Mexican GP reduces F1 paddock crowds to avoid security issues

The number of fans and VIPs in the paddock in last year’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez led to security issues, with spectators crowding hospitality units and accosting drivers.

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly noticed somebody had opened his backpack, while some of his peers had also flagged that the number of paddock dwellers had been out of control.

Gasly raised the issue again at the Italian GP, where random people had been knocking on his…