Met het F1-seizoen 2017 volledig achter de rug lijstte bandenleverancier Pirelli heel wat interessante statistieken op over het voorbije F1-seizoen.

2016 – 2017 DATA COMPARISON

TYRE CHOICE COMPARISON

CORNERING SPEEDS

QUALIFYING FASTEST LAP COMPARISON

FASTEST LAPS TIMES COMPARISON

TYRES
• Total number of tyres supplied in 2017: 38,788
• Of these, 33,520 were supplied for race weekends and 5,268 for testing
• Of the 38,788 tyres, 25,572 were slicks and 13,016 were rain or intermediate tyres
• Total number of tyres used during race weekends: 12,920, of which 11,532 were slick tyres and 1,388 were rain or intermediates
• Total number of tyres that were recovered: all
• Maximum number of kilometres driven on each compound (excluding tests):
– Hard: 74 km (Esteban Ocon, Force India)
– Medium: 587 km (Lance Stroll, Williams)
– Soft: 4,696 km (Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes)
– Supersoft: 6,261 km (Sergio Perez, Force India)
– Ultrasoft: 4,674 km (Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren)
– Intermediate: 433 km (Lance Stroll, Williams)
– Wet: 242 km (Felipe Massa, Williams)

PIT STOPS
• Total number of pit stops: 533 (of which 6 drive-throughs and one was a stop and go)
• This makes an average of 26.7 per race, and 1.5 per driver in each race
• Most pit stops in a race: 41 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
• Fewest pit stops in a race: 18 in Austria.

OVERTAKING
• Total number of overtaking manoeuvres during the season: 435 (*), with an average of 21.8 per race
• Highest number of overtaking manoeuvres at a dry race: 42 in Azerbaijan
• Highest number of overtaking manoeuvres at a wet race: 31 in China
• Fewest number of overtaking manoeuvres at a dry race: 1 in Russia
• Driver with the most overtaking manoeuvres during the year: Daniel Ricciardo, 43
• Driver with the most overtaking manoeuvres at a single race: Daniel Ricciardo, 13 (British Grand Prix)
• Driver who has been overtaken least: Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, 2 times (**).
• Driver who made up most places on the opening lap: Lance Stroll, who gained 36 positions on the opening lap
• Team that carried out most overtaking: Red Bull, 65 moves – 43 by Daniel Ricciardo, 22 by Max Verstappen.
• Team that has been overtaken least: 11, Red Bull (9 Daniel Ricciardo, 2 Max Verstappen) and Ferrari (8 Kimi Raikkonen, 3 Sebastian Vettel).

(*) How overtaking moves are calculated: an overtaking manoeuvre is counted as one that takes place during complete flying laps (so not on the opening lap) and is then maintained all the way to the lap’s finish line. Position changes due to major mechanical problems or lapping/unlapping are not counted.
(**) Only drivers who have taken part in the whole season are counted.

CIRCUITS AND RACING
• Longest race of the year: Azerbaijan, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 55.753 seconds
• Shortest race of the year: Monza, 1 hour, 15 minutes and 32.312 seconds
• Fastest race of the year: Monza, winner’s average speed (Lewis Hamilton) 243.626 kph
• Highest speed reached by a Pirelli P Zero Formula 1 tyre during a grand prix: 362.4 kph by Sebastian Vettel in Mexico.
• Highest number of fastest laps: Lewis Hamilton, 18 (7 in races and 11 in qualifying)
• Highest number of laps led: 527, by Lewis Hamilton.

PIRELLI IN FORMULA 1 (SINCE 1950)
• Races: 340
• Wins: 181
• Pole positions: 184
• Podiums: 550
• Fastest laps: 188
• Driver titles: 12
• Team titles: 7

OTHER INTERESTING NUMBERS
• Number of drivers (including third drivers and young drivers) who have driven a Pirelli-equipped Formula 1 car since 2010: 112
• Kilometres driven by all the compounds throughout 2017 (including tests, practice, qualifying and races): 329,170 km (excluding prototype tyres)
• By compound, it works out as:
– Hard 1,549 km
– Medium 20,259
– Soft 94,893
– Supersoft 118,729
– Ultrasoft 83,465
– Intermediate 7,089
– Wet 3,186
• Distance covered in races in 2017: 102,856 km
• Distance covered during development test: 14,285 km
• Number of fastest laps (in qualifying and races) set by the world champion in 2017: 18 (7 in races and 11 in qualifying)
• Lowest average speed at which a dry race has been won in 2017: 148.176 kph (Daniel Ricciardo, Azerbaijan Grand Prix)
• Lowest asphalt temperatures recorded during a race (on Sunday): 14° in China
• Lowest asphalt temperatures recorded during a race weekend: 14° in China
• Highest asphalt temperatures recorded during a race (on Sunday): 55° in Hungary.
• Highest asphalt temperatures recorded during a race weekend: 56° in Bahrain
• Lowest ambient temperatures recorded during a race (on Sunday): 13° in China
• Lowest ambient temperatures recorded during a race weekend: 13° in China
• Highest ambient temperatures recorded during a race (on Sunday): 33° in Hungary
• Highest ambient temperatures recorded during a race weekend: 43° in Bahrain.

2018 TYRE TESTS
• Circuits: 8, respectively Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Budapest, Magny-Cours, Mexico City, Paul Ricard, Sakhir, Silverstone.
• Prototypes tested: 198 (147 slick, 18 intermediate and 33 rain tyres).
• Teams and related kms driven during 2018 tyre tests:
– Red Bull: 2,637.74 km
– McLaren: 2,350.11
– Mercedes: 1,974.69
– Ferrari: 1,546.12
– Renault: 1,210.30
– Toro Rosso: 1,200.99
– Haas: 995.58
– Sauber: 942.58
– Williams: 936.67
– Force India: 490.66

PIRELLI TEAM AND ITS GUESTS
• Pirelli team members who travel to each race: 60 (on average)
• Nationalities represented within the Pirelli Formula 1 team: 10
• Different languages spoken by team members: 10
• Press releases written by Pirelli Formula 1 Team: 210
• Infographics: 167
• F1 Tweets sent by @PirelliSport account via Twitter: approx. 2,400
• Pirelli notebooks distributed throughout the season: approx. 3,000
• Guests: 6,350
• Pirelli podium caps sold: 13,580

PIRELLI’S HOSPITALITY IN 2017
• Meals served within Pirelli’s hospitality unit (including tests): 15,900
• Litres of water drunk in Pirelli’s hospitality during the year: 14,400
• Pasta cooked by Pirelli’s chef: 870 kg
• Rice cooked by Pirelli’s chef: 320 kg
• Parmesan cheese used: 120 kg
• Kilograms of prosciutto eaten: 80
• Pizzas cooked by Pirelli’s chef: 400
• Number of different dessert recipes prepared at Pirelli’s hospitality: 55
• Ice creams eaten at Pirelli’s hospitality: 7,600
• Coffees served at Pirelli’s hospitality: almost 30,200
• Litres of olive oil used during the year: 520
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