pace laps
Warmup laps beforehand
Pace laps are the laps driven before the official start of a race, when cars follow a pace car at controlled speed while warming up tires and engines and arranging themselves in starting formation.
The pace car pulls off, the green flag drops, and racing begins.
The field completed two pace laps before the start.
- racetrackCourse for competitive speed
- racecourseVenue for competitive running
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
- flag signalsVisual messaging via banners
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
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