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Stricter rules have slowed down Formula 1 pitstops
Stricter rules have slowed down Formula 1 pitstops 2 April, 2014 Stricter rules this season have forced teams to slow down Formula 1′s impressive pitstops.
Last year in Malaysia, Mark Webber entered the pitlane, had all four wheels changed and reached the pit exit in the space of 20 seconds.
But according to Auto Motor und Sport, the best total pitstop time – pit entry to pit exit – at Sepang last weekend was Fernando Alonso's 24 seconds.
The main change since 2013 is that pitstop incidents are now penalised more severely. A near tragic incident during the 2013 German Grand Prix, when a cameraman was struck by a wheel which flew of Mark Webber's Red Bull, was the catalyst...
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