r/haasf1team • u/CatSplat • 19d ago

Please fix the pit crew in the offseason

I beg you. Twice this year Kmag made huge progress early in a race only to immediately get fucked with a 7+ second pit stop. They are consistently the slowest pit stops in the field and it's costing them.

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u/RagingSofty 19d ago

We enjoyed a season of mostly sub 4 second stops and a lot of times sub 3. Long stops are gut punches but every team has them throughout the season and they have done a very good job improving them this year.

Still some work to be done but there is lots to be proud of this year!

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u/CatSplat 19d ago

I agree the team as a whole improved hugely, and there were fewer abysmal stops from the pit crew than previous seasons, but they always seem to fail at critical moments. It was good to see 4+s stops not happening every single race anymore, but sub 3s is normal for their competition and that needs to be the case for Haas as well if they want to challenge in the midfield.

That's not to undermine the solid season they just had, merely identifying an aspect that is frustratingly inconsistent compared to the rest of the team.

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u/RagingSofty 19d ago

Those 2.6 and 2.5 stops when they come along are absolutely GLORIOUS

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u/AlVonSaaberg 19d ago

They have made huge progress in 2024 compared to 2023!! I am sure that they aren’t the worst, at all

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u/nik_in_uk 18d ago

They are working with OLD Ferrari pit equipment , even the best pit crew going would struggle with something 10 years old. I guess they saw it better to spend the money elsewhere this season

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u/CatSplat 18d ago

Sorry, that's not accurate, the pit equipment they had for many years was used gear but last year they got a full pit refresh along with new guns and equipment. This year's expenditure was a new hospitality suite that should arrive for next season.

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u/nik_in_uk 18d ago

Apologies my information was from a trackside team member, I’ll inform them they are wrong!!

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u/CatSplat 18d ago

And my info came from the company that did the garage upgrades. Maybe they gave me bad info, if they are still using the old gear I'd really hope that Gene forks out for an upgrade, especially with the additional $ from the P7 finish.

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u/Erock94 KMag 4 Lyfe 19d ago

Does Gene personally know anyone else in a pit crew? If not then for sure won’t hire any new guys!