Williams set fastest pitstop time in Melbourne

While it was Silver Arrows driver Nico Rosberg secured the first win of the new seasonat the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, it was the Williams team who were the fastest in the pits.

A mere 2.35 seconds – no more than a brief moment in time. That’s all the Williams crew needed to turn around the FW38 of Valtteri Bottas, making the British team a split second faster than their Mercedes colleagues, who sent race winner Nico Rosberg on his way in 2.65 seconds during his race stop.

Williams also achieved the third-fastest stop of the race with a time of 2.72 seconds for Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, proving the Williams crew’s consistency.

There were a total of 26 pit stops during the 58 laps of the Australian Grand Prix. Pit crews beat the three-second benchmark in eleven of them.