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Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide
Alright Don K, imagine this situation. A Ferrari official such as Chris Dyer is on the pitwall on a 3-banana strategy, when he finds telemetry warning that Michael Shcumacher's tyre is on its last legs. Michael is about to pit, and he has 30 seconds to get across the pitlane, avoding cars doing 75mph, to communicate this to the team and prevent a otentially fatal accident. The rule of the road doesn't really apply when people are doing their job in a tight space, and the cars are passing at 2 1/2 times the speed limit, and knowing that easing off could mean losing the race, rather than arriving at a destination 2 seconds later, and you can see why it would have been so dangerous.
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If Michael is about to pit, he cannot refuel *and* change tyres in the same pit stop.
Which means that the guy has got quite some time, even if he does *not* have a direct line of communication.
I guess there would be a safe gap (for walking across the fast lane) about once every 45 seconds, so there's quite a good chance that he can reach the pits before Michael pits. If not, than he can surely reach the pits before Michael has completed half a lap.
So he would be in time to have the team radio Michael that he has to be careful, and that he has to come in again and change his tyres.