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Monday, March 3, 2014

Pirelli report card from Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain

A Pirelli technician is checking the degradation level of a P Zero Yellow soft tyreTesting numbers:
Total number of sets brought to Bahrain: 341 sets which equals 1,364 tyres
  • of which Super=soft tyres: 14 sets
  • of which Soft tyres: 61 sets
  • of which Medium tyres: 139 sets
  • of which Hard tyres: 94 sets
  • of which ‘winter’ hard tyres: 28 sets
  • of which Intermediate tyres: 3 sets
  • of which Wet tyres: 2 sets
Total amount of sets used: 319
  • of which Super-soft tyres: 31 sets
  • of which Soft tyres: 83 sets
  • of which Medium tyres: 172 sets
  • of which Hard tyres: 30 sets
  • of which ‘Winter’ tyres: 3 sets
  • of which Intermediate tyres: 0 sets
  • of which Wet tyres: 0 sets
Longest run:
  • 19 laps on the Super-soft compound
  • 22 laps of the Soft compound
  • 24 laps on the Medium compound
  • 18 laps on the Hard compound
  • 2 laps on the ‘Winter’ compound
  •  0 laps on the intermediate compound
  •  0 laps on the Wet compound
Highest / lowest ambient temperature over four days: 30 °C / 22 °C
Highest / lowest track temperature over four days: 39 °C / 25 °C
Testing Times:
Day 1
1. S Perez    Force India    1m35.290s   Soft New
2. V Bottas    Williams    1m36.184s   Medium New
3. K Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m36.432s   Soft Used
4. N Rosberg    Mercedes    1m36.624s   Soft Used
5. A Sutil    Sauber    1m37.700s   Soft New
6. K Magnussen    McLaren    1m37.825s   Soft Used
7. D Ricciardo    Red Bull    1m37.908s   Medium New
8. M Chilton    Marussia    1m38.610s   Soft New
9. D Kvyat    Toro Rosso    1m39.242s   Soft Used
10. P Maldonado    Lotus    1m40.599s   Medium New
11. K Kobayashi    Caterham    1m42.285s   Medium New
Day 2
1. S Perez   Force India    1m35.570s   Soft New
2. F Alonso   Ferrari    1m35.634s   Soft New
3. D Ricciardo   Red Bull    1m35.743s   Soft New
4. F Massa   Williams    1m36.507s   Medium New
5. J Button   McLaren    1m36.901s   Medium New
6. J Bianchi   Marussia    1m38.092s   Soft New
7. L Hamilton   Mercedes    1m39.041s   Medium New
8. J-E Vergne   Toro Rosso    1m39.636s   Medium New
9. E Gutierrez   Sauber    1m39.976s   Supersoft U
10. P Maldonado   Lotus    1m41.613s   Medium New
11. M Ericsson   Caterham    1m42.516s   Soft Used
Day 3
1. F Massa   Williams 1m33.258s  Supersoft New
2. N Rosberg   Mercedes 1m33.484s  Supersoft New
3. K Raikkonen   Ferrari 1m35.426s  Supersoft New
4. K Magnussen   McLaren 1m35.894s  Soft New
5. D Kvyat   Toro Rosso 1m36.113s  Supersoft New
6. N Hulkenberg   Force India 1m36.205s  Supersoft Used
7. J Bianchi   Marussia 1m37.087s  Supersoft New
8. M Ericsson   Caterham 1m38.083s  Supersoft New
9. R Grosjean   Lotus 1m42.166s  Medium New
10. A Sutil   Sauber no time
11. S Vettel   Red Bull no time
Day 4
1. L Hamilton   Mercedes   1m33.278s   Soft Used
2. V Bottas   Williams   1m33.987s   Soft New
3. F Alonso   Ferrari   1m34.280s   Supersoft New
4. N Hulkenberg   Force India   1m35.577s   Supersoft New
5. J-E Vergne   Toro Rosso   1m35.701s   Supersoft New
6. A Sutil   Sauber   1m36.467s   Supersoft New
7. M Chilton   Marussia   1m36.835s   Supersoft New
8. E Gutierrez   Sauber   1m37.303s   Supersoft New
9. S Vettel   Red Bull   1m37.468s   Soft Used
10. J Button   McLaren   1m38.111s   Medium New
11. K Kobayashi   Caterham   1m38.391s   Soft New
12. R Grosjean   Lotus   1m39.302s   Soft New
Total laps in second Bahrain test by team:
  • Williams (Mercedes), 438
  • Force India (Mercedes), 402
  • Sauber (Ferrari), 373
  • Mercedes, 351
  • Ferrari, 337
  • Caterham (Renault), 297
  • Toro Rosso (Renault), 272
  • McLaren (Mercedes), 271
  • Marussia (Ferrari), 258
  • Red Bull (Renault), 182
  • Lotus (Renault), 127
Total laps in second Bahrain test by power unit:
  • Mercedes, 1462 (4 teams)
  • Ferrari, 968 (3 teams)
  • Renault, 878 (4 teams)
Total 2014 test distance by team:
  • Mercedes, 4972.644 km
  • Williams , 4893.432 km
  • Ferrari, 4488.516 km
  • McLaren, 4153.464 km
  • Sauber, 4039.32 km
  • Force India, 3974.868 km
  • Caterham, 3313.128 km
  • Toro Rosso, 2436.384 km
  • Red Bull, 1705.764 km
  • Marussia, 1686.084 km
  • Lotus, 1288.056 km (Lotus missed opening Jerez test)
Total 2014 test distance by power unit:
  • Mercedes (4 teams), 17994.408 km
  • Ferrari (3 teams), 10213.92 km
  • Renault (4 teams), 8743.332 km

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