Triple Eight Race Engineering

Last time I was at the Triple Eight workshop, the highlight of my time there was the pitstop practice I got to do. I had tried previously at fast wheel changes, both at T8 and MARC, but this time I had the help of experts from the current Pirtek Pitstop champions, or the fastest pitstop crew in Supercars. 

I stuck at it for a couple of hours, gradually working through the process and putting each part together, and although I got impatient at times, I learnt best by working on it progressively. It was an eye-opening experience, not only because of the slow learning process, something I can sometimes struggle with, but also because everything was massively easier once done right. 

When I had been changing wheels before, I had no directions on what to do and the best time I could do was around 15 seconds, but once I did some practice and some help, I believe the best time I got was around 5 seconds, which is a massive improvement but also not hugely far off the teams’ goal of 2 seconds, but I know the next 3 seconds will be the hardest to achieve. Once done right, the whole procedure flows well and feels natural.