The race is meant to rejoice the Champ Automobile occasions that ran on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez observe between 2002 and 2007.
The drivers will use equally ready 500hp V8-powered vehicles that often participate within the Gran Turismo Mexico Collection.
The entry is led by 5 Mexican drivers who raced in the course of the Champ Automobile period, particularly Adrian Fernandez, Mario Dominguez, Michel Jourdain Jr, Roberto Gonzalez and Luis Diaz. The final named solely made two sequence begins, however each have been in his house race.
The native stars can be joined by Paul Tracy, Mark Blundell, Alex Tagliani, Oriol Servia, Max Papis, Bruno Junqueira and Casey Mears.
Papis, Blundell and Mears didn’t really compete within the Mexico Metropolis Champ Automobile race; Papis did not run a full season in 2002 and 2003, whereas Blundell and Mears had left the sequence earlier than the inaugural occasion.
The Mexico Metropolis race was a well-liked cease on the Champ Automobile schedule earlier than being dropped in 2008 after the merger with IndyCar.
The one previous winner within the Legends Cup subject is Tracy, who triumphed in 2003, though Junqueira was on pole the earlier yr.
Mexico Champ Automobile, 2007.
Photograph by: LAT Photographic
Different Mexico Metropolis winners have been Sebastian Bourdais (2004, 2006 and 2007), Kenny Brack (2002) and Justin Wilson (2005).
“Earlier than internet hosting F1 in Mexico, we used to advertise the Champ Automobile World Collection on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, and it was as huge as F1 nowadays,” stated Mexican GP normal director Federico Gonzalez.
“With the ability to reunite all these legends collectively for a one-time solely occasion right here in Mexico is a big privilege for us and for the Mexican followers. We’re certain the Freightliner Legends Cup can be a profitable occasion throughout this yr´s race.
“It will likely be a really particular occasion to deliver collectively nice drivers who gave us unforgettable moments previously.”
The final time an analogous occasion was held on the observe was in 1989, when Michel Jourdain Sr promoted a race referred to as the Nations Problem, a one-off forerunner of A1 GP that includes Chrysler inventory vehicles and drivers representing their international locations.
It featured a blended bag of visiting drivers together with Derek Bell, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Gianni Morbidelli, Frank Biela, Jim Richards, John Andretti and Wilson and Christian Fittipaldi.
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