DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award

The DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award is an annual award in Formula One for the constructor which completed the fastest pit stop within a Grand Prix the most times in a season. The award was introduced for the 2015 season, and is currently held by Red Bull Racing. The award is sponsored by DHL Express, as part of their role as the official logistics partner of Formula One.[1]

DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award
Awarded forMost quickest pit stops per race in a Formula One season
Presented byDHL
Reward(s)Trophy
First awarded2015
Currently held byRed Bull Racing
WebsiteOfficial website

History

2015

Scuderia Ferrari won the inaugural DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award in 2015 with seven fastest pit stops, followed by Red Bull and Mercedes with four each. Ferrari posted the fastest pit stops in Malaysia, Bahrain, Spain, Monaco, Japan, Russia and Mexico. The fastest pit stop turnaround of 2.2 seconds was achieved at the race in the Spanish Grand Prix. The award ceremony took place at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.[2]

2016

Williams set the pace of the award in 2016, by setting nine consecutive fastest pit stops to begin the season, with the fastest pit stop thus far set at 1.92 seconds at the 2016 European Grand Prix. Williams set 5 more fastest pit stops in Germany, Belgium, Malaysia, Japan and Mexico to secure the 2016 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award.

2017

2017 saw the introduction of a new points system for the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award.[3] After the final race, Mercedes led the ranking with 472 points, ahead of previous winners Williams (442 points) and Red Bull (344 points), after setting the fastest pit stop in Spain, Belgium, Italy (1–2 finish), Singapore (1–2 finish), the United States and Mexico.[4]

Winners
YearConstructorChassisFastest pit stopsPointsReferences
2015 Ferrari Ferrari SF15-T 7 Not awarded [5]
2016 Williams Williams FW38 14 Not awarded [6]
2017 Mercedes (WC) Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ 6 472 [7]
2018 Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB14 5 466 [8]
2019 Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB15 9 504 [9]

(WC) indicates that the team won the World Championship in the same season.

See also

References
  1. "Pure adrenaline". Deutsche Post DHL. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. "Scuderia Ferrari recognized for outstanding team work with inaugural DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award = dhl-in-motion.com". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. "Formula 1 DHL gears up for new standards of speed in the 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Championship". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. "Formula 1 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. "2015 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  6. "2016 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  7. "2017 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  8. "2018 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  9. "2019 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
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