Some fascinating stats from Pirelli (Updated)

04/12/2012

At the conclusion of its second season in F1 since its return, Pirelli has issued a range of statistics relating to tyres (natch), circuits, pit stops, overtakes and just about everything else… even mascarpone!

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 2h 44:51.812

Shortest race of the year: Great Britain in 1h 25:11.288

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: 346.0 kph (215 mph) Raikkonen / Italy Race

Highest average speed of a fastest lap: 248.241 kph (154.254 mph) Hamilton / Italy Qualifying

Slowest average speed of a fastest lap: 161.828 kph (100.558 mph) 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 (4,537 miles)

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: 1139

Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race: 90 at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix

Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race: 147 at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (most ever)

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 (63,190 miles); Medium - 121,840 (75,709 miles); Soft - 123,270 (76,598 miles); Supersoft - 21,993 (13,666 miles); Intermediate - 13,770 (8,556 miles); Wet - 7,930 (4,927 miles)

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.)

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