UNDER THE HOOD
DATA-DRIVEN F1 STILL NEEDS OLD METHODS
The pitwall stand is, by any standards, an anachronism in modern F1. In the last couple of teams I have been with I have campaigned to get rid of it and save a considerable amount of freight weight, but to no avail. So why is it so important and what is going on at the pitwall while the cars are running?
Strangely, although I still regard it as an anachronism, stationing people at the pitwall has not always been the norm. Indeed, time was when there was no pitwall. It appears the trend started when it became
