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Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has been on and off the Formula 1 calendar for over 50 years now and in that time F1 fans have witnessed some fantastic Grands Prix.
Lewis Hamilton could claim a monumental fifth driver's title and Mercedes can also win a fifth straight constructor's title this weekend, but this would be far from the first time this circuit has made history. Here's Sportkeeda's Top 5 Mexican GPs of all-time!
#5 1986: Berger on Fire
Gerhard Berger, like Jean Alesi and Martin Brundle, is one of those drivers that suffered during his career because of the abundance of talent that was in Formula 1 during its golden period between the mid-1980's and early 90's.
The Austrian ace was unstoppable on his day and the first time we witnessed this was in Mexico in 1986.
The story of this season was the three-way battle for the driver's championship between Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost, but the Benetton driver managed to qualify an impressive fourth on Saturday.
Ayrton Senna began the race on pole in his Lotus and made a perfect getaway, only to get his braking wrong into Turn 1 and run wide, handing the lead to his compatriot Piquet.
Mansell had the worst start of all, though, failing to select first gear for the start and dropping from third all the way down to 18th by the end of the lap.
The Goodyear tyres were struggling greatly on the infamously bumpy circuit and one by one the drivers bailed into the pits for new tyres, but not Berger.
Benetton were one of the teams which ran Pirelli rubber, and the Italian manufacturer's sets proved to far more durable than the Goodyear equivalents.
In an era when one or no stops was the norm, most drivers had to do at least two, which played into Berger's hands perfectly.
Indeed, Alain Prost, the smoothest driver on the grid at that time, had to make one change, which allowed him to finish second and remain in title contention.
Berger crossed the line a full 25 seconds ahead of the defending world champion, and Senna was the final man on the lead lap in third.
Williams had a nightmare race with Piquet ending up fourth and Mansell fifth, both a lap behind Gerhard. Benetton had their first win in Formula 1, and this performance likely earned Berger his drive at Ferrari the following season.
#4 1992: Mansell Masters Mexico City
It was heartbreak for Nigel Mansell in 1986, but six years later, he had a much better weekend.
Williams' 1992 entry was the class of the field and it showed as Mansell and Riccardo Patrese qualified almost a second ahead of everyone else.
Third place on the starting grid was a young Michael Schumacher, who had been making waves in Formula 1 since his arrival mid-way last year.
Defending world champion, Ayrton Senna, continued to struggle in his McLaren, he lined up in sixth.
There was action at the very start when Ivan Capelli and Karl Wendlinger tangled into Turn 1, the former enduring a spectacular crash in his Ferrari.
The Williams drivers led away in one-two formation but after a lightning start, Senna was their closest challenger.
Schumacher had lost places at the start, but the German youngster was putting that wrong right, quickly recovering to fourth place thanks to a daring move down the inside of Gerhard Berger.
Schumacher was quickly on to the back of Senna, but a transmission failure robbed us of what could've been a classic scrap.
Further back, Martin Brundle and Berger had a ding-dong battle for fourth place, which raged for most of the race before Brundle's engine failed after 47 laps completed.
Mansell was highly critical of the Mexico City circuit, but he was untouchable during the race, finishing 12 seconds ahead of Patrese to make it two wins from two races in 1992.
Michael Schumacher also got the first of his staggering 155 podiums for the most successful man in the history of the sport. A fine send-off for the old Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.
#3 1964: Epic Championship Decider
It's a shame that this race was held before the days of live television coverage, as it would've been an epic contest to witness.
Three drivers arrived in Mexico with a chance of the driver's title, Graham Hill, Jim Clark and John Surtees, the latter only having transitioned from bike racing four year ago.
Clark led the race from pole with Hill and Lorenzo Bandini dicing for third place and Surtees a distant fifth.
Drama came over the race when Bandini (Surtees' Ferrari teammate) damaged Hill's exhaust, causing the Englishman to run slowly for the remainder of the race, eventually limping home two laps down in 11th.
With Hill out of the race, Clark seemed destined to become world champion, but on the penultimate lap, the oil line of his engine failed and he crawled to a halt.
Dan Gurney now led the race, but Bandini was ordered to slow down to allow Surtees to take second place and get the six points necessary to become driver's champion that year.
John Surtees had made history by becoming the only man to have ever be world champion on both two wheels and four, an achievement that will likely never be replicated.
#2 2017: The New Four-time World Champion
It's fair to say that the first two races at the current Hermanos Rodriguez circuit weren't the most exciting, with Nico Rosberg and then Lewis Hamilton leading home Mercedes 1-2 finishes.
2017, though, was very different, with action throughout the field. With two races remaining after this one, Hamilton only required a fifth-placed finish to seal his fourth driver's title, after Sebastian Vettel's season had fallen apart after the summer break.
Vettel managed to qualify his Ferrari on pole, while Hamilton in third and Max Verstappen in between the title rivals.
On race day, the front three got a perfect start and went side-by-side into the first corner, Verstappen coming out on top thanks to the Dutchman getting the elbows out into the second part of the chicane.
Contact was made and Vettel was unsettled, giving Hamilton a chance to sneak past the Ferrari but Vettel, perhaps deliberately so, ran into the side of the Mercedes and gave Lewis a puncture on his rear right.
Vettel would be forced to pit for a new front wing and Hamilton for new Pirellis, the pair now at the back of the pack.
Vettel wasted no time in climbing the order, while Hamilton struggle on account of the damage he sustained in the contact.
Even so, Hamilton managed to get up to ninth by the finish, thanks in part to a fantastic move on his old team-mate Fernando Alonso for eighth.
Verstappen was untouchable that weekend, winning the race by nearly 20 seconds at the end.
Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton's teammate, prevented Vettel from getting higher than fourth, meaning that the British driver claimed his fourth title in Mexico.
Could there be a repeat this weekend? I wouldn't bet against it.
#1 1990: Prost wins as Mansell Stuns us all
The best Mexican Grand Prix of all-time though has to be the 1990 iteration, thanks in large part to an incredible final few laps.
Gerhard Berger qualified his McLaren on pole with Riccardo Patrese doing an excellent job in his Williams to start P2. Ayrton Senna was in third, Nigel Mansell's Ferrari in 4th and Alain Prost - unhappy with his setup - starting down in 13th.
Patrese surprised everyone at the start to lead into Turn 1, but it didn't last long for the Italian, Senna using his Honda power to good effect and promoting himself into first on Lap 2. Berger followed in the Brazilian's wake as well to make it a McLaren one-two.
Senna then built what appeared to be an insurmountable gap to the rest of the pack, but that wouldn't last forever.
World Champion, Alain Prost, was slicing his way through the field and - after Berger's pit-stop - was up to second by Lap 54 of 69. Senna had bolted too early on his tyres and, as a result, was struggling for pace.
On Lap 60, Prost was in the slipstream of Senna and dived down the inside of his great rival, Ayrton had no defense on his clapped-out rubber. Senna then fell into the clutches of Mansell and was down to third but things would get even worse.
Senna was hemorrhaging time to the Ferraris and the reason soon became evident, as his rear-right blew with just five laps remaining and he was out of the car once he eventually returned to the pits.
Gerhard Berger had pitted earlier in the race for fresh tyres, a move that didn't seem to be paying off.
However, Mansell's spin had put the Austrian right on him and a daring dive down the inside on Turn 1 meant that Ferrari's 1-2 seemed to be off. Mansell kept with the McLaren, though, and pulled off one of the most daring overtaking manoeuvres ever seen in Formula 1.
Berger blocked the inside going into the final corner, so Mansell went around the outside of the fearsome Peraltada, the 180mph banked and bumpy 180 degrees Turn 14, a move many thought to be impossible.
It was typical of Mansell, the man knew no bounds when it came to overtaking and that moment is why the corner is now named "Mansell". In the end, Prost was the winner, the Professor pulling off an amazing victory, not too dissimilar to Berger's four years earlier.
What's your favourite Mexican GP of all-time? Did we miss any out on our Top 5 list? Comment below and let us know!
