What determines the order of cars when they leave the pits for the third round of qualifying?
Rockford asked:
I noticed that for every 3rd stint of qualifying the cars would leave the pit in the following order no matter what the track it was.
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I noticed that for every 3rd stint of qualifying the cars would leave the pit in the following order no matter what the track it was.
1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Massa
4. Raikkonen
What is the reasoning behind this order?
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February 14th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
It’s just whoever gets to the line first at the end of the pits. Hamilton said he liked to be first because he’s running in clean air. But it really doesn’t matter because that’s not necessarily the order they are going to cross the line at the end of qualifying.
About 10 minutes of that last qualifying session is just burning fuel off anyway. Next year they are supposed to be changing the rules for Q3 so that doesn’t happen. You will put in your race fuel load plus however much additional fuel for however many laps you think you will be running for Q3. Plus the overall time for the session will be cut down from 15 minutes to whatever the FIA determines at the start of the 2008 season but they have not indicated what that will be yet.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Whoever gets out of their garage first and lines up in the pit lane first gets out first. It’s just that some drivres like to be on the track first
February 18th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Whoever gets in line first. I noticed that hamilton likes to get out first a lot as well, probably because he wants a clear track ahead of him.
February 20th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Whoever lines up first before the pit lane exit gets track postion when they leave the pits for Q3.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Who gets out first will be the first in line. Lewis likes to come out earlier than the others, so he usually gets to line up first!
February 25th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
There is no paticular order, it’s just the first guy out gets to go first. Like said before, Hamilton seems to want to get out first, maybe just to lighten the car so that he can run faster since he didn’t exactly have an impressive time with a heavy load of fuel or to have a clear track.