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The press office of Pirelli, the official tire supplier of Formula 1, produced some interesting statistics about the 2012 which concluded on Sunday with the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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)
Percentage of tire type produced:
(for race tires only): supersoft: 6 % / soft: 25 % / medium: 21 % / hard: 17 % / intermediate: 18 % / wet: 11 % / 2 % development tires
Total numbers of tires used: Dry tires: 21,400; wet tires: 2,100
Number of tires recycled during 2012: All, i.e. 31,800 race tires plus 6,600 test tires
Average life span of a dry compound this season: 180 km
Average life span of a wet compound this season: 140 km
Most laps run on Pirelli tires: Hard - Kobayashi (798); Medium - Senna (869); Soft - Ricciardo (1,012); Supersoft - Raikkonen (237); Intermediate - Alonso (145); Wet - Kobayashi (104)
Distance covered by Pirelli's Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 kms
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)
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
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)
Percentage of tire type produced:
(for race tires only): supersoft: 6 % / soft: 25 % / medium: 21 % / hard: 17 % / intermediate: 18 % / wet: 11 % / 2 % development tires
Total numbers of tires used: Dry tires: 21,400; wet tires: 2,100
Number of tires recycled during 2012: All, i.e. 31,800 race tires plus 6,600 test tires
Average life span of a dry compound this season: 180 km
Average life span of a wet compound this season: 140 km
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| Photo: Pirelli |
Most laps run on Pirelli tires: Hard - Kobayashi (798); Medium - Senna (869); Soft - Ricciardo (1,012); Supersoft - Raikkonen (237); Intermediate - Alonso (145); Wet - Kobayashi (104)
Distance covered by Pirelli's Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 kms
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)
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| Photo: Pirelli |
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