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Originally Posted by lcfp2297
Or we say that they can go up to 44km/h in the first and last 10 m of pit lane
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Something along these lines actually makes the most sense as after all, the idea of a pitlane speed limit is safety right? whats so safe about asking a car to go from 150km/h to 40km/h within a space of about 40 metres? Natural reaction is going to be 'slow down sooner' right? well what about Oran Park or Pukekhoe ( ?? wherever it was that Skaife nailed Ingall while he was on the way in ) where you physically have to get out of the way at pace on your way in or you'll end up with another car in your boot?
Why not have a slow down run in area where you have to be at say about 60 with a little room for error and not that heavily policed, but then once you hit the 'red zone' its 40 and nothing else will do - they have no excuses then for running into the lane too hot and even if you go right to the limit of the space available, a slide into the red zone just wont happen when you're doing 60 rather than 150 - there has to be time to get down to speed that still promotes enough encouragement to get the last 10th out of your in lap - after all you get 200m to come down to speed on the streets with a new speed zone, so why not pitlane?