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F1 considering higher pitlane speeds for ‘show'

May 4 Formula 1 is considering increasing the pitlane speed limit in order to add more spice to the sport. Prior to the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger in 1994, drivers could race into and out of their pitstops at the maximum possible speed. 'We all remember Nigel Mansell driving full throttle into the pit and full throttle out of the pit,' smiled Aston Martin's chief trackside officer Mike Krack. 'That was pretty cool to watch. But it won't happen again.' Indeed, the proposal on the table isn't a return to no speed limits at all – or even an increase at every single circuit. But given that F1 is right at the end of a regulatory cycle, with closely matched cars and a...
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