Ferrari emerged as the second force in the first grand prix of the 2024 season, taking home their first podium with Carlos Sainz and fourth place with Charles Leclerc, both behind the Red Bull duo of race winner Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
For the Prancing Horse team, the gap to fill from Red Bull – even if it would be more correct to talk about Red Bull RB20 number 1, that of Verstappen – has been halved compared to last season's Bahrain Grand Prix despite the problems with the braking system which slowed down Leclerc and could have led the Red Team to fight more effectively for second place.
Ferrari, however, leaves Sakhir and arrives in Jeddah, home of the second Formula 1 round of the season where the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will be held, as a point of reference in a rather important ranking in today's world championship Circus, where tenths of a second , if not the cents, can decide the progress of a grand prix.
We are talking about the ranking of the fastest pit stops made in 2024. In Sakhir, Ferrari was the fastest to make its stops, placing itself in both first and second position in this special ranking.
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20 in the pit lane
Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
The fastest pit stop was the one made to Charles Leclerc's SF-24 number 16 in 2.23 seconds, while the second – although tied with the one made by Red Bull to Max Verstappen – was the one made to Carlos Sainz's Red Bull , with a time of 2″27.
Be careful, because Red Bull has certainly not lost effectiveness in a fundamental in which in recent seasons it has often been the point of reference. Said of Verstappen's second place in cohabitation with Sainz, Sergio Perez obtained the third lap time during his stop in 2″29, just 2 hundredths worse than the pit stop of his teammate and that of Sainz.
McLaren closes the Top 5 with Lando Norris's stop made in 2″33, one hundredth better than Yuki Tsunoda's pit stop made by Racing Bulls. Behind the Faenza team the gaps are more marked, with the seventh pit stop in the ranking achieved by Mercedes to Lewis Hamilton in 2″51. In eighth place is Haas, who changed tires for Kevin Magnussen in 2″56 and Aston Martin in 2″57 for Lance Stroll.
Bottom of the ranking that matters most, but also in the one dedicated to pit stops, which is always in the hands of Alpine. Esteban Ocon had his tires replaced in 2″64, 4 tenths slower than the reference set by Ferrari with Leclerc.
Pos. | Team | Time | Pilot |
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1 | Ferrari | 2”23 | Charles Leclerc |
2 | Ferrari | 2”27 | Carlos Sainz |
3 | Red Bull | 2”27 | Max Verstappen |
4 | Red Bull | 2”29 | Sergio Perez |
5 | McLaren | 2”33 | Lando Norris |
6 | Racing Bulls | 2”34 | Yuki Tsunoda |
7 | Mercedes | 2”51 | Lewis Hamilton |
8 | Haas | 2”56 | Kevin Magnussen |
9 | Aston Martin | 2”57 | Lance Stroll |
10 | Alpine | 2”64 | Esteban Ocon |
In Lusail the team directed by Andrea Stella made a pit stop on Lando Norris in just 1″80. This earned McLaren entry into the Guinness Book of Records thanks to the performance of the Woking mechanics. Since then the record has not yet been broken. beaten. Below you can find the 10 fastest pit stops in history.
POSITION | SEASON | PILOT | TEAM | TIME | GRAND PRIX |
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1 | 2023 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1”80 | Qatar |
2 | 2019 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1”82 | Brazil |
3 | 2020 | Max Verstappen – Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing | 1”86 | Portugal – Russia |
4 | 2021 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1”88 | Hungary |
5 | 2016 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1”92 | Europe (Azerbaijan) |
6 | 2018 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1”97 | Brazil |
7 | 2022 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1”98 | Mexico |
8 | 2017 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 2”02 | Great Britain |
9 | 2015 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 2”10 | Italy (Monza) |
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