Circuit design, history, and motorsport.
Articles on the tracks that shaped racing, the history behind the sport, and the thinking behind RaceTrackDesigner.
Top 10 greatest race tracks of all time
Some circuits earn their place in the record books through lap times. Others earn it through something harder to quantify — the particular way they challenge a driver, reward bravery, and produce racing that no other venue could. These are the ten circuits that have done both.
DesignHermann Tilke: the man who designs Formula 1 circuits
Since the late 1990s, one architect has shaped the physical experience of Formula 1 more than any driver or team principal. Hermann Tilke has designed over twenty Grand Prix circuits — and collected more criticism per kilometre of tarmac than anyone in motorsport history. The truth about his work is more interesting than either his defenders or his critics suggest.
History of the Nürburgring
Built in the 1920s as a public works project, the Nürburgring became the most demanding and dangerous circuit in motorsport. It redefined what racing meant — and very nearly destroyed the sport in doing so. A complete history of the Green Hell.
HistoryHistory of Formula 1 races in the United States
Formula 1 has been trying to crack the American market for seven decades. From Sebring to Watkins Glen, from the Las Vegas car park to the revival at Austin, the story of F1 in the United States is one of ambition, failure, and an audience that eventually showed up on its own terms.