The 2022 season of the Formula 1 it was an ordeal for Carlos Sainzespecially the first 4 months of competition, where his team did not prove to be up to the task and they made many mistakes in the performance of the car.
A failure that could be improved and that marked the last campaign in Ferrari it was the time lost in the ‘boxes’.
For this reason, Ferrari has put on the work overalls in the preseason and they try to improve their marks in the ‘pit stops’. In it fiorano circuit A video has been published on social networks of Carlos Sainz’s car making a stop on the track together with the mechanics of the Italian team.
🚨 EYE!
💥 Carlos Sainz testing pitstops at Fiorano 👇
Will Ferrari work this year in the pits? pic.twitter.com/NXaXnvC1rA
– ElReyGuiri (@ElReyGuiri) February 20, 2023
Shutdowns in 2022. Relevant data
The Italian team starred the most grotesque stop where one of the mechanics forgot to prepare a wheel.
At Carlos Sainz’s pit stop, the mechanic in charge of the left rear wheel is in front of the car when Carlos arrives.
WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO THERE?pic.twitter.com/i1XQsh7MTm
– Pablo (@PabloFalcon99) September 5, 2022
Putting in detail the team classification of the fastest stops from last season, Red Bull led the table, followed by McLaren, AlphaTauri and Ferrari.
Red Bull leads this facet known as ‘DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award’ since 2018, and Ferrari has not achieved it since 2015.
The fastest ‘pit stop’ of 2022, he did it McLaren in Mexico with the car ricciardoachieving a time of 1.98 seconds. Instead, the record time achieved by Ferrari had the signature of Sainz in Brazil of 2.18 seconds, a considerable margin between the first and ninth of the ‘top 10’.
The fact that Red Bull leads the classification of the fastest stops by teams year after year causes Ferrari to be more demanding in improving this facet.
If Ferrari improves, can Carlos Sainz qualify for the world title?
In the fight for the championship, it will depend on which team will manage the time of each stop better, and it will be a differential factor for Carlos Sainz to opt for the championship.
The words of the Madrid driver about the possibility of winning the championship have been very popular.
“If you want to be world champion, you have to be the best driver and in the best team“said Carlos Sainz at the presentation of the SF-23.
In that same act he also highlighted: “I think it will be an even faster car“.
