They shouldn't close the pitlane full stop...... The reason they do it is to apparently stop everyone diving in together, so what happens in Montreal when they re-open the pit lane? Everyone dives in!!!!! Makes no sense to me.
The problem with this whole safety car nonsense is that to allow cars in the pits means they must then allow the safety car and entire field to pass the pit exit before they can allow anyone to leave the pits hence Kimi and Kubica waiting at the end under a red light.
Surely keeping F1 cars sat there still with their engines running is stupid anyway, especially after they've just been sat in the pit too, temp's are going to be going through the roof!
I agree Lewis was obviously not paying full attention and hadn't realised the cars ahead were actually stopped until it was too late - but equally if you were working for the team, just for the sake of saying it would you not remind lewis that the red light was on at the end of the pits? Surely that would be worth saying even if it's obvious????
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