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The fall and rise (and further rise) of the F1 pit stop

On the face of it the oddly-monikered European Grand Prix in Baku just passed didn’t have a great deal going for it. But believe it or not, it actually contained something remarkable. Historic moreover. And not even the fluff about it being a new venue, beautiful city blah de blah (or even that whether the European Grand Prix was in Europe at all is a matter that can be debated…) No, last Sunday the epoch making event took place, perhaps appropriately, when a car was stationary. For the eighth time from eight in 2016 Williams bagged the fastest pit stop time, and for the first time this year in Baku the team dipped under the 2 second mark, by switching Felipe Massa’s...
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