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The perfect playground for radical track experiments

The imposing and impressive backdrop to Berlin's Tempelhof track gives the ABB FIA Formula E venue a unique character. But it has other distinctive qualities that the electric championship could make use of to get even more radical

Alex Kalinauckas Jun 17, 2020, 1:24 PM

With FE announcing a packed schedule of six races in nine days to conclude its 2019-20 season, Autosport revisits a feature written last year by ALEX KALINAUCKAS which looks at how Berlin Tempelhof circuit could be adapted to create multiple layouts

There's a certain criticism that can be directed at motorsport that's quite hard to argue against. The point that, really, racing ultimately boils down to cars going around in a series of circles in a seemingly never-ending quest to see who has won the motorsport, with hundreds of events every year, each more climactic than the last. There's never a really definitive winner, the cycle begins again every season. Variations of the same point can really be levelled at any sport.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.