The FORMULA 1® is the motor racing top category, the most powerful, expensive and the one with the latest technology in the motor racing world it is regulated by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).

The cars used are single-seat roofless which belong to the 10 different teams that participate on the championship, each one of them with two pilots in charge.

The FORMULA 1® is raced every year since 1950 and each championship has a limited number of races.

This year the championship consists by 19 races and Mexico will take position number 17 in the calendar.

The FORMULA 1® grants points for every race of the year that constitutes the calendar. All points are distributed as follows:

Each race is formed by three practice sessions, one qualifying session and a final race. The first two practice sessions (Friday) last 90 minutes, while the third (Saturday) is developed in 60 minutes.

Driver’s qualification is carried out on Saturday and it consists by three stages:

Q1: Drivers have 18 minutes to complete the laps in the fastest time possible, after that time the five slowest drivers are eliminated and placed in the last five positions of the starting grid.

Q2: On this stage all remaining drivers’ times are reset and they must try to assure a place within the top 10 in a 15 minute session. Again the last five slowest cars are eliminated and placed in positions 11 and 15 on the starting grid.

Q3: During this last stage of qualification, times are reset again and drivers have 12 minutes to score their best times and fight for a pole position (1st position on the starting grid), besides the remaining nine positions.

Schedules for the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MEXICO 2015®

Practices
Friday: 10:00 y 14:00 hrs.
Saturday: 10:00 hrs.

Qualification
Saturday: 13:00 hrs.

Race
Sunday: 13:00 hrs.

Types of flags used in the FORMULA 1®

	Chequered flag	It is used at the end of a race or at the end of every race session.
	Red flag	It is used to announce a race is being stopped due an accident, because the track is not in its optimal conditions o due a meteorological cause. Whenever drivers see this flag, they must reduce speed considerably and go back to the boxes. Overtaking is strictly prohibited during the red flag.
	Yellow flag	This flag indicates danger on the track, drivers must slow down and overtaking is prohibited.
	Yellow flag with letters SC	Indicates that the Safety Car is in the circuit, so the drivers must slow down and overtaking is prohibited.
	Yellow and red striped flag	It is used to inform about the presence of an element on the track that limits the car’s traction, this may be due oil remanence or the presence of cars fragments on the track. It is also shown at the circuit’s areas where it is raining and it’s no longer dry.
	Green flag	Indicates danger is over and overtaking in the circuit is possible again. It may also be shown simultaneously for all positons, at the start of a training session.
	Blue flag	It has different meanings it depends on how it is used. During training and racing is shown static at the end of the pit lane to indicate a driver who is about to drive toward the track, that there are cars approaching. During the training it is used to encourage drivers to give way to a faster car. At last it is used during the race when a driver is going to be overtaken by another driver one more lap and consequently must give him way as soon as possible.
	Divided flag	It is shown to a driver who has performed a dangerous unsporting maneuver. The driver is sanctioned and if he backslides he will be shown the black flag.
	Black flag	It indicates the total exclusion of a driver from the race, for having performed an unsporting of the utmost gravity maneuver or for backsliding after have been noticed with the half black, half white flag. Sometimes commissioner’s decisions of excluding the driver from the race are taken once the race has finished.
	White flag	It is used to inform that there is a slow moving vehicle on track, in both, emergency or racing track.
	Black with orange circle flag	It warns a driver that he has mechanical troubles that may result dangerous for him or for the rest of the competitors. Nowadays this flag is not used since teams can notice drivers about any trouble with the radio.

FORMULA 1® Glossary

· Boxes: Teams garages.
· Cockpit: Driver’s place inside the car.
· Drive-through: Penalty that forces the driver to drive through the pit lane without stopping.
· Graining: It refers to bits or rubbers caused to the tires.
· Grip:The traction of a car to the asphalt. The more grain the less gripping.
· Hospitality:It is the team’s area within the circuit where drivers can eat and relax themselves.
· Paddock:Is the area where hospitalities can be found.
· Pit-lane:It is a separated lane where teams’ boxes are located.
· Pit-wall:Wall that keeps the boxes lane separated from the track.
· Stop and go: Penalty that forces the driver to stop a few seconds at the pit-lane.
· Warm up: Drivers’ warm up lap before starting the race.

Don’t you miss all these and much more at the FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE MEXICO 2015, on October 30, 31 and November 1st in the renewed Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.