Hermann Tilke has become a third high-profile expected attendee who is in fact not present at the Russian GP this weekend. We reported earlier that Russian president Vladimir Putin and Bernie Ecclestone – both regular attendees at the event in Sochi – are not present in 2020. Also absent is Hermann Tilke, the F1 circuit architect who was in charge of the design of the Sochi layout around the Olympic Park. “Unfortunately, I could not fly to Sochi,” the German told Russian news agency Tass. “I would very much like to be in Sochi, but I think that after the coronavirus there will be a calmer period again as before and I will happily come back.

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