2012 Pirelli Formula One Statistics

By Pirelli
December 6 2012

Pirelli released these interesting statistics regarding the 2012 Formula One season.

 
 2012 Pirelli Formula One Statistics
 

Tyres
Total number of tyres provided for the season: Race tyres: 31,800 of which 22,500 dry tyres and
9,300 wet tyres plus an additional 6,600 for the tests (not including development tyres)
Of which (for race tyres only): supersoft: 6 % / soft: 25 % / medium: 21 % / hard: 17 % /
intermediate: 18 % / wet: 11 % / 2 % development tyres
Total numbers of tyres used: Dry tyres: 21,400; wet tyres: 2,100
Number of tyres recycled during 2012: All, i.e. 31,800 race tyres plus 6,600 test tyres
Average life span of a dry compound this season: 180 km
Average life span of a wet compound this season: 140 km

Tracks, Races and Tests
Longest continuous energy input into a tyre: India (turn 10-11)
Longest race of the year: Malaysia in 2hrs 44min 51.812s
Shortest race of the year: Great Britain in 1 hr 25min 11.288s
Most laps run on Pirelli tyres: Hard – Kobayashi (798); Medium – Senna (869); Soft – Ricciardo
(1,012); Supersoft – Raikkonen (237); Intermediate – Alonso (145); Wet – Kobayashi (104)
Highest top speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 248.241 kph (Hamilton / Italy Qualifying)
Slowest top speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 161.828 kph (Schumacher / Monaco Qualifying)
Most fastest laps in 2011: Sebastian Vettel (5 in race / 6 in qualifying)
Distance covered by Pirelli’s Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 kms
Number of different test tracks visited by Pirelli staff this year (incl. private tests): 9

Pit stops
Total number of pit stops for the year: 957 (of which 14 were a Drive Through and 2 a stop&go
penalty)
Total average number of stops per race: 47.9, i.e. 1.9 per driver
Most pit stops in a race: 76 (Malaysia)
Least pit stops in a race: 24 (United States)
Fastest pit stop time: 2.31s (McLaren / Jenson Button at the German Grand Prix)

Overtaking
Number of overtaking manoeuvres in 2012: 994 (not including Brazil)
Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race: 90 at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race: 76 at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Least overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race: 12 at the Monaco Grand Prix

Other interesting numbers
Total kilometres driven by all the P Zero compounds in 2012 (races and tests): Hard – 101,692;
Medium – 121,840; Soft – 123,270; Supersoft – 21,993; Intermediate – 13,770; Wet – 7,930
Coldest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: United States Grand Prix at 11
degrees Celsius (17.11.); coldest overall: Jerez winter testing at 0 degrees Celsius (10.02.)
Hottest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Brazilian Grand Prix at 55 degrees
Celsius (23.11.)
Coldest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: United States Grand Prix at 4 degrees
Celsius (17.11); coldest overall: Jerez winter testing at -2 degrees Celsius (10.02.)
Hottest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Grand Prix of Europe at 37 degrees
Celsius (21.06.)
Amount of time spent downloading all tyre data on the RTS system this year (incl. tests): 92 hrs
Number of track/air temperature taken by tyre fitter per race weekend: 124
Total distance travelled by all F1 tyres in 2012 (off-track): 216,967 kms
Total number of tweets from Pirelli Media: 5,400
Words written on Pirelli press releases in 2012: 79,744
Total number of Pirelli recipe books produced (incl. translations): 10,000

Pirelli F1 and its people
Total number of Pirelli people travelling to each race: 52
Total number of nationalities within the Pirelli F1 team: 10
Average amount of hours spent by each Pirelli staff member on a plane this year: 192 hrs (or 8 days!)
Number of Pirelli wristbands given out during the season in the paddock: 4,450
Total number of hotel nights booked for the Pirelli team: 1,498

Pirelli’s F1 Trucks & Hospitality
Total amount of trucks at European races: 13
Total average kilometres travelled by each Pirelli truck in 2012: 31,125 kms
Numbers of meals served at the Pirelli F1 hospitality (incl. tests): 24,132
Number of coffees served by Pirelli hospitality during the season: 28,350
Number of different pasta recipes cooked by Pirelli’s chef this year: 314
Amount of mascarpone used for tiramisu and other dolci: 205 kgs
Pirelli in Formula One overall (since 1950)
Races started: 242
Wins: 83
Pole positions: 86
Podium places: 256
Fastest laps: 90

 

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