The Miami Grand Prix noticed Ferrari and Red Bull set the benchmark in the pit lane with each of them performing tyre adjustments beneath the 2-second mark. F1Technical’s senior author Balázs Szabó stories on the pit stop efficiency in Florida.
Red Bull needed to face loads of challenges in the Miami Grand Prix and never simply out on monitor, as McLaren bought the higher of Max Verstappen, but in addition in the pit lane the place they have been overwhelmed by Ferrari in a race in opposition to the clock to set a DHL Fastest Pit Stop time of beneath 2 seconds.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit had two spectacular tyre adjustments. Their mechanics first serviced Sergio Perez’s RB20 in simply 1.95 seconds when the Mexican elected to make a comparatively early tyre change. Red Bull then carried out a barely slower, however nonetheless spectacular stop when Max Verstappen pitted for brand spanking new tyres on Lap 23. This tyre change took solely 2.22 seconds.
But Ferrari’s crew have been fast to rise to the problem, calling Charles Leclerc into the pits on Lap 19. The Scuderia fitted a new set of hards on Leclerc’s automobile in simply 1.94 seconds which grew to become the quickest pit stop in the Miami spherical. This was the first stop of the yr in lower than 2 seconds for the Italians.
Although Ferrari have been brilliant in Miami, their 1.94-second pit stop is a fractionally shy of what Red Bull achieved in China two weeks in the past. The Anglo-Austrian squad modified the tyres on Max Verstappen’s automobile in simply 1.90 seconds in Shanghai which is the present report this yr.
It’s @ScuderiaFerrari again on prime this time. Watch their lightning-quick tire change for Charles Leclerc in the #MiamiGP. #F1 #DHLF1 pic.twitter.com/2arXNft63i
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Overall, Ferrari misplaced 0.273 seconds to Red Bull in the pit lane as the Scuderia had a much less spectacular tyre change after they serviced Carlos Sainz’s automobile. This stop took 3.19 seconds.
Interestingly, RB have been the second quickest when it got here to common tyre change. The Faenza-based outfit solely misplaced simply over two tenths of a second to Red Bull, having accomplished two spectacular pit stops (2.44 seconds for Yuki Tsunoda and a couple of.56 seconds for Daniel Ricciardo).
Mercedes have been nonetheless not brilliant, however have been pretty fast contemplating the common loss to the benchmark. The Brackley-based outfit serviced Lewis Hamilton’s automobile in simply 2.49 seconds, nevertheless it took 3.03 seconds to vary the tyres on George Russell’s W15.
Williams and Alpine misplaced round 4 tenths of a second to Red Bull. Aston Martin displayed a related efficiency, attaining a lack of half a second to Red Bull in common.
Kick Sauber continues to wrestle in the pit lane, having misplaced nearly a full second per pit stop to the field-leading Red Bull. The Swiss outfit accomplished a complete of three stops: 2.73, 2.81 and three.74 seconds. However, Sauber is anticipated to deliver a new wheel nut design for the forthcoming Emilia Romagna Grand Prix which ought to make their pit stop faster and extra constant.
