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Mexican GP: Loss of Peraltada corner unavoidable – Tilke

Renowned F1 circuit designer Hermann Tilke says the loss of the fearsome Peraltada corner from the Mexico layout was unavoidable. The legendary, sweeping, high-speed end of the lap at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is legendary, but it has been left out as German Tilke heads the renovations ahead of Mexico's return to the calendar after more than two decades. 'We simply had no space on the outside of this great curve in order to have the required run-off area,' Tilke told Speed Week. 'And the corner is so fast that it is absolutely a must for safety. 'Another idea was to keep the corner but move it inwards, as we have done at other circuits as well,' he explained. 'But we were limited...
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