Dominant Red Bull pit crew just miss out on new pit stop record

For the sixth Grand Prix in a row, Red Bull Racing have managed to set the fastest pit stop. During the Spanish Grand Prix, the Austrian racing team managed to change the four tyre of Max Verstappen in 1.90 seconds. That time came close to the fastest pit stop ever made in Formula 1.

That record is also held by Red Bull. The Milton Keynes-based team managed to set a time of 1.82 seconds during the Brazilian Grand Prix last year. On the Barcelona circuit, the Red Bull mechanics were therefore only eight hundredths away.

Red Bull dominates

It is clear by now that the team of Christian Horner and Helmut Marko dominates in the pit lane. All four pit stops that Red Bull made in Spain were faster than the competition, an exceptional achievement.

1. Max Verstappen | 1.90 seconds | lap 21
2. Max Verstappen | 2.04 seconds | lap 41
3. Alexander Albon | 2.07 seconds | lap 17
4. Alexander Albon | 2.19 seconds | lap 39

Because in the DHL Fastest Pitstop Award each driver is only included one driver in the daily result, it is Mercedes that can be found in third place.

The fastest pit stops during the Spanish Grand Prix