Originally Posted by
Chip
Yes its from the bridge at the end of the pit straight to the gantry at the start of it. (so not quite a full lap, im sure MikeR will be able to give a fairly good ballpark of how much difference that makes, but IIRC its about 15 seconds)
being pedantic, but it's not the pit straight, although of course you do enter/exit there on tourist days. when it's in use as a racetrack, nowadays the pits straight is the one on the GP circuit that gets linked, but when it was just the nordschleife, the pits and the start/finish are at the top of the hill where you have the 90 degree right hander (that gets blocked off when linking up with the GP circuit).
if you don't know where i mean, watch the beginning of this vid. it freaked us out one time we were there and the layout had changed
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vvatffCw710