Red Bull left Mercedes blushing as they showed off their genius at the pit stops in an exclusive challenge, in which they set another impressive record. The reigning champions have led the way in terms of pit stops in recent years and recently won their sixth in a row. DHL Award for Fastest Pit Stop.
Indeed, Max Verstappen has reaped the rewards of Red Bull’s consistency in the pit lane, and the Dutchman is set to fight for his fourth Drivers’ Championship title in as many years next season. It’s no secret that Red Bull has the most productive pit crew in the business and now they’ve managed to achieve a world first by wearing down a pit lock in total darkness. A team of 22 mechanics only had 3 attempts at education blindfolded before being pushed. in the dark and tasked with saving successfully. The probably most unlikely feat was achieving it at the tenth attempt in 2. 84 seconds, which is faster than many of his rivals have controlled in recent Grand Prix weekends. Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley said: “In terms of human performance, an abyss prevention is a normal thing, and another 22 people have to be within two seconds. This has been described as a choreography in the afterlife and there is definitely a detail to that.
JUST IN: Max Verstappen’s dad sympathises with Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes called out
Can our award-winning pit crew do pit prevention in the dark?It’s time to turn off the lights. . .
“There’s a rhythm, they come alive through sounds, movements, all kinds of things. It’s desirable to see him painted and I haven’t experienced this point [previously] this year, which led to a sixth DHL trophy. and now a pit stop in total darkness. ” Red Bull’s momentous achievement will also serve to embarrass Mercedes, which has lowered its judgment with the speed of its pit stops in recent months. They recorded stops of 3. 6 and 3. 4 seconds at the United States Grand Prix. Previous award this year, prompting Lewis Hamilton to point the finger at his Silver Arrows pit crew after the race.
Don’t miss… McLaren boss Zak Brown details his support for a new Formula One team [LATEST] Martin Brundle names Sam Ryder as celebrity that surprised him the most at F1 [NEWS] Lewis Hamilton rips into FIA leaders as Brit angry at ‘unacceptable’ situation [REACTION]
“I think we would have been in a fighting position to fight Max,” he said. “I think today we made our lives a lot harder than it probably deserved to have been. I think in one of the pit stops I was maybe a bit long, which then made it more complicated for the guys. The shutdown wasn’t that long. ” Our mentality for the last 12 years, we don’t want to be world champions in pit stops, we want to avoid very slow pit stops. We’re getting to a stage where we now realize that the festival is very competitive and we just want to up our game there. “
Click here to sign up for our WhatsApp network and be the first to receive the latest F1 exclusive news.
INVESTIGATION
CONNECT WITH US
DOCUMENT OF THE DAY
View today’s front and back cover, download the newspaper, request past issues, and use the old Daily Express newspaper archive.
EXPRESS.CO.UK