DHL FASTEST PIT STOP AWARD

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More than just stopping

A Formula 1® pit stop is much more than just stopping, changing tires and accelerating away. Perfect planning and absolute precision at breathtaking speed are needed to get it right first time. Pit stops are just one example of how Formula 1 is a team sport.

Outstanding teamwork

The DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award was established in 2015 to recognize outstanding teamwork and performance from the unsung heroes who make a vital contribution to the drivers’ success on the track.

More than just stopping

A Formula 1® pit stop is much more than just stopping, changing tires and accelerating away. Perfect planning and absolute precision at breathtaking speed are needed to get it right first time. Pit stops are just one example of how Formula 1 is a team sport.

Outstanding teamwork

The DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award was established in 2015 to recognize outstanding teamwork and performance from the unsung heroes who make a vital contribution to the drivers’ success on the track.

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Red Bull get better and better: DHL Fastest Pit Stop with not one but two spectacular double stacks

Everyone knows that the Red Bull mechanics reign supreme in the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award. But the level of perfection that the team has achieved over the last three Formula 1 race weekends must be downright terrifying for the opposition. With a sensational double stack, their achievement went far beyond picking up maximum points towards the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award last weekend.

Red Bull made four pit stops during the race, two per driver. On both lap 13 and lap 23, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were called in to change tires at the same time. A “double stack”, as this maneuver is known, is a tricky affair. The mechanics must beware of mixing up the tires they have ready in the pit lane, and they also come under even greater pressure as soon as the first of the two cars rolls in.

The pit crew have only to make one small error in changing Verstappen’s tires and Perez, who is bearing down on the box, then loses time if he has to wait. But there is no risk of such problems when the Red Bull pit crew get to work. The first double stack, which took 2.18 seconds for Verstappen and 2.00 seconds for Perez, was already pure perfection and would have been enough in itself to register as the DHL Fastest Pit Stop.

But the mechanics weren’t finished yet. When a safety car came out on lap 23, they again brought both cars in one after the other. This time, Verstappen was up on the jacks for just 1.90 seconds – a record for the current season - while Perez was sent on his way in a respectable 2.05 seconds.

The four Red Bull stops were the four fastest of the Chinese Grand Prix. In fact, we have to go back to Sergio Perez’s first tire change in the Australian GP to find a stop where a Red Bull was stationary for longer than 2.18 seconds. The team’s last nine stops are also the nine fastest of the season. Surely a new world record cannot be far away?

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2024 Season

Overall Standings

Fastest Pit Stops of the season

Season Averages

How the teams’ pit stop times improved during the course of the season

Previous winners

2023

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull543
2Ferrari468
3McLaren418
4AlphaTauri255
5Alpine191
6Aston Martin145
7Mercedes100
8Williams50
9Alfa Romeo38
10Haas14

2022

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull534
2McLaren427
3AlphaTauri257
4Ferrari255
5Alpine221
6Aston Martin203
7Williams166
8Mercedes122
9Alfa Romeo23
10Haas14

2021

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull569
2Mercedes317
3Ferrari266
4Williams215
5Aston Martin191
6Alfa Romeo183
7Alpine155
8McLaren141
9AlphaTauri83
10Haas1

2020

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull555
2Williams264
3Mercedes253
4Alfa Romeo158
5Renault123
6AlphaTauri107
7McLaren101
8Ferrari79
9Racing Point74
10Haas3

2019

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull504
2Williams439
3Ferrari315
4Mercedes273
5McLaren217
6Toro Rosso121
7Renault106
8Haas61
9Alfa Romeo49
10Racing Point36

2018

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull466
2Ferrari403
3Mercedes354
4Williams258
5Sauber219
6McLaren140
7Toro Rosso134
8Haas73
9Force India44
10Renault32

2017

PositionTeamPoints
1Mercedes472
2Williams442
3Red Bull344
4Ferrari251
5Force India155
6Toro Rosso155
7Haas130
8McLaren62
9Renault8
10Sauber1

2016

PositionTeamFastest Stops
1Williams14
2Red Bull3
3Mercedes3
4Renault1

2015

PositionTeamFastest Stops
1Ferrari7
2Red Bull4
3Mercedes3
4McLaren1
4Lotus1
4Force India1
4Toro Rosso1

Pit Stop World Record