It looks as if Formula 1 could draw inspiration from the Brad Pitt film for an interesting innovation.
Anyone who has ever been to a motorsport event will have seen teams manually pushing their cars back into their pits after scrutineering and out of parc fermé. The same applies to pit stop practice, which in F1 usually falls on Thursday media day. Here, the mechanics split into two groups, with one group simulating the entry and pushing the car in, while the other changes wheels and nose cones. In the film produced by Brad Pitt, these scenes were filmed using an electric-assist replica of the car specially made for this purpose. Pitt has now spoken about how the teams are jealous of their idea and are now considering installing an additional battery pack that would be installed solely and exclusively during these pit stop practice sessions. This would reduce human resources, and due to the higher arrival speed, the simulation would also be more realistic.
An interesting idea that could lead to the film crew making a double entry in Formula 1 history / PITTstop :) /?
