After Kimi Räikkönen’s popular victory, which ended a 113-race-long win drought for the Finn, the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship continues in Mexico, with Round 19 taking place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez race track. Mexico City’s race circuit rejoined the Grand Prix calendar in 2015, but it has already made its name for itself. Situated over 2200m above sea level, drivers, teams and engineers usually face a very unique set of challenges. The track is located by some 1500m higher than Brazil’s Interlagos track which is second with its altitude of 700m on this list. The thinner air means that the whole race car struggles for air. The internal combustion engine...
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