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
  5. 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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