Total number of tires provided for the season: 31,800 (22,500 dry tires and 9,300 wet tires plus
6,600 for testing), not including development tires.
Race tires:
Supersoft: 6 per cent
Soft: 25 per cent
Medium: 21 per cent
Hard: 17 per cent
Intermediate: 18 per cent
Wet: 11 per cent
Development tires: two per cent
Dry tires: 21,400
Wet tires: 2,100
*Every tire used was recycled at the end of the season.
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 tire: 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 Tires
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: 248.241 kph (Hamilton / Italy Qualifying)
Slowest top speed reached by a P Zero F1 tire: 161.828 kph (Schumacher / Monaco Qualifying)
Most fastest laps: Sebastian Vettel (5 in race / 6 in qualifying)
Distance covered by Pirelli’s Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 km
Number of test tracks visited by Pirelli staff this year (incl. private tests): 9
Pit stops
Total pit stops for the year: 957
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 tires 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 tires have run: Brazilian Grand Prix at 55 degrees Celsius (23.11.)
- Coldest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: United States Grand Prix at 4 degrees Celsius (17.11); coldest overall: Jerez winter testing at -2 degrees Celsius (10.11.)
- Hottest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tires have run: Grand Prix of Europe at 37 degrees Celsius (21.06.)
- Amount of time spent downloading all tire data on the RTS system this year (incl. tests): 92 hrs
- 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 km
- 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 km
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
Pirelli in Formula One overall (since 1950)
Races started: 242
Wins: 83
Pole positions: 86
Podium places: 256
Fastest laps: 90
