The Autódromo Internacional Miguel E. Abed is a motorsport race track located in Amozoc, east of Puebla city, in the Mexican state of Puebla. The circuit has a capacity for 42,500 spectators.

History

It was opened in 1985 and considered to be one of Mexico's premier racing facilities. It features a road course and a oval. The track held three World Touring Car Championship events in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

The FIA WTCC Race of Mexico was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, held at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed near the city of Puebla in Mexico.

The race was first run in the 2005 season, the first season of the revived series. This year, the race was almost cancelled because circuit was not ready to hold a competition. It was run every year between 2005 and 2009 except in the 2007 season, when the planned event was cancelled due to problems with the Puebla circuit, although these problems were addressed for 2008. The events were run in June 2005, July 2006, April 2008 and March 2009 respectively. The 2010 running was cancelled due to security fears in the region.

The annual 24 Hours of Mexico race is held at the track since 2006.

The circuit facilities are the most important of the country. It opens to every kind of events including: Test Driving, Driving Experiences, Track Days, 0 to 60 series, Helicopter Experience, Corporate Events, Driving School and Go-Kart circuit.

Layouts

The track has 18 possible layouts, and several has been used for different events. WTCC used one configuration in 2005, and other in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Then NASCAR Mexico Series has used the oval in 12 races and other configuration one time. LATAM Challenge Series has used several layouts for this circuit.

Layout configurations

The oval track

This is a counter-clockwise paperclip oval with two long straights of , and curves with a radius of . The main event in this track is the Puebla 240, a race of the NASCAR Mexico Series. For the 2018 season, Puebla is on the discussion for a possible IndyCar Series race.

The touring car circuit

Autódromo Internacional Miguel E. Abed is based on an American style oval with long banked turns and then a twisty, technical infield which is similar to Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba with an extremely rough surface. It has no camber worth noticing on the infield part and elevation change. There is a compromise to the setup of the touring car on the touring car circuit whether it goes fast on the infield (requires more downforce) or goes fast on the oval part (requires more speed). Touring car winning on this circuit requires smart driving as much as sheer speed, tyre wear control (because of the rough surface) and strategy.

Formula E circuit

On 22 April 2021, it was announced that Autódromo Miguel E. Abed would host a Formula E race in Mexico instead of Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, as it was being used as a field hospital due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The event was called as Puebla ePrix and held on the dates of 19–20 June 2021.

On 14 June 2021, the Formula E circuit layout was revealed, in which the layout was very similar to the WTCC layout except following a tighter hairpin after T3 and rejoining the WTCC layout at T6 within an infield loop; and also the layout included attack mode activation zone as the 'joker lap' alternate route different than other Formula E circuits.

Events

Current

March: NACAM Formula 4 Championship 500 KM Puebla, TCR Mexico Series May: NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series August: NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Mikel's Truck Series September: NACAM Formula 4 Championship 6H Puebla, TCR Mexico Series October: NACAM Formula 4 Championship, TCR Mexico Series November: Gran Turismo Mexico

Former

Formula BMW Americas (2009) Formula E Puebla ePrix (2021) Fórmula Panam (2005–2006, 2013, 2015–2018) LATAM Challenge Series (2008–2013) (1988–1989, 1994–1995) Mexican Formula Three Championship (1990–1995) World Touring Car Championship FIA WTCC Race of Mexico (2005–2006, 2008–2009)

Lap records

As of September 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent International Road Course (2006–present): Formula Abarth 1:25.465 Mariano del Castillo Tatuus FA010 2018 Puebla Fórmula Panam round Stock car racing 1:29.749 Homero Richards Ford Fusion NASCAR 2017 Gran Premio Red Cola 120 Formula Renault 2.0 1:30.840 Giancarlo Serenelli Tatuus FR2000 Renault 2009 1st Puebla LATAM Challenge round Formula Vee 1:31.598 José Sandoval Tatuus FR2000 Volkswagen 2012 Puebla LATAM Challenge round Formula 4 1:31.704 Igor Fraga Mygale M14-F4 2018 Puebla NACAM F4 round Formula BMW 1:36.037 Alex Ellis Mygale FB02 2009 Puebla Formula BMW Americas round Super 2000 1:38.076 Andy Priaulx BMW 320si 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico TCR Touring Car 1:39.646 Julio Rejón Cupra León Competición TCR 2024 Puebla TCR Mexico round International Short Course/Formula E Circuit (2006–present): Formula Renault 2.0 1:23.322 Homero Richards Tatuus FR2000 2009 2nd Puebla LATAM Challenge round Formula Abarth 1:23.994 Giancarlo Vecchi Tatuus FA010 2016 Puebla Fórmula Panam round Formula 4 1:24.355 Alejandro Bobadilla Tatuus F4-T421 2025 2nd Puebla NACAM F4 round Formula E 1:25.172 Oliver Rowland Nissan IM03 2021 Puebla ePrix Short NASCAR Road Course (2006–present): Stock car racing 1:02.622 Salvador de Alba Jr. Ford Fusion NASCAR 2021 2nd Puebla NASCAR Mexico round Long NASCAR Road Course (2006–present): Stock car racing 1:18.360 José Luis Ramírez Ford Fusion NASCAR 2019 Gran Premio Monster Energy Oval (1995–present): Stock car racing 0:38.362 Salvador de Alba Jr. Ford Fusion NASCAR 2022 NASCAR Puebla Gran Final International Road Course (2005): Formula Renault 2.0 1:28.010 Diego Fernández Tatuus FR2000 2005 Puebla Formula Renault 2000 America round Super 2000 1:30.587 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 156 WTCC 2005 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico

Fatalities

On June 14, 2009 during the 97th lap of a 100-lap NASCAR Mexico Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Puebla, Carlos Pardo (September 16, 1975 – June 14, 2009) was hit by Jorge Goeters, which caused him to lose control of his car and he crashed sideways into the end of a lower retaining wall at over . The car was virtually destroyed on impact. He was transported to a local hospital by helicopter, where he was pronounced dead. He was declared the winner of the race since he was leading the race at the last completed lap before the accident occurred, beating Goeters by 0.044 seconds. Pardo, driving for Motorcraft team, had started the race from the last row.

Notees

References

External links Autodromo Miguel E. Abed race results at Racing-Reference