German GP Memorable Moments: Part 2

Spectators can’t experience the action

When the Hockenheim layout with the long straights through the forests was used, most of the overtaking used to take place either by virtue of slipstreaming or by outbraking at the corners at the end of the straights. Unfortunately, neither of those could happen in the stadium section where the grandstands were present.

So to prevent the track from losing the Grand Prix due to negative publicity, Hermann Tilke was assigned with redesigning the track (new layout was run in 2001) and as a result, what we see today is quite similar to other Tilke tracks.