aztec motor fever continued during 1963-70, when the Magdalena Mixuca staged F1 races. Popular trend then in Mexico City was having car wheels painted bright yellow, replicating those of Jim Clark’s Team Lotus. Unfortunately, the event had to be cancelled after 1970, in the wake of a massive track invasion which took over the fences before the race began. Jacky Ickx won that day having drunks and dogs as his braking references.”