Mariano Alatorre races the Mexico GP in F4 and seeks sponsorship for Europe
Mexican driver Mariano Alatorre races the Mexico GP in F4 NACAM and is seeking sponsorship for his 2027 season in Europe. His plan to make the leap.
Mexican driver Mariano Alatorre, fourth in the FIA F4 NACAM championship with 156 points as of early October, is competing in the support races of the Mexico City Grand Prix on the weekend of October 30 to November 1, and is using the event to seek the sponsorship that would finance his leap to Europe in 2027.
The FIA F4 NACAM runs as a support category of the Grand Prix alongside Master Historic Racing and Súper Copa, according to the Mexican Federation of Sports Motorsport, which details single-seaters with a 176-horsepower 1.4-liter turbo FIAT engine and FIA Superlicence points from age 15. The series was born at the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix, according to the same body. For Alatorre, a rookie in the category with the Alessandros Racing team, the showcase is twofold: sporting and commercial. "This sport depends on the financial support each driver has," he told Publimetro.
Publimetro reported on October 12 that Alatorre had climbed to third in the championship before a difficult weekend cost him positions, and that he is aiming for a podium in one of the two races at the Hermanos Rodríguez. His current backing comes from his family, and what he is looking for now is a sponsor: "Now we really are looking for a bit more financial support, from a sponsor, someone who helps us and backs us to go to Europe next year," he said. His technical argument is that F4 chassis are equivalent in Spain or France, so the experience carries over. Heraldo de México places Alessandros Racing, a team tied to Heraldo Media Group, at the top of the team championship. The team competes in the series with two squads, Alessandros Blue and Alessandros Red.
The data point leaves a capital-allocation decision on the table: how much backing a development driver receives before his European season begins, and how much weight a result at the Mexico Grand Prix showcase carries in that conversation.
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