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TYRES
* Total number of tyres provided for the season (dry and wets): Race tyres:
24,000 dry tyres; 4,600 wet tyres plus an additional 6,000 for the tests
* Total numbers of tyres used: Dry tyres: 21,100; wet tyres: 2,900
* Total kilogram's of rubber deposited on track in 2011: 10,200
* Number of tyres recycled during 2011: All, i.e. 28,600 race tyres plus
6,000 test tyres
* Average life span of a dry compound this season: 120 km
TRACKS AND RACES
* Tracks which puts the most energy into a tyre per km (lateral, braking,
traction, etc.): Barcelona and Suzuka
* Track which puts the least energy into a tyre per km (lateral, braking,
traction, etc.): Monza
* Longest continuous energy input into a tyre: Istanbul (Turn 8)
* Track with the ‘easiest’ corners in terms of tyres: Montréal
* Longest race of the year: Montréal with 4hrs 04min 39.537s
* Shortest races of the year: Monza with 1hrs 20min 46.272s
* Pole position lap records broken: 11
* Race lap records broken: 2
* Most laps led on Pirelli tyres: 739 (Sebastian Vettel)
* Highest speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 349.2 kph (Sergio Perez in
Monza Qualifying)
PIT STOPS
* Total number of pit stops for the year: 1111 (really! - of which 22 were a
Drive Through and 4 a stop-go penalty)
* Total average number of stops per race: 58.4, i.e. 2.25 per driver
* Most pit stops in a race: Hungary (88 - of which 3 were a Drive Through)
* Least pit stops in a race: Italy (35)
* Fastest pit stop time: 2.82 seconds (Mercedes GP, Chinese Grand Prix)
OVERTAKING
* Number of overtaking manoeuvres (most in World Championship history): 1150
* Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race (= most ever): 126 at the 2011
Turkish Grand Prix
* Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race (= most ever): 125 at the 2011
Canadian Grand Prix
OTHER INTERESTING NUMBERS
* Total number of F1 drivers to have driven on P Zero compounds: 57
(including third drivers and young drivers)
* Oldest driver to have driven a P Zero F1 tyre: Martin Brundle (51 years
old)
* Youngest driver to have driven a P Zero F1 tyre: Kevin Ceccon (18 years
old)
* Total kilometres driven by all the P Zero compounds in 2011: 307,657 km
(races and tests)
* Coldest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: German
Grand Prix at 13 degrees Celsius; coldest overall: Valencia winter testing
at 6 degrees
* Hottest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix at 43 degrees Celsius; hottest overall: Abu Dhabi Young Driver
Test 49 degrees Celsius
* Total weight of tyres each fitter handles during a season: 16,389 kgs
* Average time taken for a Pirelli fitter to fit an F1 tyre from scratch:
2m30s
* Time taken for Sebastian Vettel to fit an F1 tyre from scratch: 5m13s
PIRELLI F1 AND ITS PEOPLE
* Total number of Pirelli people travelling to a race: 52
* Total number of nationalities within the Pirelli F1 team: 10
* Total number of languages within the Pirelli F1 team: 14
* Number of hours that Paul Hembery has been interviewed at GP events: 61
hrs, 25 min
* Total number of goals scored by Paul’s favourite football team, Bristol
City, during the season: 18
PIRELLI’S F1 TRUCKS & HOSPITALITY
* Total amount of trucks at European races: 12
* Total kilometres travelled by Pirelli’s trucks in 2011: 925,326
* Number of hours needed to put up and take down Pirelli’s hospitality unit
in Europe: 10 hours to put up; 8 hours to take down
* Number of people required to put up and take down Pirelli’s hospitality
unit in Europe: 6
* Numbers of meals served at the Pirelli F1 hospitality (incl tests): 28,612
* Number of cups of espresso served by Pirelli hospitality during the season
(incl tests): 43,250
* Kilogram's of pasta cooked by Pirelli’s chef during the season (incl
tests): 1,220 (all types combined!)
PIRELLI IN FORMULA ONE OVERALL (SINCE 1950)
* Races started: 222
* Wins: 63
* Pole positions: 66
* Podium places: 196
* Fastest laps: 70 |