DHL FASTEST PIT STOP AWARD

FORMULA 1® DELIVERED BY DHL

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.

Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2024

Hungaroring

Fastest Pit Stop Video

RB take their first DHL Fastest Pit Stop of 2024 but not everyone is over the moon

The race to secure the DHL Fastest Pit Stop has between two outfits for most of the first half of the 2024 Formula 1 season, namely, Red Bull and Ferrari. Hungary and the 13th grand prix of the year marked the arrival of a third force on the scene, though, with Team RB – but this particular DHL Fastest Pit Stop will be one to forget for Daniel Ricciardo.

Starting from P9 on the grid, Ricciardo and his team had wanted to achieve some decent points and maybe even attack the Aston Martins further up the field, but Ricciardo’s hopes came to naught after just seven laps. First, he lost two places at the start, and then RB’s strategists found themselves making an almighty cock-up as far as tactics are concerned.

They brought Ricciardo in for the first of two stops on Lap 7. Taking 2.01 seconds, the mechanics did an amazing job as they executed the DHL Fastest Pit Stop. The only problem was that it was much too early! Ricciardo had started on mediums and could easily have stayed out on track, but the guys responsible for strategy at RB reacted far too soon to drivers coming into the pits who had begun the race on softs and called their man in as well.

As a result, Ricciardo lost any advantage he might have had as regards tires and ended up stuck behind slower cars that were not all that slow, meaning he could not easily overtake them, as getting past other drivers can be very problematic at the Hungaroring. He lost a lot of time in traffic and had to make his second pit stop much too early in order to finally win back position again.

By then, any chance of a points-scoring finish had evaporated. And what was even more galling, Ricciardo’s teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, who had started behind him, took ninth place with just one pit stop. The Aussie driver complained bitterly after the race, saying: “On my inlap, I was waiting for the team to say, sorry, we messed up, but it never happened, which made me even more furious.”

An apology of sorts came later when team boss Laurent Mekies told us: “Unfortunately, we got it wrong with Daniel and pitted him too early in heavy traffic, which lost him a chance to fight for points. His pace had been extremely strong all weekend long, and he demonstrated that again in the final stint of the race when he was finally able to find some free air and fight his way back. We certainly share his frustration, and we will learn and come back stronger next week.”

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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

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