Ferrari mechanics work efficiently all the pits

Despite the fact that the record-breaking time of service vehicles in the garage owned team McLaren, all the better for the first half of the season pit stops were carried out in the pits Scuderia. The team from Maranello not allow blunders and led by statistics.
 

In Ferrari confirm the importance of stability, not only Fernando Alonso leading position in the standings, but the maximum efficiency of the mechanics for servicing cars during the race. Although by the end of 2011 Scuderia and showed no outstanding value on the expiration of eleven Grand Prix of the season the team from Maranello was able to become a leader.

In the German edition of Auto Motor und Sport has once again calculated the time of the stops in the pits. According to data published by the rating, the average speed in the pit-stop performance Ferrari is 3.7 seconds. Red Bull Racing mechanics took second place behind the leaders and eighteen hundredths of a second.

Slightly slower work serving team Force India, Mercedes and Toro Rosso. Champions of McLaren too often wrong during stops Hamilton and Button, than inevitably spoil your stats and occupied only the sixth line of the protocol. Although it is worth noting that the team from Woking often outpaced the rest with a compelling advantage. Team-outsiders to service simultaneously to two or three seconds slower than the leaders.

The main factors of success in this area Ferrari experts identify coherence and extensive training of mechanics. Among the technical means to reduce maintenance time, the new impact wrench and special fasteners wheels that independently record the center nut to the hub. This design was taken from the DTM series for the first time introduced a team Mercedes, after which it was copied to the Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren.