Hermann Tilke

Hermann Tilke (born December 31, 1954 in Olpe German) is an architect and designer of Formula One motor racing circuits. He is also an auto racer.

 Racing 
During the 1980s, Tilke competed in touring car racing. Most of his racing was on the old Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. He also competed in VLN endurance racing and 24 Hours Nürburgring. He and Dirk Adorf won some VLN races with a V8Star Series in 2003 and 2004.

 Architecture 
Tilke established Tilke Engineering in 1984 to combine the skills in architecture, civil engineering and electronic engineering. Tilke Engineering provides complete solutions for motor racing and waste disposal projects.

His first large job was in Austria, in the 1990s. He made a major redesign of the fast Österreichring, and created the much shorter A1-Ring.

Tilke made changes to many established F1 circuits. Because of this, Tilke was able to earn the contracts to design many of new new, high-profile circuits from scratch. 

Tilke's trademark of circuit design is a mixture long straight and tight hairpins. These are intended to encourage overtaking.

 Criticism 
Tilke's circuits have been criticized for producing uninteresting races. He has been accused of "slowly killing" Formula One.

List of Circuits
Tilke has design many high-profile new world circuits from scratch. These include:
1998 Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
2004 Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
2004 Shanghai International Circuit, China
2005 Istanbul Park Racing Circuit, Turkey
2006 Cancun, Mexico *Undeveloped
2006 Beijing International Streetcircuit, China
2008 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore *concept design
2007 Bucharest Ring, Romania
2008 Swedbank kartodroms, Latvia
2008 Valencia Street Circuit, Spain
2008 Jakarta Street Circuit, Indonesia
2009 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates
2009 Motorland Aragón, Alcaniz, Spain (MotoGP venue)
2010 Korean International Circuit, South Korea
2010 Moscow Raceway, Russia (Planned MotoGP Venue)
2010 Kazakhstan Motor City, Republic of Kazakhstan
2010 Atlanta Motorsports Park, United States of America (under construction)
2011 Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, India 
2012 Circuit of the Americas, United States of America (under development)

References

Other websites
 Tilke Engineering 
 Kazakhstan Motor City 

Category:1954 births
Category:Living people

Category:German racecar drivers
Category:Formula One people
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