2011 Formula One statistics for Pirelli

TYRES
— Total number of tyres provided for the season (dry and wets): Race tyres: 24,000 dry tyres; 4,600 wet tyres plus an additional 6,000 for the tests
— Total numbers of tyres used: Dry tyres: 21,100; wet tyres: 2,900
— Total kilogrammes of rubber deposited on track in 2011: 10,200
— Number of tyres recycled during 2011: All, i.e. 28,600 race tyres plus 6,000 test tyres
— Average life span of a dry compound this season: 120 km

TRACKS AND RACES
— Tracks which puts the most energy into a tyre per km (lateral, braking, traction, etc.): Barcelona and Suzuka
— Track which puts the least energy into a tyre per km (lateral, braking, traction, etc.): Monza
— Longest continuous energy input into a tyre: Istanbul (Turn 8)
— Track with the ’easiest’ corners in terms of tyres: Montréal
— Longest race of the year: Montréal with 4hrs 04min 39.537s
— Shortest races of the year: Monza with 1hrs 20min 46.272s
— Pole position lap records broken: 11
— Race lap records broken: 2
— Most laps led on Pirelli tyres: 739 (Sebastian Vettel)
— Highest speed reached by a P Zero F1 tyre: 349.2 kph (Sergio Perez in Monza Qualifying)

PIT STOPS
— Total number of pit stops for the year: 1111 (really! - of which 22 were a Drive Through and 4 a stop-go penalty)
— Total average number of stops per race: 58.4, i.e. 2.25 per driver
— Most pit stops in a race: Hungary (88 - of which 3 were a Drive Through)
— Least pit stops in a race: Italy (35)
— Fastest pit stop time: 2.82 seconds (Mercedes GP, Chinese Grand Prix)

OVERTAKING
— Number of overtaking manoeuvres (most in World Championship history): 1120 (after Abu Dhabi)
— Most overtaking manoeuvres in a dry race (= most ever): 126 at the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix
— Most overtaking manoeuvres in a wet race (= most ever): 125 at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix

OTHER INTERESTING NUMBERS
— Total number of F1 drivers to have driven on P Zero compounds: 57 (including third drivers and young drivers)
— Oldest driver to have driven a P Zero F1 tyre: Martin Brundle (51 years old)
— Youngest driver to have driven a P Zero F1 tyre: Kevin Ceccon (18 years old)
— Total kilometres driven by all the P Zero compounds in 2011: 307,657 km (races and tests)
— Coldest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: German Grand Prix at 13 degrees Celsius; coldest overall: Valencia winter testing at 6 degrees
— Hottest track/ground temperatures Pirelli P Zero tyres have run: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at 43 degrees Celsius; hottest overall: Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test 49 degrees Celsius
— Total weight of tyres each fitter handles during a season: 16,389 kgs
— Average time taken for a Pirelli fitter to fit an F1 tyre from scratch: 2m30s
— Time taken for Sebastian Vettel to fit an F1 tyre from scratch: 5m13s

PIRELLI F1 AND ITS PEOPLE
— Total number of Pirelli people travelling to a race: 52
— Total number of nationalities within the Pirelli F1 team: 10
— Total number of languages within the Pirelli F1 team: 14
— Number of hours that Paul Hembery has been interviewed at GP events: 61 hrs, 25 min
— Total number of goals scored by Paul’s favourite football team, Bristol City, during the season: 18

PIRELLI’S F1 TRUCKS & HOSPITALITY
— Total amount of trucks at European races: 12
— Total kilometers travelled by Pirelli’s trucks in 2011: 925,326
— Number of hours needed to put up and take down Pirelli’s hospitality unit in Europe: 10 hours to put up; 8 hours to take down
— Number of people required to put up and take down Pirelli’s hospitality unit in Europe: 6
— Numbers of meals served at the Pirelli F1 hospitality (incl tests): 28,612
— Number of cups of espresso served by Pirelli hospitality during the season (incl tests): 43,250
— Kilogrammes of pasta cooked by Pirelli’s chef during the season (incl tests): 1,220 (all types combined!)

PIRELLI IN FORMULA ONE OVERALL (SINCE 1950)
— Races started: 222
— Wins: 63
— Pole positions: 66
— Podium places: 196
— Fastest laps: 70