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Video: German Designers Show Off Austin's F1 Racetrack

KUT 90.5 | By Axel Gerdau
Published September 14, 2012 at 5:21 PM CDT

Two months before the checkered flag at Austin's Formula 1 United States Grand Prix gets waved for the first time, KUT News got an exclusive look at the track.

Our guides: two German engineers, whose company Tilke has had a hand in building half of all current Formula 1 racetracks around the world.

This video was produced for KUT News by Axel Gerdau, and shot by Daniel Deloach and Gerdau. 
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Axel Gerdau
Axel Gerdau is a freelance video journalist and producer for The New York Times in New York City. He has also produced, shot and edited videos for KUT, the PBS NewsHour, WDR/German television, and The Texas Tribune.
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