Formula One is back in Mexico for the first time since 1992. Here, Press Association Sport assesses five talking points heading into Sunday's race.
So, the victory parade starts here for Lewis Hamilton then?
The dust has barely settled on Hamilton's thrill-a-minute victory in Sunday's United Sates Grand Prix which rubber-stamped the Briton's third world championship. Indeed Hamilton revealed on Wednesday that he was still finding his achievement of emulating his boyhood hero Ayrton Senna with a hat-trick of titles all rather much to take in. Yet, Hamilton, who along with the rest of the Formula One paddock has parked up in Mexico for the first race here in 23 years, has no intention of slowing down. Winning the three remaining races, which will see Hamilton match Sebastian Vettel's record of 13 victories in a calendar year, is likely to be the goal.
And has he spoken to his Mercedes team about that scuffle with Nico Rosberg?
While Hamilton said there was "no need" to discuss his first-corner clash with Rosberg on Sunday, you fancy the team will have spoken to him to diffuse any ill-feeling Rosberg may have had towards him. Rightly, or wrongly, the German was seething with Hamilton after Sunday's race (capgate, anyone?) and he will have sought reassurances from his team. Will Hamilton care? Probably not one jot.
What's all this about Nigel Mansell having hero status in Mexico?
That's what Sergio Perez says, and, as a born and raised Mexican, he probably has a decent insight. Mansell has won in Mexico on two occasions - in 1987 and the last time the sport was here back in 1992 - but he is best remembered for his audacious overtake on Gerhard Berger at the hell-raising Peraltada turn in 1990. The steep, sweeping right-hander is now considered too dangerous for the sport so it does not feature in the revised layout but that has not stopped the circuit organisers from naming the final corner in Mansell's honour.
Is there any update as to whether the sport will have new owners by the end of the season?
Well, that's what Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's chief executive, said earlier this month. But according to Donald Mackenzie, the main man at CVC Capital Partners - the firm which holds a controlling stake in the sport - selling up is not necessarily on the agenda. Mackenzie told Motorsport.com: "We're not obliged to sell. It's unlikely that we'll be here forever, but we're definitely not obliged to sell. Bernie often says things he doesn't mean."
Heavy rain played havoc with the scheduled in Austin. how is it looking in Mexico?
Yes, while the torrential rain saw two sessions cancelled and qualifying - which was moved to Sunday - not completed in its entiriy, the wet stuff played its part in arguably the best race of the season. And it could have a role here in Mexico, too. Thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday while showers could also disrupt Sunday's race. Nothing like a bit of rain to spice up the show.
Source: PA
