F1 - 2012

2012 PIRELLI FORMULA ONE STATISTICS

Tires
--Total number of tires provided for the season: Race tires: 31,800 of which 22,500 dry tires and 9,300 wet tires plus an additional 6,600 for the tests (not including development tires)
--Of which (for race tires only): Supersoft: 6 percent, soft: 25 percent, medium: 21 percent, hard: 17 percent, intermediate: 18 percent, wet: 11 percent, 2 percent development tires
--Total numbers of tires used: Dry tires: 21,400; wet tires: 2,100
--Number of tires recycled during 2012: All (31,800 race tires plus 6,600 test tires)
--Average lifespan of a dry compound this season: 180 km (111 miles)
--Average lifespan of a wet compound this season: 140 km (86 miles)

Tracks, Races and Tests
--Longest continuous energy input into a tire: India (turn 10-11)
--Longest race of the year: Malaysia in 2 hours, 44 minutes, 51.812 seconds
--Shortest race of the year: Great Britain in 1:25:11.288
--Most laps run on Pirelli tires (by driver): 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 tire: 346.0 kph (215 mph) (Raikkonen at Italian GP)
--Highest average speed of a fastest lap: 248.241 kph (Hamilton / Italy Qualifying)
--Slowest average speed of a fastest lap: 161.828 kph (154.25 mph) (Schumacher in qualifying at Monaco)
--Most fastest laps in 2012: Sebastian Vettel (five in race, six in qualifying)
--Distance covered by Pirelli's Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 km (4357 miles)
--Number of different test tracks visited by Pirelli staff this year (including private tests): 9

Pit stops
--Total number of pit stops for the year: 957 (of which 14 were a drive-through penalty and two a stop-and go-penalty)
--Total average number of stops per race: 47.9 (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: 2.31 seconds (McLaren/Jenson Button at the German Grand Prix)

Overtaking
--Number of overtaking maneuvers in 2012: 1139
--Most overtaking maneuvers in a dry race: 90 at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix
--Most overtaking maneuvers in a wet race (*most ever): 147 at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
--Least overtaking maneuvers in a dry race: 12 at the Monaco Grand Prix

Other interesting numbers
--Total kilometers driven by all the P Zero compounds in 2012 (races and tests): Hard – 101,692 (63,188 miles); Medium – 121,840 (75,707 miles); Soft – 123,270 (76,596 miles); Supersoft – 21,993 (13,665); Intermediate – 13,770 (8,556 miles); Wet – 7,930 (4,927 miles).
--Coldest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: United States Grand Prix at 11 degrees Celsius (51.8 degrees F) (Nov. 17); coldest overall: Jerez winter testing at 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees F) (Feb. 10)
--Hottest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: Brazilian Grand Prix at 55 degrees Celsius (131 degrees F) (Nov. 23)
--Coldest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: United States Grand Prix at 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 degrees F) (Nov. 17); coldest overall: Jerez winter testing at -2 degrees Celsius (28.4 degrees F) (Feb. 10)
--Hottest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: Grand Prix of Europe at 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees F) (June 21)
--Amount of time spent downloading all tire data on the RTS system this year (including tests): 92 hours
--Number of track/air temperature taken by tire fitter per race weekend: 124
--Total distance travelled by all F1 tires in 2012 (off-track): 216,967 kms (134,817 miles)
--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 (including 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 kilometers traveled by each Pirelli truck in 2012: 31,125 kms (19,340 miles)
--Numbers of meals served at the Pirelli F1 hospitality (including 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 (452 pounds)

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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FIA opens up on F1 stewarding

The FIA has given a rare insight into the world of F1 stewards in its new magazine Auto, including more thinking behind the decision to hand Romain Grosjean a one-race ban earlier this year.

The Lotus ace was banned from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza for his part in the start-line accident at Spa that took a number of cars – including Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton – out of the race.

The decision to ban Grosjean was a hot topic of discussion for some time, and Garry Connelly, who acted as a steward at seven events this season, admitted that there were a range of reasons why the ban had been handed down.

“Take a driver who has caused as collision,†Connelly said. “Typically the offence is punishable by a drivethrough, but more recently there have been a couple of occasions where a stop-go has been imposed. That has typically been because the offence has been a second one or more by that driver during the season. So you do look at the driver's record.

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