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Vandoorne Hopeful of ‘Positive’ Result amid ‘Fun Weekend’ in Mexico City

Stoffel Vandoorne says the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is a tricky one to get right thanks to the necessity of a high downforce set-up, which is required due to the high altitude of the venue, with the Belgian expecting an interesting weekend. The McLaren F1 Team racer, who will exit Formula 1 at the end of 2018 to join the FIA Formula E championship with HWA Racelab, is also interested to see how Pirelli’s softest compound, the Hypersoft, will work around the 2.674-mile circuit. “The track in Mexico is very special because of the altitude,” said Vandoorne.  “We all run maximum downforce, but because of the altitude it actually makes it lower than Monza. “That makes the cars...
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