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F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Mexico City (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez) (1021 words) |
 | The Mexicans were distraught but Ricardo's elder brother Pedro was already racing sportscars at international level and at Watkins Glen the following year he made his Grand Prix debut in a rented factory Lotus. |
 | In 1987 the bumpy surface resulted in Derek Warwick having a huge accident in his Arrows and the race had to be stopped with victory going to Nigel Mansell. |
 | The 1990 Grand Prix was won by Alain Prost's Ferrari but each year the bumps became worse and in 1991 Senna turned his McLaren upside-down in the Peraltada in qualifying. |
| Formula One - Wikicars (4280 words) |
 | A number of Grand Prix racing organisations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 1947, and was first run in 1950. |
 | The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year. |
 | The Bahrain Grand Prix, along with other new races in China and Turkey, present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand Prix franchise whilst new facilities also raise the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world. |