In today’s F1, the pit stop stationary time is published on the DHL official website, and the pit lane passing time is also recorded and published on the F1 official website.
DHL official pit stop stationary time
Therefore, on this site, we will calculate
(Pit lane passing time) – (Stationary time)
and try to quantify the performance of the drivers’ stops and starts in the pit boxes. I define this time as “box performance” on this site.
The box performance of the Qatar GP was as follows. Also, since there were a lot of pit stops this time, we omitted the lower ranks.
Table 1 Box performance
Hulkenberg is unstoppable. He set the fastest time for the second consecutive race after Suzuka. It was his fourth win of the season. The other top drivers were also Perez and Tsunoda, who are specialists in this field, and they took their places at the top with no surprise. Piastri’s speed, which has been noticeable in the second half of the season, should also be recognized as the real deal by now.
Writer: Takumi