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Even more reason to celebrate at Red Bull: fastest pit stop with Verstappen
- Sam Godber
Red Bull Racing did excellent business in both world championships with the result of the Dutch Grand Prix, but the Austrian racing stable was also well ahead of the competition in the DHL Fastest Pitstop Award standings. This was mainly due to a lightning-fast pit stop by Max Verstappen.
Red Bull Racing's pit crew managed to change the 25-year-old Dutchman's four tyres in just 2.01 seconds, the shared second fastest time of 2023(McLaren set the same time in Hungary). Red Bull itself was faster once this season. Sergio Perez stopped for three hundredths less time than Verstappen at the Hungaroring: 1.98 seconds.
McLaren has had its pitstops in good order all season and this was again evident at Zandvoort. For both Lando Norris and Piastri, the tyres were changed in 2.27. Furthermore, in the day's top-ten, we see Alpine twice and AlphaTauri twice.
In the standings, Red Bull has now accumulated 364 points after 13 races. Ferrari takes the second spot with 266 points. A lead of 98 points thus for the Austrian defending champion of the DHL Fast Pitstop Award. McLaren finds itself in third place with 194 points.
