They have more or less ruined the track, but that did not stop the revived Mexican Grand Prix being a soaraway success on its return to the Formula 1 calendar last year. Nico Rosberg's victory in 2015 - something Lewis Hamilton cannot allow him to repeat this weekend - took place on an updated and remodelled version of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which previously hosted F1 from 1986-1992. That earlier version of the track looked superficially similar to the new one, but was a classic. There does not seem much chance of the latest version earning the same status - at least not for its layout. The Esses in the middle of the track have been reprofiled, making them tighter and taking away...
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