2012 F1 season statistics & numbers
All drivers at the start of the 2012 F1 season
Time to rap up the finished F1 season with some 2012 F1 season statistics. This 2012 F1 season was the longest F1 season ever and had 20 Formula 1 Grand Prix events.
Some Grand Prix events where very action packed and exciting. Some where kind of predictable and dull. The best was saved for the final F1 race and made the season a great success in terms excitement and adrenaline pumping moments we can show in our 2012 F1 season statistics.
During the 20 F1 races a lot of things happened that generated numbers. We summarized some of those numbers into this 2012 F1 season statistics article.
2012 F1 Tyre statistics
| Total number of F1 race tyres used: | 31.800 |
| dry tyres used | 71% |
| wet tyres used | 29% |
| Total number of dry F1 race tyres: | 22.500 |
| supersoft tyres used | 6% |
| soft tyres used | 25% |
| medium tyres used | 21% |
| hard tyres used | 17% |
| Total number of wet F1 race tyres: | 9.300 |
| intermediate tyres used | 18% |
| wet tyres used | 11% |
| Total number of tyres for testing: | 6.600 |
| Average life span of a dry compound: | 180 km |
| Average life span of a wet compound: | 140 km |
| Most laps hard tyre compund: | Kamui Kobayashi 798 laps |
| Most laps medium tyre compund: | Bruno Senna 869 laps |
| Most laps supersoft tyre compund: | Kimi Raikkonen 237 laps |
| Most laps soft tyre compund: | Daniel Ricciardo 1.012 laps |
| Most laps intermediate tyre compund: | Fernando Alonso 145 laps |
| Most laps wet tyre compund: | Kamui Kobayashi 104 laps |
2012 Tracks, Races and Tests Statistics
| Longest continuous G-force: | India (turn 10-11) |
| Longest race of the year: | Malaysia in 2hrs 44min 51.812s |
| Shortest race of the year: | Great Britain in 1 hr 25min 11.288s |
| Highest top speed | 346.0 km/h, Kimi Raikkonen, Italy F1 GP Race |
| Highest average speed/fastest lap: | 248.241 km/h Lewis Hamilton Italy Qualifying |
| Slowest average speed/fastest lap: | 161.828 km/h Schumacher Monaco Qualifying |
| Most fastest laps in 2012: | Sebastian Vettel, 5 in race and 6 in qualifying |
2012 F1 Pitstops statistics
| Total number of pit stops: | 957 (14 Drive Through + 2 Stop & Go penalties) |
| Total average number of stops per race: | 47.9 pitstops |
| Average no. of stops driver per race: | 1.9 pitstops |
| Most pit stops in a race: | 76 - Malaysian F1 Grand Prix |
| Least pit stops in a race: | 24 - United States F1 Grand Prix |
| Fastest pit stop time: | 2.31 sec McLaren, Jenson Buttons German GP |
2012 F1 Overtaking Statistics
| Number of overtaking manoeuvres: | 1.139 |
| Most overtaking manoeuvres dry race: | 90 - 2012 Chinese F1 Grand Prix |
| Most overtaking manoeuvres wet race (= most ever): | 147 - 2012 Brazilian F1 Grand Prix |
| Least overtaking manouevres dry race: | 12 - Monaco F1 Grand Prix |
2012 F1 temperature Numbers
| Coldest track/ground event: | United States Grand Prix 11°C (17.11.2012) |
| Coldest overall track/ground test: | 0°C Jerez winter testing (10.02.2012) |
| Hottest track/ground temperatures: | 55°C Brazilian Grand Prix at (23.11.2012) |
| Coldest air/ambient event: | 4°C United States Grand Prix (17.11.2012) |
| Coldest overall air/ambient test: | -2°C Jerez winter testing (10.02.2012) |
| Hottest air/ambient temperatures: | 37°C Grand Prix of Europe (21.06.2012) |
More 2012 F1 season statitscs & numbers can be found in our F1 Results Archive
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