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

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