Pitlane position

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I have always wondered what is the significance of the pit lane position. I noticed that a team's place in the pit lane is in the order they finished the constructors championship in the previous year. So is it more advantageous to be at the front of the pits? Or is it better to be way down? :dunce:
 
if you enter the pits at the same time as someone else and your pitbox is in front of theirs, it will be easier to stay in front of them at the exit and maybe hold them up a bit. since passing is so rare, it is important to stay in front.
 
That makes no sense Ashley, everyone still has the same amount of speed restricted pit lane to travel. The advantage of being close to your rivals could be for say spying purposes :shifty:
 
Well whoever is first does have a nice easy entry into the box I suppose.. As do the last team have a nice exit from the pit. That's all I can see..
 
I believe that the teams up in the "good" end of the pitlane have more room for motorhomes/trucks/equipment than those down the "bad" end.
 
Allianz
Sooner you in your pitbox, the sooner your out of it.
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Well, if you're out sooner, then you have a long pit lane to travel down before you can speed up. Thats why i cant figure out which side is more advantageous and why they arrange the teams like that?


daan
I believe that the teams up in the "good" end of the pitlane have more room for motorhomes/trucks/equipment than those down the "bad" end.
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Is this true for all venues?
 
It's easier for the drivers to find their pit box in a busy pit lane if all they have to do is to remember to drive into the first one, isn't it?
 
TheCracker
It's easier for the drivers to find their pit box in a busy pit lane if all they have to do is to remember to drive into the first one, isn't it?
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What about the lollipop-stick guy?


I think it's simply a matter of access, personally. If there is a car parked in the box before yours, you have to turn harder when driving in, which means you travel nearer perpendicular with the track rather than parallel to it for a brief time.
 
I can figure two things:

1) In a busy pit you may be held up from pulling out if a car(s) is going by/coming in.

2) Psychologically the driver (and possibly the pit crew) begins to get unnerved if he witnesses other drivers passing him while his car is being worked on.


I know there is some real significance as I have seen them discuss unfavorable pit positions before, but it never made sense to me. It may be a team preference kind of situation.
 
The first station in the pit don’t have to worry about car pulling out behind them, only look for incoming traffic.
 
I think it's a psychological thing as much as anything. If two cars come into the pits at the same time, racing (sorta) for position, with their pit boxes at either end of the pitlane, it's possible for the team at the near end of the pit lane to have their car back out of its box before the other car has even made it to its box. The pressure's then on the pit crew to get their car back out as fast as possible, knowing that the other car is already bearing down on them.
 

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