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Formula One pit stops require highly coordinated teamwork to complete tasks in just 3 seconds, including lifting the car, changing four tires with air guns, refueling, and minor repairs. A team of 27 people have specialized roles like operating jacks, guiding the driver in, and clearing debris. The challenges include tight time limits, risk, precision, and communication under pressure without room for error. Pit stops demonstrate how precision planning, roles, feedback, and practice can enable perfect coordination and peak performance through teamwork.

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F1 Presentation Updated

Formula One pit stops require highly coordinated teamwork to complete tasks in just 3 seconds, including lifting the car, changing four tires with air guns, refueling, and minor repairs. A team of 27 people have specialized roles like operating jacks, guiding the driver in, and clearing debris. The challenges include tight time limits, risk, precision, and communication under pressure without room for error. Pit stops demonstrate how precision planning, roles, feedback, and practice can enable perfect coordination and peak performance through teamwork.

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Formula One Pit Stops: There is no ‘I’ in ‘Teamwork’

The F1 Pit Stop: Highly organized chaos.

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-After 2010, and the ban on refuelling, the typical Formula 1 pit stop
takes roughly 3 seconds. In this time, the following are usually
accomplished:
- Communication with driver
- Location of pit stall
- Reminders (put car in gear, reset fuel)
- Lift car with lever jacks
- Remove tires with high speed air gun, replace tire with new
one
- Manual adjustment of car’s front wing (adjust downforce)
- Various cleaning (radiator duct, driver visor)

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Formula One Pit Stops: Tasks to be done

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Formula One Pit Stops: Roles of the team

TEAM MEMBERS:

McLaren Mercedes has a crew of 27 people working on each car.


During the pit stop, the following roles are essential:

1. Front Jack – used to lift the car off the ground to enable tires to be
replaced
2. Lollipop man – guides the driver into the correct pit box and controls
the release of the car once stop is finished
3. Three mechanics for each wheel (one with airgun, others to help
remove and replace wheel)
4. Mechanic with spare jump start battery in case of engine stall. This
mechanic also usually clears the radiator during stop.
5. Mechanic with spare scissor jack to lift car in case other lifting
mechanisms (nose or rear) are damaged.
6. Rear jack – also used to lift car for tire replacement
7. Engineer who coordinates information and instructions from Senior
Engineers/Tacticians behind pit wall
8. Mechanic to clear driver’s visor and help clean debris from radiator

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Formula One Pit Stops: Key challenges

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- Various pressures
- Time sensitive
- Danger
- High performance
- Communication
- Coordination
- Perfection / No room for error
- Mental focus
- Unexpected situation

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Formula One Pit Stops: Organisation

● “What I find really impressive about a Formula


One pit stop is that everything comes together
and everybody on the team knows exactly what
to do. In that sense F1 pit stops are an example
for any service company.”
─ Maarten Cornelissen, Vice President for LG’s
Services operation in Europe.

● F1 Pit Stops are a great model of what can be


accomplished through precision planning,
scheduling and execution.

● Major contributors to Pit Stops include


Operations, Maintenance, Communication and
continuously working on improving Root Cause
Problem Elimination.

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Formula One Pit Stops: Team Processes

● Mission Clarity (i.e. objectives)

● Skill Set (i.e. qualifications, experience, expertise)

● Performance Goals (i.e. desired results)

● Role Definition (i.e. individual responsibilities)

● Feedback Mechanisms (i.e. monitoring the


progress of the team)

● Organisation Input (i.e. communicate the business


goals)

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Formula One Pit Stops: How is it brought together?

● Through Day-to-Day Work System: system for


sharing information among the team, method used
for keeping each other informed, procedures at
operational level, etc.

● Through Performance Assessment Parameters:


performance benchmarks and appraisal system for
the team as a whole and individually

● Through Resources: financial, manpower,


technology, software tools, expert guidance, etc.

● Through Team Building: relevant team-oriented


programs to create cohesion and enhance its
performance
• Synergy

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Formula One Pit Stops: Key Lessons

• Clear job description of each team member

• Minimum oral communication during the process

• Requires a lot of practice before implementation

• Good strategy and importance of a good leader

• Feedback and continuous improvement

• Trust among the team members and good coordination

• Contingency plans

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Formula One Pit Stops: Applications

F1 analogy in medicine
(Patient handover from surgery to intensive care)
• Repeatable (practice)
• Quick coordination (efficient communication)
• Team work (job description)
• Organization (feedback and improvement)
• Information from surgical team (good strategy,
Contingency plans)

Possible applications
• Airport plane ground maintenance
• Trucks loading and unloading

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Formula One Pit Stops: There is No “I” in “TEAM”

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