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High-speed corners or tricky hairpins? Flat-out straights or tight chicanes? Every Formula 1 racetrack is a unique challenge for the drivers and teams, and the work to create them is a blend of artistry and engineering.
F1 Explains how F1 circuits go from a sketch on a piece of paper, through state-of-the-art digital simulation, to reality.
What are the challenges of building a racetrack? How are they designed to allow close racing, overtaking and interesting strategy? Christian and Katie put your questions on track design to the team from Apex Circuit Design, who were behind the Miami International Autodrome:
F1 Explains how F1 circuits go from a sketch on a piece of paper, through state-of-the-art digital simulation, to reality.
What are the challenges of building a racetrack? How are they designed to allow close racing, overtaking and interesting strategy? Christian and Katie put your questions on track design to the team from Apex Circuit Design, who were behind the Miami International Autodrome:
- Dafydd Broom - Managing Director
- Andrew Wallis - Engineering Director
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Check out our previous episodes:
Check out our previous episodes:
- How car liveries are created - with Alfa Romeo + McLaren
- The mental pressure of F1 - with David Coulthard
- Steering wheels - how they're designed + what the buttons do
- DRS - how F1's overtaking aid works and why it matters
- Tyres - an engineer, a driver and a designer explains why they matter
- The 2024 F1 calendar - why it helps make F1 more sustainable
- Wind Tunnels - the top secret tools where cars are created
- Race engineers - the voices on F1 Team Radio, with Zhou Guanyu
- Pit stops - two seconds of total teamwork
- Simulators with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne
- Racing in the rain with Mika Hakkinen + Haas race engineer Mark Slade
- Street circuits with Mika Hakkinen + Bernie Collins
- F1 driver fitness with Alexander Rossi + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
- F1 in the USA - why the US has 3 races in 2023
- F1 Sprint weekends with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen
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