There is a Ferrari that beats Mercedes in F1: it is the pit stop team

The best, once again Ferrari 98 points, Mercedes 62, this is the ranking after three GPs. No, we have not fallen into a parallel universe in which the Maranello team was the one who came up with the perfect car at the advent of the new regulatory cycle, nor in a ‘buggy’ video game in which the values ​​of the SF-26 are oversized compared to those of the W17. This ranking is real and concerns F1, but it is that of pit stops. In fact, the red team’s mechanics are confirming themselves as clearly the best on the grid at the start of the season, after having managed in 2025 to interrupt the hegemony of the Red Bull crew which had lasted for eight seasons. Between Australia, China and Japan, five of the seven fastest pit stops were made by the men in red who were able to finally revive the myth of the Ferrari pit stops of the early 2000s, when an important component of the triumphs of the Schumacher era was given precisely by the efficiency and speed of the pit stops. In the last race before the forced spring break, in Suzuka, the Ferrari mechanics made what are the two fastest stops of the season so far: 2.13 seconds for changing tires on Charles Leclerc’s car and even 2.00 seconds for the same operation on Lewis Hamilton’s car. This latest stop is almost two tenths quicker than Mercedes’ fastest stop of the season. Pos.TeamDriverGPDuration1FerrariHamiltonJapan2.002FerrariLeclercJapan2.133MercedesRussellAustralia2.174FerrariLeclercAustralia2.225Red BullVerstappenAustralia2.246FerrariHamiltonAustralia2.267FerrariHamiltonChina2.298Racing BullsLawsonChina2.349Red BullVerstappenAustralia2.4010MercedesAntonelliJapan2.40 While waiting for the official decisions on the ADUO, the expected developments on the SF-26 and any regulatory interventions, there is already a Ferrari that wins: it is the one in the pit lane.