F1 to raise pitlane speed limit to reduce one stop races
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The Race can reveal the left-field solution the FIA is set to introduce at some F1 races this year to increase the number of pitstops

With a higher pitlane speed limit, drivers would lose less time during a pitstop. This calculation could encourage teams to try a strategy with more stops during a race.

  • Olap@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    We could also add chicanes to pit straights! /s

    There’s no such thing as pure racing, so this I think is a good idea. Plenty of pit entrances and exits are quite long, we could have two speed limits also. The 60 in the garage area already seems too high to me however, we already see a lot of close releases imo. But purelli seem unwilling to actually go mad with the tyres to support race strategy other than 1 stops, so this could help with race strategies

    I also like rally cross joker laps though, what a heathen

  • itsathursday@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 months ago

    Early analysis showed that if the pitlane speed limit is raised by 20km/h – so potentially from 80km/h to 100km/h – then it would reduce the pitstop times by around five seconds.

    Australia, Monaco, Zandvoort and Singapore to cap at 80km/h from 60km/h

    Interesting… but winning or loosing a race in the pits, is as exciting as a race managed by tyres.

    • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
      11·
      3 months ago

      I think they’re hoping the change will make taking an extra stop less costly, we could see more cars charging through the field with fresh tires. The problem is that if you make the pit stop cost too low everyone will come in and there will be no differing strategies.

  • itsame@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 months ago

    For safety reasons, a tiny bit too fast in the pitlane was punished heavily. Now it turns out that even 20km/h faster could still be safe?

    Approaching the pitstop area 20km/h faster and going to a full stop can be dangerous as well.

    I predict a heavy accident within 2 years.

    • ninth_plane@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      For safety reasons, a tiny bit too fast in the pitlane was punished heavily.

      Yes, that was to prevent people toying with the rules, and no matter what the speed limit is it should be heavily enforced.

      But I agree we’ll probably see more incidents and injuries given the close calls we’ve had so far. I’m all for increasing the limit as long as there are better protections around the people in the pit lane.