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14 May 2026 · 9 min read

The 22-second floor: WEC's fastest pit stops, decoded

The all-time WEC race pit-stop record is 22.754 seconds, set by Ford Chip Ganassi at Mexico City in 2017. No team has cracked it since. Here's what made it possible, where the Hypercar era's quickest stops actually happen, and why the floor seems to be stuck just above 22 seconds.