Taking an 8 second Break
The pit lane is off to the right of the main straightaway. Similar to the CART course in Vancouver,
the entrance to the pit is obtained by not turning at turn 8 onto the straightaway.
Here is a general shot of the PIt lane from is able to capture two pit crews at work. The red team
off to the left is retiring their car whereas the team off to the right has just completed a pit stop
in record time.
Pitting under green flag racing is not very benefical to the team because more places can be lost,
compared to yellow flag pit stops. But luckily the race here is well underway and with no accidents the
race has been running under green flag conditions for the whole race. Here the Blue team are changing tires
and making sure enough fuel is put into the car to rest for the duration of the race.
Unfortunately the red team has not had as much luck as the Blue team. Here the car is being retired and
the driver is not being interviewed by one of the many TV crews.
But just the next pit stall down the next team has completed their pit service in record time and is
giving their car a helpful push to get on his way back into the race.
One car that spends an inverse amount of time in pit lane than any of the race cars is the pit car.
Pictured here with its many lights, the driver and the communication centre above are monitoring the race
track for any problems that may cause the pace car to go out and slow down the race so that the problem can
be solved without any further accidents.
Last updated on March 27, 1997 by Carl