SportF1Alonso and Verstappen had the fastest pitstops in Baku

Alonso and Verstappen had the fastest pitstops in Baku

As well as seeing both of their cars finish in the points (despite Ocon starting from outside the top 10), Alpine has another little reason to smile after the 2022 Azerbaijan GP.

And it is that for the first time since the team was renamed (and there are already 30 races between 2021 and this year), they achieved the fastest pitstop of a grand prix. It was with the car of Fernando Alonso, with which they registered 2.74s in the only stop that the Spaniard made, when he went from medium to soft tires on lap 18.

Alpine had already managed to improve that aspect in the previous race, in the Monaco GP, where they could not beat the always brilliant Red Bull or McLaren, but they did make the third fastest pitstop.

Precisely Red Bull achieved the second fastest tire change in Baku, with the car of Max Verstappen. It was in 2.77s, and only the two of them, plus Mercedes with Russell (2.83s) and Aston Martin with Vettel (2.86s) managed to get under three seconds on a Sunday where we saw several slow stops.

Without going any further, the Red Bull team had two very improvable pitstops with Sergio Pérez, one in 5.7s that quickly generated a stir on social networks, where many saw an energy drink plot against the Mexican. However, Verstappen’s first pitstop, when he had already overtaken his teammate, was also slow, 3.5 seconds (yes, 2.2 seconds better than Checo’s).

It was then at the second stop, the one that both cars did ‘for free’ during a Virtual Safety Car , when Red Bull embroidered it with Verstappen’s, while with Pérez’s they were again above 3 and a half seconds, something logical as it was a double pitstop. In fact, in that decision to enter the two single-seaters at the same time, there were also those who saw a premeditated action…

To be fair, in the previous race, in Monaco, where Pérez won, his pitstop was the fastest on the entire grid, while Verstappen’s best was not among the top ten fastest in the grand prix.

Without pause, Formula 1 arrives this week in Canada, where there will be a new battle on the track… and in the pitlane. Let’s enjoy.

Do you want to relive the Baku race? Here our summary! (you know, we are waiting for you on Youtube)

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