F1 2013: Pre-season testing in numbers

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F1 2013: Pre-season testing in numbers

The excitement is building as this year’s F1 season draws near.

All the teams have been busy launching their new cars and pre-season testing has taken place.

Testing was spread over three separate four-day sessions in Spain from early February to early March.

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg left the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona with the fastest lap time and it was Sauber who completed the greatest distance of any of the teams – just over 5,300 kilometres.

Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on March 15-17 in Melbourne, all the stats from this year’s testing have been released.

There’s some surprising figures.

But do they mean anything?…

Unofficial test kilometres completed (Drivers):

1. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber – 2,768

2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes – 2,640

3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 2,584

4. Sergio Perez, McLaren – 2,538

= Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber – 2,538

6. Max Chilton, Marussia – 2,536

7. Paul di Resta, Force India – 2,520

8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso – 2,455

9. Charles Pic, Caterham – 2,364

10. Valtteri Bottas, Williams – 2,352

11. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari – 2,351

12. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull – 2,343

13. Felipe Massa, Ferrari – 2,336

14. Romain Grosjean, Lotus – 2,270

15. Mark Webber, Red Bull – 2,265

16. Pastor Maldonado, Williams – 2,218

17. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham – 2,149

18. Jenson Button, McLaren – 2,091

19. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso – 2,051

20. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus – 1,182

21. Jules Bianchi, Force India/Marussia – 1,165

22. Adrian Sutil, Force India – 1,159

23. Luiz Razia, Marussia – 500

24. James Rossiter, Force India – 270

25. Pedro de la Rosa, Ferrari – 226

26. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus – 74

Unofficial test kilometres completed (Teams):

1. Sauber – 5,307

2. Mercedes – 5,224

3. Ferrari – 4,913

4. McLaren – 4,629

5. Red Bull – 4,608

6. Williams – 4,570

7. Caterham – 4,513

8. Toro Rosso – 4,506

9. Force India – 4,481

10. Marussia – 3,669

11. Lotus – 3,527

917 sets of Pirelli tyres were used in pre-season testing:

30 sets of the supersoft specification

190 sets of the soft specification

383 sets of the medium specification

221 sets of the hard specification

61 sets of the intermediate specification

32 sets of the wet specification

The longest runs on each compound at Barcelona were:

Supersoft – 16 laps

Soft – 31 laps

Medium – 36 laps

Hard – 24 laps

Intermediate – 47 laps

Wet – 48 laps

Unofficial aggregate times from the two pre-season tests at Barcelona:

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:20.130

2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:20.494

3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:20.588

4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:21.266

5. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:21.444

6. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1:21.541

7. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:21.627

8. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:21.658

9. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:21.664

10. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:21.848

11. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:22.188

12. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.197

13. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.305

14. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:22.468

15. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:22.553

16. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:22.658

17. Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:23.115

18. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:23.167

19. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.223

20. Davide Valsecchi, Lotus, 1:23.448

21. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.628

22. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:24.103

23. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, 1:24.235

Source: http://www.formula1.com

Image: Getty



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