Infernal pit stops
The 2024 season has just begun, with the GP of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia which took place in the last two weeks and in both cases on Saturdays. An anomalous program, but set as a sign of respect for the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The even rarer event, if anything, occurred in the pits of the Sauber in the course of first two racesalways to the detriment of their pilots.
Two GPs, same problem
Accomplice a dice problem, Valtteri Bottas he has in fact lost a lot of time in the course of his own pit stops in Sakhir, an episode that aggravated a race that had already started uphill for the Finnish driver. The most incredible thing, however, occurred the following week in Jeddah: in this case, it was his teammate who remained out of action for a long time to change tyres. Guanyu Zhoueven in this circumstance for the same problem who had hindered the former Mercedes driver in Bahrain.
Eternal waits
Two stops which, added to the other pit stops completed regularly during the two GPs by both drivers (for a total of 7), led to a sensational statistic: in fact, it turned out that the Sauber mechanics employed 100.01 seconds total to change tires. An already negative fact about him, which adds to another sensational statistic.
In the last few hours, recovery times have been evaluated Carlos Sainz, expected in Melbourne for the third GP of the season. Taking Ferrari's Spanish as a point of reference, we realize that, i 34 total pit stops made in all of 2023they lasted 98.14 seconds. Practically, in an entire year, the Ferrari mechanics spent less time changing tires (or servicing the car) with just one driver than all the pit stops than those of Sauber in these first two races with both drivers .
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