HERMANN TILKE: There is no perfect track

Ever since Hermann Tilke in 1983 on Nürburgring restored a small evacuation route, a lot happened. The civil engineer designed and built a number of racetracks with his company Formula 1, which also includes Yas Marina Tour in Abu Dhabi, where Formula 1 racers completed their last race of the season again this year.

Tension she kept to the limits in the race and she also contributed to that trail characteristic, as Tilke pointed out in an interview with the newspaper The basic. "There is no perfect track, nor is every football match tense. Some tracks create boring races and some more tense ones. A good example is the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. It creates good racing dynamics and is great for overtaking. Races on this track are often exciting,”Explained the German. V Abu Dhabi however, he had to consider it when designing the track external constraints, which narrowed the surface of creation. “The Yas Hotel, integrated into the track, had 200 rooms. Less than a year before the end of construction, it was said that he had to have twice as many. Then we built the same hotel again and put it in the water before that,”He explained Only.

And that it was not the only problem. "In fact, a part of the city was supposed to be located on one part of the racetrack, but this was never realized. Because of this, we could not play with the execution of the transverse inclinations of the turns, which would bring more dynamics,”He regrets 65-year-oldwho knows that there is no simple recipe that would provide more action on the track. Otherwise they should long planes with sharp braking zones ultimately contribute to more overtaking, but only if the turn in front of that pursuer allows it to get close enough to the competitor in front of it, explains Only. "If the turns before that don’t allow you to get close enough to the competitor, that doesn’t help. Faster race cars cannot make up for this lag on the planes. And the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi suffers from this phenomenon."

And according to Tilke the guilt lies in aerodynamics. "This will change a lot with the new policy,”Upa Nemec. Basically, though, the trails would need mestawho would provoked mistakes racers. “If the rear racer does not make a mistake, he can approach and overtake the opponent in front of him. But for Formula 1, this is difficult, as the best racers in the world compete here. These mistakes work in the fifth in free practice, and almost none on Sunday. They also have the best techniques. Many factors play an important role."