Track designer Jarno Zaffelli believes trying to copy elements of a circuit at a different venue is a flawed concept. The 44-year-old Italian was the designer of the Zandvoort layout that is due to be used for this year’s Dutch Grand Prix in September and has also worked on tweaks to other tracks including Silverstone, Monza, Imola, Mugello and Singapore. An example of a circuit that has incorporated aspects of other venues into its design is the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, which features a section similar to Silverstone’s Maggots and Becketts and also has a triple-apex right-hander like turn 8 at Istanbul Park. It also contains elements of Interlagos and Hockenheim. But...
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