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4. Istanbul Park Circuit (Turkish Grand Prix)
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium after winning the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit. (Courtesy: Getty Images)
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Istanbul Otodrom in the Akfirat village east of Istanbul is one of the newer tracks in Formula One and held its first race in the Turkish Grand Prix of 2005 and last one in 2011.
The large circuit can hold a capacity of over 155,000. The circuit was one of only 5 circuits in the 2011 calendar to run anti-clockwise. The circuit and its facilities were designed by the well-known racetrack architect Hermann Tilke.
Tilke, in fact had mentioned that he had designed the track to try and catch the drivers out. And he was successful too as during the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, most of the drivers were caught out with many spinning off throughout the race weekend.
The Turkish Grand Prix was removed from the calendar after Formula One management and the event organizers could not arrive at a renewed contract. Germany’s Sebastian Vettel won the last race held in 2011 with team-mate Mark Webber finishing second and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso third.
