Did you know? Pirelli's 2012 tyre stats

The 2012 season saw Pirelli once again play a key role in the F1 title race, with the tyres provided to teams proving plenty of action over the course of the campaign.

What follows is a series of stats provided by Pirelli from a dramatic season of child...

Tyres:
o 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)
o Of which (for race tyres only): supersoft: 6 % / soft: 25 % / medium: 21 % / hard: 17 % / intermediate: 18 % / wet: 11 % / 2 % development tyres
o Total numbers of tyres used: Dry tyres: 21,400; wet tyres: 2,100
o Number of tyres recycled during 2012: All, i.e. 31,800 race tyres plus 6,600 test tyres
o Average life span of a dry compound this season: 180 km
o Average life span of a wet compound this season: 140 km
Tracks, Races and Tests:
o Longest continuous energy input into a tyre: India (turn 10-11)
o Longest race of the year: Malaysia in 2hrs 44min 51.812s
o Shortest race of the year: Great Britain in 1 hr 25min 11.288s
o 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)
o Highest top speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 248.241 kph (Hamilton / Italy Qualifying)
o Slowest top speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 161.828 kph (Schumacher / Monaco Qualifying)
o Most fastest laps in 2011: Sebastian Vettel (5 in race / 6 in qualifying)
o Distance covered by Pirelli's Renault R30 test car in 2012: 7,012 kms
o Number of different test tracks visited by Pirelli staff this year (incl. private tests): 9
Pit stops:
o Total number of pit stops for the year: 957 (of which 14 were a Drive Through and 2 a stop&go penalty)
o Total average number of stops per race: 47.9, i.e. 1.9 per driver
o Most pit stops in a race: 76 (Malaysia)
o Least pit stops in a race: 24 (United States)
o Fastest pit stop time: 2.31s (McLaren / Jenson Button at the German Grand Prix)
Overtaking:
o Number of overtaking manoeuvres in 2012: 994 (not including Brazil)
o Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race: 90 at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix
o Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race: 76 at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
o Least overtaking manouevres in a dry race: 12 at the Monaco Grand Prix
Other interesting numbers:
o 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
o 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.)
o Hottest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Brazilian Grand Prix at 55 degrees Celsius (23.11.)
o 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 (10.11.)
o Hottest air/ambient temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Grand Prix of Europe at 37 degrees Celsius (21.06.)
o Amount of time spent downloading all tyre data on the RTS system this year (incl. tests): 92 hrs
o Number of track/air temperature taken by tyre fitter per race weekend: 124
o Total distance travelled by all F1 tyres in 2012 (off-track): 216,967 kms
o Total number of tweets from Pirelli Media: 5,400
o Words written on Pirelli press releases in 2012: 79,744
o Total number of Pirelli recipe books produced (incl. translations): 10,000
Pirelli F1 and its people:
o Total number of Pirelli people travelling to each race: 52
o Total number of nationalities within the Pirelli F1 team: 10
o Average amount of hours spent by each Pirelli staff member on a plane this year: 192 hrs (or 8 days!)
o Number of Pirelli wristbands given out during the season in the paddock: 4,450
o Total number of hotel nights booked for the Pirelli team: 1,498
Pirelli's F1 Trucks & Hospitality:
o Total amount of trucks at European races: 13
o Total average kilometres travelled by each Pirelli truck in 2012: 31,125 kms
o Numbers of meals served at the Pirelli F1 hospitality (incl. tests): 24,132
o Number of coffees served by Pirelli hospitality during the season: 28,350
o Number of different pasta recipes cooked by Pirelli's chef this year: 314
o Amount of mascarpone used for tiramisu and other dolci: 205 kgs
Pirelli in Formula One overall (since 1950):
o Races started: 242
o Wins: 83
o Pole positions: 86
o Podium places: 256
o Fastest laps: 90