this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
54 points (100.0% liked)

Formula 1

9050 readers
216 users here now

Welcome to Formula1 @ Lemmy.world Lemmy's largest community for Formula 1 and related racing series


Rules


  1. Be respectful to everyone; drivers, lemmings, redditors etc
  2. No gambling, crypto or NFTs
  3. Spoilers are allowed
  4. Non English articles should include a translation in the comments by deepl.com or similar
  5. Paywalled articles should include at least a brief summary in the comments, the wording of the article should not be altered
  6. Social media posts should be posted as screenshots with a link for those who want to view it
  7. Memes are allowed on Monday only as we all do like a laugh or 2, but don’t want to become formuladank.

Up next


F1 Calendar

2024 Calendar

Location Date
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States 21-23 Nov
πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦ Qatar 29 Nov-01 Dec
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ Abu Dhabi 06-08 Dec

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] really@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do they determine that? I know it is a balance between speeds and stops. But these days when pit stops are under 5 seconds, how significant are the stops?

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

The actual pit stop is around 3 seconds. Pit entry and exit being limited to 80 kph (or even to 60 on some circuits) is what costs around 20 seconds (again, this varies by circuit).

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

The stop itself is only 2-3 seconds, but the total time loss is about 20 seconds because there is a speed limit in the pit lane.

Also, doing more pit stops means that you exit the pit lane behind the traffic, wnd you lose more time when overtaking.

[–] toma@lemmy.omat.nl 1 points 1 year ago

You also have to account for the time going in and out the pitlane. All in all, you lose 20s roughly. Those seconds you would have to make up for with the new tires.

Usually you can ignore Pirellis predictions, they are not worth much. It’s a theoretical model, in practice you have to account for weather changes, safety cars, the gap you will return to after the pit stop, defending from or executing under cuts and several more factors.