“I think this track is probably the most important in terms of damping. It’s probably going to catch people out in the race. It’s dancing around, bouncing around, and at the same time you’re trying to keep it off the wall. Pretty much every corner is first gear except for the one leading onto the back straight. “You’re not using the wings of the car really here,” said Rosenqvist. The other takeaway from Friday’s session was that the new layout will give the teams’ damper programs a chance to shine. I think the double pit lane has been absolutely fine.” That was more the concern than the double pit lane. “To be honest, you can’t really see the car that’s on track, so you’re very reliant on the car that’s on track to kind of give way, for you to just kind of stay out of the way. It’s pretty easy to see a car coming out. I think everyone’s pretty calm though on exit. It seems like pit exit was a concern for everyone yesterday, but it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that big of an issue. “In my mind, (pitlane is) very safe,” he said. Let’s hope it doesn’t crash us in pit lane.”Īndretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood, who finished Friday’s session one place ahead of Rosenqvist, had no concerns about pitlane itself, but believes drivers will need to tread carefully when rejoining the track. “I mean, that’s kind of what Ind圜ar is, that we battle it out on track. I think there’s going to be some situations where people probably don’t want to lift. We’re going to have to figure out who’s going first in there. “It’s kind of unique in that way because the pit speed limit off section is way further, like after the funnel. “When the sessions started, there were quite a lot of cars coming in, four-wide, into the funneling section,” said Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist, who was fifth-fastest on Friday. But one of the big question marks is how the unique split pitlane will factor into the race. Short, narrow and bumpy, the track already promised to be one of the most challenging for passing or trying to find a clear piece of road during qualifying. The NTT Ind圜ar Series teams and drivers have only had a single 90-minute practice session to get to know the new downtown Detroit street circuit so far, but early impressions are that it’s unlike any other venue on the calendar.
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