In 2021, Formula 1 managed to enter two thousand 136 million dollars.
In 2021, the global audience for Formula 1 was 445 million viewers.
In 2019, the Mexican Grand Prix generated a spill of almost 17 billion pesos.
As one of the first tests of the Mexican Grand Prix (GP), the Controversial Position was held this Saturday, October 29. During the qualifying race, the Mexican driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez, earned the place of starting fourth this Sunday, October 30.
Being one of the sports that is booming around the world, Formula One moves a lot of money around the world. According to data from the same report, the global audience in 2021 was 445 million viewers, an increase of approximately three percent from the previous year. Among the relevant data in 2021, F1 managed to enter two thousand 136 million dollars, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this context, in Mexico it is estimated that the GP generates the largest economic spill, since Formula 1 returned to Mexico in 2015. Where, taking into account the figures presented by the Ministry of Economic Development (SEDECO), the Grand Prix of CDMX 2022, estimates that it will generate 15 thousand 536 million 705 thousand pesos for the country’s capital.
Pole position of the Mexican GP
This Saturday, the Dutchman Max Verstappen earned the position to start this Sunday, October 30, in the first position of the pole position in Mexico. While his teammate, Checo Pérez will do so from fourth place.
Despite his efforts to finish in the first three places, Sergio Pérez was relegated and will start in box number 4 of the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome, from where he will seek the podium.
Our final order from qualifying in Mexico!#MexicoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/eu0AY7bfeC
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 29, 2022
During qualifying, the Mexican driver had to fight his way out of the elimination spots. Where in Q2 he had a notable improvement in his performance. Despite this, he was part of the first 10 drivers in the competition and went on to the final round.
In the performance in Q3, Checo posted the fastest time on his first attempt, thus beating both Ferrari drivers.
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