News Details

Pit stop time vs. Pit lane times

Since the start of the 2016 Formula One World Championship DHL have been awarding teams for the fastest pit stop to take place during each F1 race. Until the British Grand Prix this accolade had been reserved for the Williams F1 Team but does fastest pit stop time tell the full story? A 1.9 second pit stop (an accolade recently achieved by the Williams F1 team) may look fantastic on paper, but what speed was the driver doing when he entered the pit box? How much time was lost in ensuring he hit his marks perfectly? Changing tyres, adjusting front wings, cleaning visors and removing debris from sidepod’s, whilst exceptionally complicated and highly choreographed is only part of the pit...
Full Story »
9y ago from JWGrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

How F1 pit stop expertise can help newborn babies

How F1 pit stop expertise can help newborn babies First, stop on a dime....
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

F1 2016 Fastest Lap and Fastest Pit Stop So Far

Prev1 of 10Next Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse DHL Fastest Lap...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Box, box, box – F1 explained what makes the perfect...

MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Sporting Director Ron Meadows...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Alonso fastest on opening day of Silverstone test

Fernando Alonso topped the first day of testing at Silverstone, going...
9y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Yamaha launches 2026 MotoGP livery in Jakarta

Monster Energy Yamaha has unveiled the newest edition of its M1 machinery...

Fabio Di Giannantonio: Ducati no longer have an edge...

Fabio Di Giannantonio believes Ducati no longer have an edge over rival...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500

Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Arsenal & Chelsea sense opportunity to...

Arsenal and Chelsea are both working to position themselves as favourites...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal open to attacker exit but 28-year-old wants...

Arsenal are prepared to consider offers for Gabriel Jesus, according to...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Wayne Rooney provides honest response when asked if...

Wayne Rooney claimed his 2007/08 Manchester United side would ‘batter’...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal on course to win the Premier League – but...

Inter needed the points more. Arsenal took them anyway. Seven changes to...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.