Blink and you’ll miss it: an F1 crew can swap all four tyres in under two seconds.
HOW IT WORKS
• Up to 22 crew members per stop
• 3 people on every wheel: one on the wheel gun, one pulls the old tyre off, one fits the new one
• 2 jack operators lift the car, 2 more hold it steady
• The all-time record: 1.80 seconds — McLaren, 2023 Qatar Grand Prix
• A typical stop still takes around 2.5 seconds
That’s why teams rehearse it again and again. The footage shows Red Bull Racing’s crew practicing pit stops in Mexico City ahead of the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix.
Which team do you think has the fastest crew right now? Tell us in the comments.
CREDITS
• “Red Bull Racing Pit Stop Practice” — ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0
• “2021 Russian Grand Prix – start for warm-up” — rubin16, CC BY-SA 4.0
Footage cropped, slowed and edited; the adapted footage in this video is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Not affiliated with or endorsed by Formula 1, Red Bull Racing or McLaren.
Narration is AI-generated (Kokoro TTS). Music and sound effects synthesized for this video.
SOURCES
Formula 1 – 2023 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award: https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2023/awards/fastest-pit-stops
Mercedes-AMG F1 – Pit stop explained: https://mercedesamgf1.com/news/box-box-pitstop-explained
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