r/F1Technical • u/Random_Videos_YT Mercedes • Jul 05 '24
Circuit Why is there a line at T7 at silverstone? (solid line this year, old photo)
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u/ResonantCard1 Jul 05 '24
That could be the Long Lap Penalty zone for MotoGP
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u/obscurus7 Jul 05 '24
I think the long lap penalty zone is actually before the loop (turn 4).
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u/Ahine123 Jul 05 '24
It was at turn 4 in the past, but last year was moved to turn 7 to make the long lap penalty a bit longer
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u/bouncebackability Jul 05 '24
I believe the one in the OP is the long lap penalty used when British Superbike uses the national layout
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u/Butterflys4Life Jul 05 '24
In 2023 they had it denoted with a green and white zone. Not a MotoGP watcher but is that what they LLP zones look like?
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u/AltamiroMi Jul 05 '24
People are trying to make jokes and are getting deleted.
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Good luck
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u/FantasticNoise4 Jul 05 '24
Possibly something like MotoGP's LLP, but for British Superbike
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u/Triple_Manic_State Jul 05 '24
British Superbike don't visit there anymore as of this year they went to Navarra instead. But that's exactly where it was.
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u/Additional_Hand_2288 Jul 05 '24
MotoGP long lap penalty always made sense to me but i’m suprised there’s no definitive answer to this
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u/eeshanzaman Jul 05 '24
I dont watch motogp but whats a long lap penalty
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u/ency6171 Jul 05 '24
I don't watch MotoGP either, but I believe you can think of it as F1's time penalty.
Penalized bikers are forced to go the longer path.
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u/Mike_Raphone99 Jul 06 '24
But what would lines on the track have to do with that?
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u/SovietDog1342 Jul 06 '24
I assume you must stay in that line, and I’m sure it’s the slower line which you can tell here so it’s like a time penalty
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u/NoExtension5085 Jul 06 '24
Yeah this is right. If you watch practice, sometimes when a rider has a penalty carried over from the previous race, they’ll practice the ’long lap’ to get the best line through there.
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u/Additional_Hand_2288 Jul 06 '24
At every circuit a route will be defined and marked at a safe point around the track, (usually an asphalt runoff area outside of a turn), which is some seconds slower than the normal racing line. The penalised rider must ride through the defined area within 3 laps of being notified, thereby suffering a penalty equivalent to several seconds, (typically 2 or more seconds), on that lap.
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