This is my review and spectating guide for Grandstand 11 at the Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix, held in Mexico City at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.
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Grandstand 11 Mexico GP location
Grandstand 11 is also known as Grada 11. It is on the outside of the circuit at Turn 6. That’s the left hand side of the track. Grandstand 10 is directly adjacent to this stand on its right, and Grandstand 12 is to its left.
The grandstsand overlooks turns 4, 5 and 6 which are some of the slowest corners on the circuit. That’s actually a good thing because you’ll get to see the cars here for longer as they’re not going so fast. It’s also an area where you are likely to see some overtaking.
To access this grandstand when you arrive a the circuit you can use entrance gates 13 or 14. Both are only a 5 minute walk away from this stand.
If you’re planning to use public transport to get to the Mexico GP, the nearest Metro station is Puebla on the north side of the track. You can walk from there to gate 13, it will take around 20 minutes, or you can hop on and off the free circuit shuttle which goes around the perimeter of the track. You can get on at stop E (near Puebla) and off at stop G near gate 13.
If you’re taking the Metrobus, aim for the Upiisca bus stop which is around a 5 to 10 minute walk away from gate 14.
Zone
During the Mexican Grand Prix the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is split in to different spectator zones. Grandstand 11 is in Zona Amarilla (Yellow Zone). You can only access the zone which your tickets are for. However, Zona Amarilla ticket holders can also access the Blue Zone during the weekend.
Check out my full guide to the different spectator zones at the Mexican F1 race for more info on what each zone is like. But being able to access the Blue Zone is a massive bonus as it’s the best zone, mainly because it’s the only one with the F1 fan zone.
Grandstand details
Cover
This grandstand does have a roof over the top. It’s only a small roof that is quite high up. It only extends over the top 10 to 15 rows, as you can see in the image below. The bottom half of the stand will be in the sun all day long, so bring suncream and a hat:
This grandstand is facing East. So in the morning and early parts of the day you’ll have the sun directly in front of you. As the day moves on the sun will slowly move around behind you.
This image was taken on the first lap of the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix, and it shows that almost the top half of the stand is in the shade at the point of the day:
The higher you go in the stand the earlier you’ll be in the shade.
Seats
The seats are plastic seats with a backrest.
TV screens
There’s a single TV screen visible from here, on the other side of Turn 5 next to Grandstand 7.
It’s a little far away so it can be hard to read some of the numbers on the screen.
Mexico GP Grandstand 11 tickets
Being one of only a few shaded grandstands at the race, and having a great view of an exciting part of the track, this grandstand is very popular and will often sells out fast. But if you still want tickets for this stand don’t worry, you can buy tickets through ViaGoGo up until the day of the Grand Prix itself.
Plus they have lots of one-day only options which are cheaper and give you more flexibility. You could even pick different stands for different days.
I’ve bought most of my tickets to the F1 over the last few seasons through Viagogo and have always had a great experience using them. I bought one-day tickets to the Canadian and British Grand Prix through them, and for a bit less than the official prices.
They also have a FanProtect Guarantee which protects your tickets and your money, and these seems to be pretty robust.
Mexico Grandstand 11 seating plan
Below is the seating plan for Grandstand 11 at the Mexican Grand Prix:
As the seating chart shows the grandstand is made up sections numbered 99 – 107. Sections 99 and 100 are closest to Turn 6, section 108 is the further away from it (and closest to Turn 7).
Each section has rows which start from Row 1 lowest down at the front (except section 99 where the front row is a higher number). Row numbers then increase as you go up and back. The back row in all setions is Row 36.
Seat numbers increase from left to right if you stand on the track and look up at the grandstand. The seat numbered starts at 1 again on the left side of each section.
View
In this image the parts of the track visible from this stand are shown in green:
The view from Grandstand 11 at the Mexico Grand Prix is mainly of Turns 4, 5 and 6 which is a slow-speed, technical sections where the cars often bunch up, attempt overtakes and have some wheel-to-wheel action.
The braking zone and entry to Turn 4 is probably the best overtaking spot here as it’s at the end of a straight, but to see that you need to be in a fairly high row to look over the barriers in the middle of the track.
As you look to your left in this grandstand you’ll see the cars head towards Turn 7, but you won’t be able to see them enter that corner.
To help give you an idea of what the view’s like, the videos below were taken from different seats in this grandstand.
This first video was taken from Section 100 Row 6, which is as far to the right as you can get in this stand. It’s also quite a low row, and you can see that being this low down makes it difficult to see across the barriers on the infield towards turns 4 and 5:
This next video was taken from Section 101 Row 3 which is the next section to the left and even lower down in the stand, making it pretty much impossible to see the track over by Turn 4:
This next video was taken from Section 103 Row 16, further to the left and further up. You can see that as your section number increases and you move further to the left, you get a little closer to the TV screen and to Turn 4:
@software_mortal Así se vivió el GP en la grada 11, zona amarilla 🤠🤌🏼#MexicoGP #HermanosRodriguez #F1 #Grada11 ♬ Formula 1 Theme - Brian Tyler
This was taken from Section 107 Row 5, again further to the left but quite low down:
@nia_ro16 Aquí te dejo una guía de la zona amarilla del GP México si estás pensando ir el 2026 🙌🏻😎 #f1girl #f1ecuador #gpmexico2025 #f1creator #creatorsearchinsight ♬ F1 Theme Mexican Edition - MexicoGP
And finally this video was taken from Section 108 Row 5, the furthest section to the left:
Best seats
Personally I’d choose to go for a higher section number in Grandstand 11 to get you a better view of Turn 4 and the TV screen.
But I think more important is to go for a high row. The higher you go the easier it is to see across the barriers in the middle of the track to turns 4 and 5. Plus if you can get seats in the top 10 rows or so, you’re more likely to be in shade. The higher the better.
Is this a good place to sit?
Turns 4, 5 and 6 often see some overtaking and close action which is great. Plus the cars are slow here, so you see them for longer.
If you want to try and maximise how much time you get in th shade (if you’re in the higher rows), the adjacent Grandstand 10 is pointing a little more North-East, so gets a bit more shade.
Plus this stand gets you access to the Blue Zone which is the best zone to be in. So yep, it’s a great place to sit.
