{"id":235135,"date":"2025-10-23T13:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/235135\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:33:09","slug":"f1-weather-revealed-for-mexico-city-gp-after-back-to-back-heat-hazard-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/235135\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 weather revealed for Mexico City GP after back-to-back heat hazard races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After two races in a row declared as an FIA heat hazard, here is a closer look at how the weather is set to play its part in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 travels to Mexico after a warm United States Grand Prix in Austin, and with high altitude always a factor at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, it is predicted that the air density is around 20% thinner than at sea level.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City GP practice weather forecast: What are conditions like for FP1 and FP2?<\/p>\n<p>Friday 24 October<\/p>\n<p>FP1 (12.30pm local; 7.30pm UK) and FP2 (4pm local; 11pm UK)<\/p>\n<p>The FIA\u2019s official weather forecast predicts a chance of mixed conditions over the course of the weekend, though it is expected to stay dry for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>A dry FP1 session is predicted with an air temperature of 23\u00b0C at the circuit, with track temperature between 38-41\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>The heat predicted to rise slightly by the time FP2 comes around, with air at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez predicted at 25\u00b0C, though track temperatures are predicted to rise significantly to between 48\u00b0C and 51\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>There is a chance of showers in FP2, however, with the current forecast predicting a 40% chance of rain on Friday afternoon in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>More as we look ahead to the Mexico City GP weekend<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-2026-driver-line-up-confirmed-grid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 2026 driver line-up: Which drivers are already confirmed for 2026?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/f1-penalty-points-drivers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 penalty points: Which driver is closest to receiving a one-race ban?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mexico City GP qualifying weather forecast: What are conditions like for Saturday?<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 25 October<\/p>\n<p>FP3 (11.30am local; 6.30pm UK) and Qualifying (3pm local; 10pm UK)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s weather is predicted to be similar to Friday, with a dry and sunny morning predicted in Mexico City, which offers a high likelihood of a dry FP3 session, with a temperature of 24\u00ad\u00b0C predicted during the session, and a track temperature in the mid-30s, potentially up to 37\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the temperature potentially rising to 26\u00b0C in the afternoon, there is a slight chance of a wet qualifying session, with the FIA\u2019s official forecast predicting a 20% chance of rain at this stage. However, like in FP2, the 48-51\u00b0C track temperature prediction follows into Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City GP race weather forecast: What are conditions like for race day?<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 26 October<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City Grand Prix (2pm local; 8pm UK)<\/p>\n<p>Much like the rest of the weekend, light winds are predicted for race day, with a sunny afternoon set to take place in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>A current less-than-20% risk of showers is highlighted, but track temperature is due to rise during the race to approximately the 50\u00b0C mark, with air temperature around the 25\u00b0C mark.<\/p>\n<p>Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/united-states-grand-prix\/exposed-hidden-details-and-technical-secrets-from-the-united-states-grand-prix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exposed: Hidden details and technical secrets from the United States Grand Prix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After two races in a row declared as an FIA heat hazard, here is a closer look at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,139791,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-235135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-mexican-grand-prix","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}