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The father-and-son team pushing boundaries with F1's newest locations
Exactly half of the 24 tracks featured on the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, in one way or another, bear the fingerprints of Hermann Tilke and his company. From clean-sheet designs to modernisation of existing layouts, Tilke – now working with his son Carsten – is F1’s go-to architect. OLEG KARPOV stopped by the company’s Aachen HQ to find out what goes into creating new tracks – including next year’s hotly anticipated Las Vegas venue
Carsten Tilke grabs a piece of Las Vegas from the shelf. It’s one part of a model of the forthcoming track in the world’s gambling capital.
“You see the Bellagio?” he asks, drawing GP Racing’s attention to the miniature of one of the world’s most famous hotels, along with its 8.5-acre man-made lake and the fountains that dance to music every 15 minutes during the evening. “Here it is. And the fountains.”
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