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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Ferrari crew open the way for Charles Leclerc to battle with the front-runners

The softest tire selection with the new C6 compound was used for the first time in last weekend’s European opener at Imola. The Formula 1 teams went into the seventh race of the season with a degree of uncertainty, only finding out which strategy presented the key to success during the race itself.

Ferrari opted for a two-stop strategy early on for Charles Leclerc. The Scuderia were the first of the top teams to call the Monegasque driver into the pits on lap 10.

The quick tire change paid off. From eleventh on the grid, Leclerc passed Fernando Alonso, George Russell, Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll, all of whom opted for a later stop, and found himself in the battle for the top positions surprisingly early on.

However, a late safety car allowed Leclerc’s opponents to make a time-saving pit stop, meaning that the Ferrari driver was unable to climb any higher than sixth place. Nevertheless, the 27-year-old knew exactly who he had to thank.

“They are doing an exceptional job,” said Leclerc, full of praise for his mechanics. “Pit stops are the kind of thing that we speak of a lot when things are going wrong and not so much when things are going right.”

Ferrari once again delivered on the best possible weekend for Leclerc, namely at Imola. He thanked his pit crew with a special helmet design: “In all my years with Ferrari, I did things for the team as a whole, but nothing specific for the mechanics. I was just happy to pay tribute in that way.”

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2025 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

2024

PositionTeamPoints
1Red Bull552
2McLaren433
3Ferrari364
4Mercedes284
5Racing Bulls253
6Alpine177
7Sauber144
8Aston Martin117
9Haas49
10Williams38

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

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