page_title: Intercity Istanbul Park
section_title: Major motorsports events
hierarchical_section_title: Intercity Istanbul Park / Major motorsports events
caption_attribution_description: English: Turn 1 &amp; pit lane exit at Istanbul Park
context_page_description: Intercity Istanbul Park, also known as the Istanbul Racing Circuit, or initially as the Istanbul Otodrom, is a motor sports race track in Tuzla, east of Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by the well-known racetrack architect Hermann Tilke. It was inaugurated on 21 August 2005. It has been called "the best race track in the world" by Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone.
caption: A view of the pit lane exit.
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