- Domain
- Race procedure
- Era
- Timeless
- Also known as
- recon lap
A lap driven from the garage to the starting grid before the race, letting drivers check the track and reach their grid slot. Several are allowed, and they come before the formation lap.
More in Race procedure
- Backmarker
- Black flag
- Black-and-white flag
- Blue flag
- Chequered flag
- Clean and dirty side
- Cool-down lap
- DNF (did not finish)
- DNS (did not start)
- Drive-through penalty
- Formation lap
- Grand Prix
- Green flag
- Grid
- Interval
- Jump start
- Lapped car
- Lights out
- Meatball flag
- Pit lane
- Pit limiter
- Pit stop
- Podium
- Pole position
- Qualifying
- Red flag
- Rolling start
- Safety car
- Sector colours
- Sprint
- Standing start
- Stop-go penalty
- Unsafe release
- Virtual safety car (VSC)
- White flag
- Yellow flag
Tyre compounds trade grip for life — the softest are quickest but fade first.