The Spectacular Evolution of F1 Pit Stops
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- F1 pit stops haven’t always been the 2-second synchronized dances we see today. In the past, they were much, more dangerous. From the utter chaos of the first F1 pit stops, to no pit lane speed limits to spectacular fuel fires, join me as we take a look at the incredible evolution of the F1 pitstop.
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Pitstops are something we take for granted in F1 now. They play a huge roll in the outcome of the race and in more recent years have been used by the governing bodies to spice up the sport when it seems as though a couple of teams are making the races a bit dull by winning everything.
They are now mandatory as each car must pit and swap tyres so they have used both stipulated compounds during the race. But have pitstops always played a key role in the outcome of Grand Prix races and how have they evolved over the years?
To answer these questions and remind ourselves of some startling facts, we must go all the way back to the very first car races.
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Love your work, from the outback in Western Australia.
Any chance you could do a feature on Tazio Nuvolari? He's a personal hero of mine. I was fortunate enough to look after one of the Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Monzas when it came to Perth years ago. He was a magician at mastering these cars. Or maybe the rivalry between him and Achille Varzi?
Jos Verstappen when he caught on fire.
Massa in 2008 singapore when the fuelhose was left hanging
Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton in Germany 2019
Chilled champagne during pit stops 2:04 , damn, Kimi would probably make more pit stops than everybody else!
Haha. The 7 stop strategy!
Imagine someone using that as an excuse now: "But officer, back in the day they gave refreshing chilled champagne to formula race drivers to keep them 'sharp'... I just figured the more I have the sharper I'd be on the road!"
Kimi's drink of choice: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russian_(cocktail)
GIVE ME THE DRINK
Champaign? Kimi likes heavy drinks like vodka, Johnny Walker
"Auto racing started 5 minutes after the second car was built"
- Henry Ford
Said someone that hated auto racing.
@@cristiansosa1512Did Henry hate auto racing?
@@cristiansosa1512 Did Henry hate auto racing?
Henry Ford senior did, and Henry Ford junior did not know anything about it but saw how Enzo Ferrari made tons of money by gaining reputation through racing. So he wanted a piece of the cake.
That long?
safety back then was just “Don’t die. It’s that simple”
"If he dies, he dies..."
Racing drivers was NUTS
Safety Third!
“If you must die, please don’t do it in front of the car.”
"Dying isn't preferable, try to avoid it."
A hammer to loosen the wheels, a hammer to change gear. Things have changed
*Happy Jeremy Clarkson Noise*
Hammer time over
What an amazing versatile tool the hammer is. I suppose hitting things is what we are good at.
If things have changed, did they change them with a hammer?
UnitSe7en have you watch the video? If so, I don’t get your question.
No pit lane speed limits:
Pit Crew: who's in pit lane?
Chief: Senna
Pit Crew: it's okay we're safe, relax
Pit Crew: who's in the pit lane?
Chief: Maldonado
Everyone: Save Yourselves, RUUUUNNNNN
De Cesaris was Maldonado ancestral
you forgot grosjean.😂😂
Jajajajja
😂😂😂
Your forgot the early driver even had time for a smoke while being refueled.
His forgot?
Everyone gangsta until the dude with the hammer accidentally breaks the car
SAMIR
Everybody's a gangsta until your car is engulfed in flames.
Samir you have to listen to me!!! you are breking the car!!!
Everyone gangsta till he accidentally hits the brakes
*Franz von Holzhausen slowly walking away whistling*
Man, you and ChainBear are just the best at this type of content... Bravo.
Alex International-Boy lmao nice one
CrankyYankeeF1 is up there
Spot on
Cries in WTF1
Josh Revell has to be a part of this list
Fun fact about the pit lane limit (the lack of it): Senna set the fastest lap of the 1993 European Grand Prix going through the pit lane where they intended to make a pit stop but abandoned the decision. The lap was more than a second faster than any other lap during any F1 race at Donington. I find it fitting that Senna received a Sonic the Hedgehog trophy that day :D
By the way, the speed limit in the pits today is 80 km/h. It was lowered from 100 km/h some years ago.
I think it can be as low 60kmh depending on the track
Daniel Souza monaco is 60 indeed
@@TheSkateboarding14 exactly, monaco's pit entry is much tighter and the pit lane is curved
Well if you run faster you'll get out of Monaco entirely
Silverstone is 60kmh also
Guys in shorts a t-shirts, those were the pitsops of my childhood. Nothing beats, however, the NASCAR guys swinging hammers at the cars and pulling bodywork into shape, there is a sense of purity in them.
That was very informative and enjoyable to watch. Thank you!
Thank you!
2:00 smoke at the race...damn that's cool...and chilled champagne..hahahahha
2:57 throw the glass...LOL
Lol, imagine Kimi sipping chilled champagne in a F1 pitstop today
It might be what he drinks during the race, that's why the whole "Kimi you will not have the drink" radio banter is so iconic today.
Absolutely fascinating watching all of those old films. Thanks so much for putting together a really interesting 'story', as it were. It never ceases to amaze me how fast today's crews can go - less than 2 seconds to safely remove and replace the 4 wheels, which I understand weigh a _lot!_
I saw the Guy Martin at Williams programme, where they got him to sign a secrecy contract about how they go about their pit stops. The car may not be where it should be, but they can still turn out some cracking stops. They led the way in recent years regarding the sheer speed of the job.
Having been watching F1 since right at the end of the 60s/start of the 70s (I can't be sure which, I was very young - I just have 'photograph' memories of certain moments in numerous races from that time), I've seen some utter disasters in the pits. Even if the Verstappen one had never been shown again, I don't think I'd ever forget a moment of it. It was terrifying to watch, so heaven only knows how scary it was for everyone there!
Looking forward to your next video :-)
one of the other factors that made f1 introduce a speed limit was Indycar introduced one as well after the horrendous Fittipaldi and Andretti crash in Long Beach in 1991. it was a miracle that nobody was injured and Indycar rightly instituted their first pit land speed limit thereafter
can you do the driving style of modern drivers as verstappen and hamilton
Yeah that would be lovely
Christ, that Imola ‘94 was truly cursed, wasn’t it?
Yup, bad memories.
What an awful weekend.
A pedant writes: the earliest mention of "health and safety" I've come across was in a WWI memoir. In context, it meant "don't get shot".
Mike Summers-Smith If your health drops to 0 you’re dead.
@@nolongerusing7430 Unless you're a troll, who need fire or acid to finish them off.
SG21337 has
me, when i started the video: "i wonder if they'll cover Fangio's pit stop disaster in 1957"
me at 3:55 : "OMG HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE THING!"
1:25 me and the boys just chillin at the hairpin
Fangio driving that car around the nord has to be one of the all time greatest drives
I was actually surprised of how much of the early 19's footage you were able to find.
When refuelling went away for 2010, the Red Bull team was the first one to realize how important changing tyres became, because it would dictate the length of the pit stop. So they immediately set about coaching their pit crews and working on not just their coordination and fitness but their mental game as well. Certainly not as significant as Adrian Newey's RB6, but definitely a factor in their dominance back then, and of course they continue to be the fastest team in the pits to this day.
Even that in that 94 Imola race, what a tragic weekend
"So grandpa what did you do when you were young?"
"i was one of the fastest in f1"
"You were a f1 driver :O ?"
"No, but i was one of the fastest tire removers ever, here let me show, you, i just need 20 more guys and a f1 car..."
"-_-"
Sometimes it’s hard to find a video that is kind of unique that presents different and new topics! I truly enjoyed this video and it was great to see the evolution of the pit stops! Favorite part: the driver smoking and sipping champagne while fuel was spilled on his neck!
Great video, as always. I’m absolutely floored that in the early days they just dumped fuel out of a canister. It certainly was the fastest method to get it in (or at least near) the fuel tank though!
How r u meant to have a glass of wine and then carry on driving at high speed😂
It apparently made the drivers sharper 😂
At that time, races were often many hours long and physically exhausting. Alcohol is effective way to give body energy quickly.
You can only do that if you are French😜
Practice and of course skill and ability
@@eudofia or russian
Very interresting! A similar video on NASCAR racing pit stops would be great. Wood brothers anyone?
In 1965, at the Indy 500, the Wood brother pitted Jim Clark. Their pits stop where over 60 seconds faster then rest of field. Refueling the car with 75 gal. Or 300 liter in 27 seconds from sepcial refuel riggs design by Colin Chapman. Brabham got the Idea for airjack Indy where they had been using them since 1950s. Woods Brothers started the airgun to wheel changes faster in NASCAR in 1960s. They where the king of the fast stop
Good history and glad you started at the start rather than 1950 - which nearly everybody else tends to do.
Tyre failure pre the 1960s was as much to do with the simple rubber compounds and internal structure used in tyres in those days. By the 1950s, most races were being run on decent tarmac but tyres still failed.
I really enjoy these evolution videos. It puts modern racing into a larger perspective and creates an appreciation of the amazing show that happens at each race.
I've learned more in this video compared to online classes
All in all, I'm glad we have the more safe and strategic stops we have today
Side note: I guess the term drinking and driving wasn't really a thing back then
Those old drivers...Huge Pair..
.... Huge...
In late 90s, early 2000s the launching from the pit was so violent and scary, mechanics held clutch sign then boom!!!!!
Fangio was driving a Maserati not a Ferrari at the 1957 German GP. Great video. Keep them coming.
2:25, the driver was just using his hands to keep the gasoline out of his face. You weren't joking about the lack of safety!
not gasoline, methanol
I find it amazing that the guys driving taxicabs in circles, aka NASCAR, had slick tires and pit stops figured out over 20yrs before F1!
Thanks for this walk to F1 history. Much stuff I didn't know here
Ahhh... Smoking, drinking, and racing. Good times!!
All joking aside, I think cars should be able to pit as much or as little as the team wants. I like the different strategies of trying to make sure tires and fuel last the entire race (saving pit times) vs teams choosing to run softer tires and less fuel (faster cars but lose pit times). That can help even the field if a team performs their overall plan perfectly. That would be great. Today, there's probably an 80% chance of the winner being 1 of 5-6 drivers and from 1 of 3 teams (Mercedes, Ferrari, or Red Bull). The money cap may help even the field some but this idea would help even more.
Here we are one month later and Ferrari can be removed from your list, they’ve dropped the ball and have got a long way to go before they challenge for podiums again, unless they reinstall that illegal engine from last year obviously 😂
PS refuelling? No thanks. The racing should be more about what happens on the circuit rather than fuel strategy.
Wow! Thank you for the insight on such a beautiful history. No one would ever consider pitstops to be legendary!
Thanks!
11:46 The guy in front of the camera changing backup front wing flap angle from Alonso's configuration to Massa's.
Murray and Piquet working together were responsible for so many innovations in modern F1.
Great video. Though while I love F1, and F1 pit stops are cool, I have to admit, NASCAR pit stops are much more impressive athletic feats because of the much smaller teams and the five-lug wheels.
The historic footage in this video is incredible. Especially the fuel handling. That was insane.
A few funny observations...
At one point in a 1970s shot, the guy who appears to be in charge of the pit crew is standing in the way in front of the car, and a crew member body checks him while trying to actually do the work.
The slower pace of innovations is shown by the long time in between the 2 tries at half- fuel you mentioned; years apart!
Slicks, air jacks, pressurized fuel, wheel guns and nuts, all took decades. Amazing
12:25 - MW: "I thought there was a tyre here when we started he says" - MB: "Don't have a committee meeting about it, stick it on and send him out!"
Great video. Thanks.
Pit stop strategy certainly adds to the unpredictability of the race, without it some races would almost be processions. The refueling added extra drama too, but always was a big risk.
Isn't it next season or '22 that those tyre warmers get banned too? That will add an interesting element as drivers will have to be careful until the tyres are up to Ideal temperature
Being part of a vintage care club (pre 2nd world war) we still race them with the same attitude!
this is a fantastic overview of the history of not only pit stops in F1 but that of racing as a sport and how innovations in technology and workflows made champions
Such an informative video! Too good
1:38 love me some vintage eau rouge
and radillon
Little correction : In 1957, Fangio was driving a Maserati, not the Ferraris which were leading the race when Fangio got back on the track.
Oh right, thanks for the help.
@@Driver61 Still, great informative video !
Came looking to spot that, the 250F
This channel got me very interested in F-1 racing. Thank you!
If I'm not mistaken,
Now airguns are connected to the red/green light.
When the gun doesn't reach the specified torque it tells the mechanics that the wheel isn't torqued properly and doesn't allow the car the be released.
No more hands up and the jackman can clear the front of the car way before the car is released.
Had a hard week and this was just what I needed after this day to make it a bit better . Formula video + listening to the music I like (Delta Parole, Metallica and other) make me feel the speed and excitement!
I really miss the time when cars had different (and unknown to the others) fuel loads at the start and when 'overcut' was the name of the game rather than 'undercut', because to pull off an 'overcut' a driver had to produce qualifying pace at the end of the stint, but a light car always coincided with worn tyres, while fresh rubber also meant one had like 2/3 of a tank of fuel!
Yeah balancing fuel load and tyre wear is more interesting than changing tyres in 3 seconds instead of 4 imo, idk why pit fires are considered so dangerous when they all have fire extinguishers and fire resistant clothes
@@ShadowGaro while they look dangerous I think the possibility of injury is quite low. Verstappens incident was due to a modified fuel rig and he was fine at that I’m sure there could be an electronic system that won’t release the clutch until the hose is unattached as well to illuminate setting off with hose attached issues.
@@ezrabarker5173 Yeah if I was gonna catch on fire I'd rather be in the pits than anywhere else. It's when you get trapped in the car when there's a problem and that's always going to be an unfortunate possibility in motorsports
"It's more than just the driver in the car that wins the race"
Beautifully put my friend.
"...a pit crew can lose a race.." Ask Daniel about that.
Thanks so much for putting this together!
Sometimes i wonder,wich one is better in presenting F1, you or the guys in formula1Skysport..
Keep it up... very good work.
Geez... Imola 1994 was definetly a cursed weekend.
I'm amazed by how Nelson Piquet changed the game, not only with pit stops, but much more (like heating blanckets for the tires).
7:02 He gets out that car FAST!!! You know he's PISSED!!!
Damn. Ímola 94 was cursed
You could argue the whole season was.
I remember as a kid watching the cars refuel and thinking it was outright mental. Only a matter of time until half the pit lane goes up.
This was a fantastic FI topic to speak to that you never see anyone talk about. Thank you for your in depth review of this history and aspects of the FI pit crew.
There was a great video last year where Senna's pit stop from McLaren era took as long as Mercedes's double-stack pit stop at last year's Chinese GP.
Great video. Did not know all this, and respect to the pit crew
Imagine having no speed limit today. It reminds of me Senna's fastest lap going through the pits
Great video, reason why I never miss your formula one videos, they're very informative!
I've been watching the back catalog of F1 races, starting with the 1981 season, and what's shocking to me is the sheer number of people on pit row - not just team members but apparently members of the public! When a car comes into the pits, it's like they all run out to see what's going on it. It's truly amazing that more crew and spectators weren't hurt or killed in that era. In current racing, I never tire of watching a 2 second pit stop. As I think David Hobbs said, in some places, you could get a ticket if that were stop sign!
you can even see it here! crazy. I was wondering who the other people were, they didn't look like they were with the team nor did they look like journalists.
I loved the fuel and champagne bits.
No pit lane speed limits. Sounds awesome.
Bring back the days of no speed limits in the pit lane. Looks more entertaining.
Interesting that in the 60’s when Lotus races at Indianapolis, they used the pit crews from the NASCAR team the Wood Brothers to do the pit stops for Jimmy Clark.
It was an odd mix seeing the orange and white STP clad pit crew servicing the beautiful BRG Lotus at Indy.
Where did you get all this incredible footage, truly a joy to watch, thank man! :)
Mostly King Rose Archives. It's shown in upper left side of the screen. There are others great video archives such as
British Pathé
Periscopefilm
These racing history videos are the besttt
"Integrated air Jacks" all racing cars should have them, go speed racer go!
Very interesting...Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Chilled champagne and a cigarette at pitstops, where do i sign up😁
Those tires changes are a work of art.
3:57 Juan Manuel Fangio was driving a Maserati, NOT a Ferrari in the German Grand Prix of 1957. In fact, he beat the three Ferraris (Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins and Luigi Muso) in that race by short-shifting.
A great video and history lesson!! F1 used to be nuts!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Adrenaline and danger. These starts with unhooked fuel hoses were an impressive sight.
Man, you are an excellent narrator!
Lovely video, really enjoyed that thanks.
I love your commentary, I learn so much more than others.
Another very interesting video 👍🏻
Great analysis. All those refuelling fires reminds me of Pedro Diniz in 1996 catching fire on track when his Ligier’s engine exploded. The Sun’s classic headline with a picture of Pedro’s car engulfed in flames....”Diniz In The Oven”....he got out fine 👍
Great video... I personally do miss the refueling, and the added strategy that came with it.
11:57 we will all miss this livery and team
"Modern pitstop under two seconds"
Bottas mechanics: " Hold my wheel gun"
"Tires lasted the entirety of the race..." Tires, they don't make them like they used to.
True, but only because they make them softer now. Softer tires = more grip = more speed. That's why you rarely see the "hard compound" tire run in races today. Soft & medium are so much faster that an extra pitstop is worth it. Nothing magical in those old tires.
At times, they lasted the entirety of the season, if you're not very rich. ;)
Your explanations are so well done! Thanks!
Great video. Crazy to see how much has changed especially with safety.
wow 3:04, That is the track in belgium! Going up eau rouge! Never seen it that old, very cool.
Yep, iconic... historic.. borderline erotic.
@@SparkyOne549 You said it! Been there a lot if times. I live in Belgium 🇧🇪
Brilliant video mate, keep it up
i still wondering how would they pit tyrrell's P34
BLoodyfang213 Was that the one with six wheels? That would be interesting to see.
very long lol
Wow more please. This was so exciting!!!
Fabulous video! Congratulations