If we look at the ranking of the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award we will be surprised because Ferrari in the United States GP was the fastest team in changing tires in Carlos Sainz’s first stop. Nobody noticed it, because the attention was focused only on the second stop of the Madrid rider which, on the other hand, was decidedly slow.
The mechanics of the Cavallino on lap 11 replaced the tires in 2 ”24, an excellent time considering the technical directive of the FIA that was introduced at Spa-Francorchamps, but which became active only in Monza since Belgium had not raced. .
The record set by Red Bull in 1 ”88 will be unrepeatable after the FIA has imposed a TD for compliance with the F1 Technical Regulations which in article 12.8.4 states:” Any sensor system can only act passively “. With the imposition of a reaction time of 0.15 seconds from fixing the wheel to the lowering of the jack and 0.2 seconds from the descent of the car to the actual restart, certain records will be impossible.
Mercedes, but above all Red Bull, had developed an automatic release pit stop strategy: the car dropped off the jacks at the very moment the last wheel was closed. Now, however, six consents are needed that define the safe release: they must come from the four mechanics who work with guns and the two jack workers and only then does the green light come on.
The time of 2 ”24 of the Maranello crew, therefore, is very competitive, but it clashes with the other stop of Carlos Sainz in Austin: in the second pit stop on lap 29 it took 5” 65: too many.
The Spaniard commented with some disappointment: “With the second pit stop we tried the undercut on Ricciardo but for the third consecutive time we had a problem with a slow pit stop. We couldn’t do it and it would have made it easier for us to ride. life. For sure this was a bad race for me. “
The complete list of Austin pit stops
Pos. | Team | Pilot | Time (sec) | Round |
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1 | Ferrari | Sainz | 2.24 | 11 |
2 | Aston Martin | Stroll | 2.27 | 34 |
3 | Alpine | Alonso | 2.29 | 39 |
4 | Mercedes | Bottas | 2.32 | 34 |
5 | Alfa Romeo | Giovinazzi | 2.34 | 26 |
6 | Red Bull | Verstappen | 2.40 | 10 |
7 | Red Bull | Perez | 2.43 | 30 |
8 | Mercedes | Hamilton | 2.44 | 37 |
9 | AlphaTauri | Tsunoda | 2.45 | 32 |
10 | Williams | Russell | 2.57 | 9 |
11 | Alfa Romeo | Giovinazzi | 2.57 | 8 |
12 | Alpine | Alonso | 2.58 | 7 |
13 | Aston Martin | Stroll | 2.60 | 18 |
14 | Ferrari | Leclerc | 2.62 | 32 |
15 | Aston Martin | Vettel | 2.63 | 38 |
16 | Williams | Latifi | 2.64 | 25 |
17 | Haas | Schumacher | 2.66 | 11 |
18 | AlphaTauri | Gasly | 2.69 | 10 |
19 | McLaren | Ricciardo | 2.70 | 30 |
20 | Mercedes | Bottas | 2.72 | 15 |
21 | Haas | Schumacher | 2.75 | 34 |
22 | Alpine | Alonso | 2.77 | 28 |
23 | Haas | Mazepin | 2.77 | 37 |
24 | AlphaTauri | Tsunoda | 2.77 | 9 |
25 | Ferrari | Leclerc | 2.78 | 12 |
26 | Alpine | Or with | 2.83 | 25 |
27 | Red Bull | Verstappen | 2.87 | 29 |
28 | Mercedes | Hamilton | 2.89 | 13 |
29 | Haas | Mazepin | 2.89 | 24 |
30 | McLaren | Ricciardo | 2.92 | 11 |
31 | Alfa Romeo | Raikkonen | 3.13 | 31 |
32 | Alfa Romeo | Raikkonen | 3.23 | 12 |
33 | McLaren | Norris | 3.24 | 10 |
34 | Red Bull | Perez | 3.77 | 12 |
35 | Aston Martin | Vettel | 3.83 | 17 |
36 | Williams | Russell | 3.85 | 31 |
37 | McLaren | Norris | 4.21 | 30 |
38 | Ferrari | Sainz | 5.65 | 29 |
39 | Haas | Mazepin | 9.00 | 1 |
40 | Williams | Latifi | 11.37 | 5 |
41 | Alpine | Or with | 19.85 | 3 |
The staff led by Diego Ioverno is capable of performance peaks and, unfortunately, frequent falls. In the last three GPs, three episodes have been added up that penalized the performance of the redhead, very busy in the battle for third place in the Constructors’ World Championship with McLaren.
Ferrari is only sixth in the pit classification
Pos. | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Red Bull | 424 |
2 | Mercedes | 240 |
3 | Aston Martin | 178 |
4 | Williams | 162 |
5 | Alfa Romeo | 161 |
6 | Ferrari | 146 |
7 | Alpine | 129 |
8 | McLaren | 95 |
9 | AlphaTauri | 80 |
10 | Haas | 1 |
In Turkey Sainz was also penalized by an 8 ”1 stop on lap 36, while previously in Sochi it was Charles Leclerc’s turn to undergo a 4” 8 tire change. It should not be surprising, therefore, that Ferrari is only sixth in the seasonal classification of pit stops, demonstrating that in that area there is still a lot of work to be done to be truly competitive.
The Cavallino team was certainly not among those who had taken the evolution of guns to extremes by introducing sensors into the screwdriver that others had allowed to make the exit from the pitch automatic, yet it seems to suffer from continuous problems.
Couplings and tolerances
It seems that the delay on the right rear of Austin was due to a human problem in the coupling between the pistol and the wheel nut, also because the rider did not stop in the ideal position.
Details can determine big differences: lnche and tolerances between the two elements are being evaluated to ensure an easier coupling that ensures an invitation to the pistol on the nut without running the risk of it splitting, as happened to Valtteri Bottas in the Monaco GP.
There is no doubt that the Ferrari mechanics, considered among the best in the pit lane, are subjected to additional stress due to the repetition of troubles during the stops, a sign that the pressure of a GP does not fall only on the drivers and on the wall …
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