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  1. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #1 Bas, Sep 29, 2009
    The man has done many race tracks...over the recent years most new tracks are all designed by him. Almost every single track he designs is a snooze fest for spectators.

    He once single handily destroyed one of the greatest, historic track in F1, the hockenheim ring.

    He is set to refurbish (read: ruin) circuit de catalunya (ok, can't be much worse than that but he'll probably succeed in making it even worse), Monza (god forbid, don't touch it!) nurburgring and silverstone.

    I can design better tracks than he does. To make it work I'll just print out a degree in engineering and hang it in my office and I'll start raking in the $$$ too.
     
  2. NeuroBeaker

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    #2 NeuroBeaker, Sep 29, 2009
    It's not what you know (or what you can design), it's who you know... Bernie likes Tilke, so Tilkes tracks get built.

    All the best,
    Andrew.
     
  3. Bas

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    #3 Bas, Sep 29, 2009
    Someone know any of Ecclestones daughters? ;)
     
  4. subirg

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    #4 subirg, Sep 29, 2009
    Quality! :)
     
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    #6 tuttebenne, Sep 29, 2009
    ARF !
     
  7. tuttebenne

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    #7 tuttebenne, Sep 29, 2009
    Why does Tilke get so much business?

    Because he designs tracks that allow the action to be seen from many different seating areas. He also designs tracks that take up as little space as possible. Neither of these means anything to me but to Bernie, his up and coming new-money promoters, and to fans with Attention Deficit Disorder (most fans today) this all is appealing.
     
  8. Testarossa BR

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    #8 Testarossa BR, Sep 29, 2009
    I have always wondered the same thing!
    ALL the tracks that he did have little to NONE overtaking
     
  9. Jack-the-lad

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    #9 Jack-the-lad, Sep 29, 2009
    Maybe he knows how to handle a whip and looks hot in thigh-high boots.....
     
  10. Bas

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    #10 Bas, Sep 29, 2009
    I disagree.

    Here's a list of current tracks F1 tracks he's made:

    Shanghai - Huge
    Bahrain - Huge
    Valencia - Bigger than most tracks
    Istanbul - Huge
    singapore - Huge
    Sepang - Huge
    Hockenheim - small.

    Only one out of 7 current F1 tracks uses little space:)
     
  11. Bas

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    #11 Bas, Sep 29, 2009
    His daughters are both great looking. If you read about his daughter Petra she's incredibly mature for her age. She's the anti-Paris Hilton.
     
  12. IanMac

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    #12 IanMac, Sep 29, 2009
    Every track has little or no overtaking in F1. The problem is more to do with the cars than the circuits. I'd bet there's lots of overtaking on Tilke tracks in pretty much every other form of racing.
     
  13. Nembo1777

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    #13 Nembo1777, Sep 30, 2009
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    Michael forget Tamara Petra is the really stunning one: just how the roaring dwarf could have fathered such beauty is beyond me! See below. She is no bimbo either: quite impresssive...

    More seriously only Istambul and parts of Sepang and Shanghai can be deemed good desings in my humble view: most of his tracks are lame and lack fast challenging curves, they are just too formatted.

    If he ever gets near Monza we should tar and feather him.

    It's as if some hack architect was allowed near le Louvres...wait that already happened:-(

    best regards,

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  14. Remy Zero

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    #14 Remy Zero, Sep 30, 2009
    It's politics and personal. Bernie is Tilke's friend. So Bernie hands him all the contracts and $$$
     

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