FEATURE
T
he Williams team
equalled the record
for the sport’s fastest
pit stop during the European
Grand Prix, when they
changed the tyres on
Brazilian Felipe Massa’s
car in an astounding 1.92
seconds
Equaling the previous
best on record set by the Red
Bull team at the 2013 United
States Grand Prix, according
to statistics gathered for the
DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award.
Red Bull turned around
Australian Mark Webber
in 1.923 seconds at the
American race, when pitstop timings were logged to
thousandths of a second.
Williams’ speed in the
pits has been outstanding
this year and they have been
the fastest team at every
race following a deliberate
plan to improve their form.
“I was surprised in the
first race that we had such a
quick pit-stop,” said Massa.
“We even lost time because
it was quicker than you
expected, but then I was
ready to have a good one,
because the team is doing
such a good job.”