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Not in the normal sense, Ian. None of the 500s have on-board starter motors, and running slowly oils up the plugs, so any time spent stationary causes problems. Two stops on the line guarantees trouble. The normal rule is to get us away as quick as possible.
We have been considering doing the 3/2/1 minute contdown from the assembly area (where at least you have the crews on hand to get recalcitrant cars going), which has proved fairly effective. So there is a question whether we go straight from Assembly to the grid for the five second board (good, but not much chance for one slow starter to get into position without holding everything up), or go straight into one quick green flag lap (more time to get into position, but still risks of oiling).
I didn't hear what Alan said as commentary didn't seem to go to pitlane.
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