Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Perfection Slow Motion

Formula 1 racing offers up some of the most closely-matched cars in any form of motorsports in terms of performance, so teams look for any advantage to gain time on the competition, no matter how small.

Valuable seconds can be gained or lost when the cars head to the pit area for fresh tires before returning to the track. Teams work hard on making these pit stops as efficient as possible, often practicing for hours on end to ensure every detail is address and runs as quickly and smoothly as possible. When you see them in action, you’ll understand why!

This overhead vantage point provides the perfect view of the action as the team goes to work. In motion before the car comes to a complete stop, the pit crew takes an impossibly-scant two seconds to swap all four wheels, sending the ultra-advanced Ferrari back out onto the track in the blink of an eye. To put that in perspective, NASCAR pit crews – who admittedly do have 5 lugs per wheel vs one each on the F1 car – take about three times longer to swap two wheels, and those crews spend as much time training as the Formula 1 teams do.