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Hamilton wants Tilke challenged on track design

 XPB Images Lewis Hamilton says Formula One should have more than one track designer to produce competition and more exciting new circuits. Hermann Tilke has been designing the latest circuits to join the calendar, with the location for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix - Sochi Autodrom - the newest track he has worked on. Hamilton says the difference to the last race location at Suzuka is stark and he feels having one track designer leads to many new circuits lacking character. "We come to Russia after the last race in Japan - and it would be hard to imagine two more contrasting tracks," Hamilton wrote in his BBC column. "The track here in Sochi is very flat,...
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