F1 And Pirelli: All The Numbers From 2017 Season
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| Mario Isola, Head of Pirelli Car Racing |
"From a record-breaking season, we have collected some record-breaking numbers. Formula 1 introduced some radical new technical regulations this year, which resulted in the fastest cars ever seen in the history of the sport. So, our mission was to build the fastest-ever tires, 25% wider than their predecessors to cope with the massively increased cornering speeds and energy loads, which nonetheless allowed the drivers to push hard from the start to the finish of every stint. We developed these tires throughout 2016, despite not even seeing a 2017 car until the first pre-season test at Barcelona.
"Over the course of this year, pole position was on average 2.450 seconds faster than in 2016, and the fastest race lap was on average 2.968 seconds quicker than last year. In spite of forces that were sometimes up to 35-40% higher than 2016 through the quickest corners, our 2017 tires achieved all the targets established at the beginning of the season, with an optimal level of reliability and consistency. Now we look forward to next season, with an even faster tire introduced to the 2018 range and with every compound going a step softer, which should help contribute to even more speed and spectacle in the future." Mario Isola, Head of Pirelli Car Racing
TIRES
- Total number of tires supplied in 2017: 38,788
- Of these, 33,520 were supplied for race weekends and 5,268 for testing
- Of the 38,788 tires, 25,572 were slicks and 13,016 were rain or intermediate tires
- Total number of tires used during race weekends: 12,920, of which 11,532 were slick tires and 1,388 were rain or intermediates
- Total number of tires that were recovered: all
- Maximum number of kilometers 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 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
OVERTAKING
- Total number of overtaking maneuvers during the season: 435 (*), with an average of 8 per race
- Highest number of overtaking maneuvers at a dry race: 42 in Azerbaijan
- Highest number of overtaking maneuvers at a wet race: 31 in China
- Fewest number of overtaking maneuvers at a dry race: 1 in Russia
- Driver with the most overtaking maneuvers during the year: Daniel Ricciardo, 43
- Driver with the most overtaking maneuvers 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
- 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 maneuver 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 753 seconds
- Shortest race of the year: Monza, 1 hour, 15 minutes and 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 tire 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
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
- Kilometers driven by all the compounds throughout 2017 (including tests, practice, qualifying and races): 329,170 km (excluding prototype tires)
- By compound, it works out as: Hard 1,549 km
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Medium |
20,259 |
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Soft |
94,893 |
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Supersoft |
118,729 |
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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: 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°
- Highest ambient temperatures recorded during a race weekend: 43° in
2018 TIRE TESTS
- Circuits: 8, respectively Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Budapest, Magny-Cours, Mexico City, Paul Ricard, Sakhir,
- Prototypes tested: 198 (147 slick, 18 intermediate and 33 rain tires).
- Teams and related kms driven during 2018 tire tests: Red Bull: 2,637.74 km
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McLaren: |
2,350.11 |
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Mercedes: |
1,974.69 |
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Ferrari: |
1,546.12 |
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Renault: |
1,210.30 |
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Toro Rosso: |
1,200.99 |
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Haas: |
995.58 |
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Sauber: |
942.58 |
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Williams: |
936.67 |
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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
- Liters 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
- Liters of olive oil used during the year: 520
2016 – 2017 DATA COMPARISON TIRE CHOICE COMPARISON
(*) Europe Grand Prix in 2016.
CORNERING SPEEDS
| Circuit | 2016 | 2017 |
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Barcelona Turn 3 |
212 kph |
248 kph |
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Barcelona Turn 9 |
215 kph |
245 kph |
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Silverstone Copse |
260 kph |
290 kph |
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Spa-Francorchamps Pouhon |
253 kph |
289 kph |
QUALIFYING FASTEST LAP COMPARISON
| Venue | 2017 | 2017 | Gap |
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Australia |
HAMILTON 1:23.837 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:22.188 USN |
-1.649s |
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Bahrain |
HAMILTON 1:29.493 SSN |
BOTTAS 1:28.769 SSN |
-0.724s |
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China |
ROSBERG 1:35.402 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:31.678 SSN |
-3.724s |
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Russia |
ROSBERG 1:35.337 SSN |
VETTEL 1:33.194 USN |
-2.143s |
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Spain |
HAMILTON 1:22.000 SN |
HAMILTON 1:19.149 SN |
-2.851s |
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Monaco |
RICCIARDO 1:13.622 USN |
RAIKKONEN 1:12.178 USN |
-1.444s |
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Canada |
HAMILTON 1:12.812 USN |
HAMILTON 1:11.459 USN |
-1.353s |
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Azerbaijan* |
ROSBERG 1:42.520 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:40.593 SSN |
-1.927s |
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Austria |
HAMILTON 1:06.228 USN |
BOTTAS 1:04.251 USN |
-1.977s |
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Great Britain |
HAMILTON 1:29.243 SN |
HAMILTON 1:26.600 SSN |
-2.643s |
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Hungary |
ROSBERG 1:19.965 SSN |
VETTEL 1:16.276 SSN |
-3.689s |
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Belgium |
ROSBERG 1:46.744 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:42:553 USN |
-4.191s |
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Italy |
HAMILTON 1:21.135 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:34.660 W** |
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Singapore |
ROSBERG 1:42.584 USN |
VETTEL 1:39.491 USN |
-3.093s |
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Malaysia |
HAMILTON 1:32.850 SN |
HAMILTON 1:30.076 SSN |
-2.774s |
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Japan |
ROSBERG 1:30.647 SN |
HAMILTON 1:27.319 SSN |
-3.328s |
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United States |
HAMILTON 1:34.999 SSN |
HAMILTON 1:33.108 USN |
-1.891s |
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Mexico |
HAMILTON 1:18.704 SSN |
VETTEL 1:16.488 USN |
-2.216s |
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Brazil |
HAMILTON 1:10.736 SN |
BOTTAS 1:08.322 SSN |
-2.414s |
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Abu Dhabi |
HAMILTON 1:38.755 USN |
BOTTAS 1:36.231 USN |
-2.524s |
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GP Average |
-2.450s |
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(*) Europe Grand Prix in 2016
(**) 2017 Italian Grand Prix – Qualifying took place in wet conditions.
FASTEST RACE LAP TIMES
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Venue |
2016 | 2017 | Gap |
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Australia |
RICCIARDO 1:28.997 SS |
RAIKKONEN 1:26.538 S |
-2.459s |
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Bahrain |
ROSBERG 1:34.482 S |
HAMILTON 1:32.798 S |
-1.684s |
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China |
HULKENBERG 1:39.824 SS |
HAMILTON 1:35.378 S |
-4.446s |
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Russia |
ROSBERG 1:39.094 S |
RAIKKONEN 1:36.844 SS |
-2.250s |
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Spain |
KVYAT 1:26.948 S |
HAMILTON 1:23.593 S |
-3.355s |
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Monaco |
HAMILTON 1:17.939 US |
PEREZ 1:14.820 US |
-3.119s |
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Canada |
ROSBERG 1:15.599 S |
HAMILTON 1:14.551 SS |
-1.048s |
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Azerbaijan* |
ROSBERG 1:46.485 S |
VETTEL 1:43.441 SS |
-3.044s |
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Austria |
HAMILTON 1:08.411 S |
HAMILTON 1:07.411 US |
-1.000s |
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Great Britain |
ROSBERG 1:35.548 M |
HAMILTON 1:30.621 S |
-4.927s |
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Hungary |
RAIKKONEN 1:23.086 SS |
ALONSO 1:20.182 S |
-2.904s |
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Belgium |
HAMILTON 1:51.583 M |
VETTEL 1:46.577 US |
-5.006s |
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Italy |
ALONSO 1:25.340 SS |
RICCIARDO 1:23.361 SS |
-1.979s |
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Singapore |
RICCIARDO 1:47.187 SS |
HAMILTON 1:45.008 US |
-2.179s |
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Malaysia |
ROSBERG 1:36.424 S |
VETTEL 1:34.080 SS |
-2.344s |
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Japan |
VETTEL 1:35.118 S |
BOTTAS 1:33.144 SS |
-1.974s |
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United States |
VETTEL 1:39.877 SS |
VETTEL 1:37.766 SS |
-2.111s |
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Mexico |
RICCIARDO 1:21.134 S |
VETTEL 1:18.785 US |
-2.349s |
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Brazil |
VERSTAPPEN 1:25.305 W |
VERSTAPPEN 1:11.044 SS |
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Abu Dhabi |
VETTEL 1:43.729 SS |
BOTTAS 1:40.650 SS |
-3.079s |
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GP Average |
-2.698s |
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(*) Europe Grand Prix in 2016 (**) Wet race in 2016