It's McLaren versus Red Bull Racing in the pit lane this season
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Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Lando Norris were on the podium after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The top three also had the fastest pit stops of the weekend. Norris' pit stop was the fastest.
McLaren beats Red Bull Racing
Red Bull fared a little more consistently than McLaren both on track and in the pit lane this weekend. Verstappen's team scored a one-two at Ferrari's home race on Italian soil, in the lion's den. In the pit lane, they achieved the second-fastest and third-fastest pit stops. McLaren was fastest when Norris went in for new tyres. The Brit got new rubber in just 2.27 seconds. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo is seen at P4 with a 2.44 second stop.
Red Bull worked on Perez's car a fraction faster than Verstappen's RB18. Perez recorded 2.29 seconds and Verstappen 2.34. This means that the top three in terms of fastest stop times were less than a tenth apart. In Imola McLaren again won the DHL pit stop award. It was only the previous race in Melbourne that they did not win this award. Then it was Red Bull who was the fastest with Perez. This season Red Bull was only once faster with the tyre change for Verstappen. Three times Perez went a fraction faster.