Parade lap

As a warm-up lap is known in motorsport race on round trips a driven immediately before the start of the race last round of testing.

The formation lap is completed in order to avoid losses in the first laps. In addition, the nature of the track can be experienced again in the strict sense of the word immediately before the race. It can be carried out one final functional test of the vehicle before the race; the tires, the brakes and the engine can be made for the actual race at the right temperature. The zig- zag driving in the lap is used to get the tires up to the correct operating temperature.

It is forbidden to overtake on the formation lap, but this depends on the rules of the racing series. Before the start but the drivers have to take their pulled-out in qualifying start position definitely be back. In Formula 1, it is allowed in the warm-up lap to overtake when another driver stops at the start or only very slowly come off. Then you have the opposing driver but again can overtake.

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