He took the box and sat with it on his lap on a helicopter flight as pilots fired flares to deflect potential heat-seeking missiles.
And all 20 drivers took to the track for the parade lap on the proviso they would only pass the start if they got word the chicane was installed.
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The incident, which occurred in the closing stages of the second part of qualifying, came on his first flying lap on his final set of tyres - when the rubber is at its fastest.
England suffered no further scares and took the applause from the Wembley crowd as they said farewell with a lap on honour in their last appearance on home turf before the big kick-off in South Africa.
Unlike Hulkenberg, who set his fastest lap on one short run, Alonso's was set during a number of formidable-looking runs, in which he produced a set of consistently quick times around the same pace as his fastest lap time.
"At the last corner, I saw I was half a tenth to one-tenth slower so we decided to come in and save one lap on those tires -- you never know if you'll have to use it in the race, " Alonso said.
It was on a new track in the northeastern corner of Italy that the double-amputee from South Africa trained last year for his Olympic debut, running lap after lap on his Cheetah Flex-Foot blades in preparation for his trip to the world's biggest sporting event.
"It was looking really good and I had just done the fastest lap of the race again - I think I did it on the second lap and then again on lap 10, " he said.
Starting on pole, Alonso protected his lead even after a pit stop on lap 16 but the hard tires on Lewis Hamilton's McLaren car set up a tussle for first place on lap 19.
Barrichello, who started from pole, managed to avoid the chaos on lap one and was leading until his first pit stop on lap 21.
The two men both made their final stops on lap 25 and on the harder tyre Hamilton was able to close on the Ferrari.
That meant his main hope of holding off the Ferrari driver was to build a lead big enough before his stop on lap 10 that Raikkonen could not close it on his extra lap.
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He was sent a lap down by Kyle on lap 279 and was part of a three-car dustup about 20 laps later that also involved defending series champion Brad Keselowski and Casey Mears.
Lap times on the 2013 tires are expected to increase by around half a second a lap.
In the high performance-driving classes, drivers work on autocross, skid pad control and threshold braking, as well as spend lap time on the racetrack.
You have to go out slow on your out lap and then go as fast as you can on one lap.
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"They were telling me to save fuel too but they didn't put a lap time on it - just said you have got to save a bit of fuel, " added Button.
As the chequered flag was waved to end qualifying for Sunday's 60-lap race on the 6.513km road course, both of the drivers were near the back of the track, pushing for a final quick plap.
Alonso just managed to make it out of the pits in front of Raikkonen, who appeared set for a final charge for victory before smoke began pouring from his McLaren leaving the Loews hairpin on lap 50 while the safety car was still on the track.
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Despite struggling with his car most of the day, Hamlin made a bold move on the last lap with a pass on the apron below the dogleg.
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Honda rider Gibernau led for most of the 25 laps in Barcelona, only for Rossi to pass him on lap 23 to take his fifth win of the season on the Yamaha.
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Adrian Archibald retired at the end of the first lap while Guy Martin and Ryan Farquhar ran out of fuel on lap two.
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"We know that the Williams FW26 is very fast on a single lap, but less so on long distance runs, " he added.
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McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya was sent to the back of the grid last year when he dropped his speed from 278kph on the previous lap to a mere 86kph on the fast approach to Casino Square.
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Probably best known for crashing on the final lap of last year's Indianapolis 500 while driving for Bobby Rahal, Sato also suffered disappointment two races earlier when he was headed to a podium finish at Long Beach and Ryan Hunter-Reay spun him on the final lap.
Hunter-Reay took a turn with the lead as well from lap 23 to 43, but couldn't prevent Conway from getting inside of him on lap 44.
Anstey showed his intentions from the outset by setting a new lap record of 17 minutes, 38seconds on the opening lap, a fact made even more remarkable given it was from a standing start.
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