Ferrari reveal how it has established itself as a dominant force in terms of pit stops despite a high rotation of crew

With Ferrari having set the fastest pit stop in eight of the ten rounds so far in 2025, Ferrari's Sporting Director Diego Ioverno has revealed how the Scuderia has achieved this consistency and performance level in the pit lane.

Despite failing to compete for top places at the Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari continued to dominate the pit stops at Montreal, completing the quickest tyre change on Lewis Hamilton's SF-25.

Despite struggling for pace on Friday, Ferrari's seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton displayed a strong performance in qualifying. Although he was unable to challenge for pole position, he managed to secure fifth place on the grid, and hoped to be able to fight for a podium finish at Montreal.

The British driver started on the mediums, and managed to stay with championship leader Oscar Piastri in the early stages of the race. However, he accidentally hit a groundhog running across the track just before the hairpin, sustaining damage to the car’s underbody.

After the incident with the groundhog, Hamilton's SF-25 was far too slow, and a 2.37-second pit stop on lap 15 and then a 2.08 on lap 45 made no difference. Hamilton had to finish the race well out of contention in P6.

With Ferrari having set the fastest pit stop in eight of the ten rounds, Ferrari's Sporting Director Diego Ioverno was asked how the Scuderia has achieved this consistency and performance level in the pit lane.

"In recent years, we’ve worked a lot on our pit stops, at every level. Apart from the obvious training, preparation and practice for the crew itself, we have also put in a lot of work on the technical side.

"The aim is clearly to ensure the pit crew can always perform at the highest level. This doesn’t necessarily mean aiming for absolute speed, but rather consistently staying below the three second mark. That consistency allows our strategists to predict with reasonable accuracy, in what position the car will rejoin the track after the stop.

"This approach inevitably leads to faster stops anyway, because when they are consistently good it is statistically also more likely to be quick and that’s something we’re definitely pleased about. To obtain this result, over the years we have ramped up the amount of training, strengthened team preparation and also focused on the human side of the procedure.

Ioverno continued: "As for the pit stop equipment, here we replicate the level of preparation, monitoring, management and issue-resolution workflow that we apply to the car components.

"One thing we are particularly pleased about is how consistently we’ve performed over the first ten races, even though there has been quite a high rotation of crew members.

"With the increase in the number of races, we realised the only way to ensure solid performance all season long, while maintaining an acceptable work-life balance, is to rotate the track personnel."