HOW TO MAKE A GREAT RACE TRACK
“You need to make one single steering input and hold it, so you make one radius out of these four apexes. This allows the car to flow to its highest possible speed”
NICO ROSBERG 2016 F1 World Champion
WHAT goes into making a great race track? Is it a factor of the circuit’s design, how it blends in with the surrounding landscape, or is it an accumulation of testimonials from internationally famous racing drivers? Or maybe all three?
To answer those questions, we spoke with Dr Carsten Tilke, Managing Director of Tilke Engineers & Architects, the elite German firm that has been charged with building today’s FIA-certified F1 and MotoGP race tracks. To get
