31,800 race tyres and 314 pasta dishes – Pirelli’s 2012 F1 experience
According to Pirelli, during the 2012 Formula One season the tyre maker supplied teams with a total of 31,800 race tyres (22,500 dry tyres and 9,300 wet tyres) plus an additional 6,600 tyres for testing. A quarter of all tyres delivered were soft compound, while medium proved the second most popular fitment and accounted for 21 per cent of all tyres. Intermediate tyres accounted for a further 18 per cent, while hard, wet and supersoft supplies were 17 per cent, 11 per cent and six per cent respectively. Two per cent of all tyres supplied were development tyres. The average lifespan of dry compound tyres this season was 180 kilometres, while wet compound tyres lasted 140 kilometres on average.
The total kilometres driven by all P Zero compounds in 2012 (races and tests) were 123,270 for the soft compound, 121,840 for the medium, 101,692 for the hard, 21,993 for the supersoft, 13,770 for the intermediate and 7,930 for the wet compound. The coldest track/ground temperature on which the Pirelli P Zero F1 tyres ran was during the United Stated Grand Prix, where a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius was recorded. Winter testing at Jerez was performed at 0 degrees Celsius. The hottest track/ground temperature was the 55 degrees Celsius experienced at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Throughout the year, Pirelli sent 52 people to each race; these staff members spent an average of 192 hours travelling on planes throughout the year. Pirelli’s F1 hospitality facilities served a total of 24,132 meals and 28,350 coffees at races and tests during the year, and the tyre maker’s chefs cooked 314 different pasta dishes. And Pirelli was also no slacker promoting its F1 activities; Pirelli Media published a total of 5,400 tweets and wrote 79,744 words’ worth of press releases.
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