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Originally Posted by Victor_RO
It is there, but it hasn't been used for the fastest cars around that track since Champ Car was there for the last time, they were the first to run through the stadium. And the simple reason why it can't be used is - no run-off, and exactly zero possibility of creating more run-off there. There is a retaining wall behind the fencing/barrier around the Peraltada, and beyond that retaining wall is a major public road.
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There is room between the wall and the main road for 25 meters of run off at its shortest point, and almost 100m at the longest point. If they wanted to adapt it, they could fit a fair bit in there. You could get it pretty close to Monzas run off (check Google maps - it's only about 20 metres difference throughout. But there are a lot of buildings in there that would need to go first.
However the NASCAR Mexico series runs there, and NASCAR ran Nationwide there. So there have been 200mph cars running there.
I just feel the entire section has been badly managed. They could've used that section if they really wanted to, but instead they built the stadium section out of traffic cones in the 2000s and stuck with that.