I'm sure Bernie owes Herr Tilke a fortune

Its common knowledge that Herman Tilke will as usual design the upcoming Austin TX track for US GP. I'm curious why Bernie can't find any other man in this solar system who could create race tracks. Herr Tilke's tracks are so boring that I'd rather have them host races of remote controlled cars. The tracks have room for overtaking only at that scale.

All his tracks boast of a longest possible straight. Whats the use ? with current regulations, almost all cars run at more or less the same speed on straights. Okay, some times there will be variations with innovations like F-Ducts. But they'll either be copied soon, or banned next season canceling the advantage.
Then there's one horribly tight hairpin. Again - does he want to prove he can make the drivers stop for his whim ? Well he has made enough of those hairpins already. Stop now please sir! We need turns in F1 that challenge the drivers at the same time giving them a chance for overtaking. Just a glance at paper drawings of Bahrain Sakhir, Sepang Malaysia, Yas Marina Abu Dhabi, Singapore, China, Istanbul Turkey is enough to show they are DULL ! Pensil scratches made by a 3 year old would make better race tracks than these.

The so called "Turn 8" with 4 apexes in Turkey, Istanbul Park is very famous now a days for a high speed dash. But I don't see whats so good in it. I'm yet to see an overtake on that part of the overall boring track. And the turn 8 is so horribly bumpy that a car will some day simply jump off losing its rear and end up burried in the gravel. And all said, why does only the pole sitter win here ? (Okay this time LH won, but it was a gift from RBR wasn't it ?)

Sir Moss a couple of days ago said, Tilke is a good track maker, but his tracks are boring because of the safety regulations and requirements of having run off areas and stuff like that. Sir, you confuse me a bit here. Never in my life did I imagine that we can't have run off areas with a good track. Is it banned to have run-offs if the track permits overtaking & racing ? Well, if thats the case, Herr Tilke should make sure Spa, monza and silverstone are safer, and redesign them too.

F1 in US is really good. But that should also bring opportunities for the Americans. Get some fresh blood. If Bernie wants new markets and more money, its OK. but then just copy good tracks from past venues like San Marino at those venues instead of wasting the money spent by governments, sponsors and stakeholders into facilities that will surely go bankrupt in some years. If Mr. Tilke doesnt do a good job, the American people will turn their backs so soon that the Austin track will be bankrupt before the podium ceremony gets over.

A suggestion for Bernie - Instead of wasting resources on building too many tracks with same man & layout, why not simply ask Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Singapore and similarly high pay circuits, for bids, and highest bidder gets to host all 20 races of the season on the same track. This will help the so called "Cost Cutting" initiative by FIA as well. Let's Save air travel and environment...................

Given his CV with F1 tracks so far, I feel Herr Tilke and his company is competent enough to design and make the parking facilities and ingress egress routes at F1 venues at the most. Please keep them at least 500 meters away from the actual track.

Overall, I'm pretty sure now that Bernie has done some mess some time in past, and owes a huge fortune to Herr Tilke. And this is his way of payback...Find new markets, get plenty money (ok if one time only) and give it to Hermann to build a costly road named race track.
If the Austin guys are wise, they'll have an "Exclude Tilke" clause in the agreement with Bernie and FOM.

Good luck Austin TX....... :) I hope we see you in 2012 (and wish we do later too.)