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: 346.0 kph (Raikkonen / Italy Race) • Highest average speed of a fastest lap: 248.241 kph (Hamilton / Italy Qualifying) • Slowest average speed of a fastest lap: 161.828 kph (Schumacher / Monaco Qualifying) • Most fastest laps in 2012: 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: 1139 • Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race: 90 at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix • Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race (= most ever): 147 at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix • Least overtaking manouevres 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