F1 | From Achilles’ Heel to Secret Weapon: Ferrari’s Major Milestone in 2025. Ferrari finds a silver lining .

In a 2025 season dry of victories, Ferrari can at least celebrate an important milestone that erases the ghosts of the past.

There is a victory that doesn’t come from the checkered flag but from a stopwatch hidden in the pits. In a disappointing season, Ferrari at least claimed the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award 2025, a title that speaks of coordination, reflexes, and mechanical perfection. A success that is worth double, because it comes precisely in the area where, until a few years ago, the Scuderia struggled the most.

In 2020, for example, the team publicly acknowledged structural issues, revealing a vulnerability that cost positions and trust at key moments. In 2022, incidents like Sainz’s chaotic pit stop in Zandvoort fueled the narrative of a department still searching for automatic precision and calm under pressure.
2025, however, tells a different story. Ferrari has claimed the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award for the season. This recognition was created to reward teamwork and surgical precision during stops, a symbolic (and concrete) measure of operational excellence in F1.

Confirmation of the title came with a clear margin over McLaren, which still holds the record for the fastest pit stop of the year. But the Rossa was rewarded for textbook consistency throughout the season: from the early flashes (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia) to the mid-season rounds, with stops clocked at 2.00–2.10 seconds.
The value of this triumph is twofold. On the technical level, it indicates streamlined processes, reliable mechanisms, “athletic” training of the crew, and a reduction of mistakes that previously weighed heavily on race outcomes. On the strategic level, it provides freedom: when you can pit “on demand” without paying a penalty, you can build more aggressive races, defend the undercut, or force the overcut with less risk.

In past years, the trophy was often Red Bull’s hunting ground. But in 2025, Ferrari imposed its own standard of speed and repeatability, sealing the title four races before the grand finale and taking home an award that puts a small patch on an otherwise forgettable season.