mara拉

born-survivor:

So, what happened in 2011? Here’s the story of the F1 season just past in statistics…

4h 04m 39.537s… Longest race of the year (Canada)

1h 20m 46.272s… Shortest race of the year (Italy)

74.864kph… Button’s average winning speed in Canada

217mph/349kph… Highest on-track speed recorded this year (Sergio Pérez, qualifying, Monza)

1,085… pitstops (plus 22 drive-through and four stop-go penalties)

85 + 3… Most pitstops in a race with three drive-through penalties (Hungary)

35… Fewest pitstops in a race (Italy)

2.82s… Fastest pitstop (wheels-up), made by Mercedes in China

120mi/75km… Average life of a dry tyre

13ºC… Coldest track temperature (Germany – in July!) 

43ºC… Hottest track temperature (Abu Dhabi)

191,169mi/307,657km… Distance covered by all cars in race and test

28… Number of drivers to race in the 2011 Championship

19… Number of drivers to score points

1,133… Number of racing laps in 2011

1,105… Most racing laps of 2011 (Paul di Resta)

56… Fewest racing laps of 2011 (Karun Chandhok)

7… Most retirements (Pastor Maldonado)

5… Most penalties (Pastor Maldonado)

1.42… Average number of places made up on lap one by F1’s best starter (Michael Schumacher +27)

17–2… Best qualifying performance over team-mate (Heikki Kovalainen over Jarno Trulli)

0.058… Tightest average qualifying gap (Paul di Resta over Adrian Sutil)

4… Number of drivers to make Q3 at every grand prix (Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa)

85… Most clean overtaking moves in a race (Turkey)

16… Fewest clean overtaking moves (Monaco)

11… new pole position records

2… new lap records

739… Laps led by Sebastian Vettel (a record)

3… Drivers who took a pole position (Vettel, Webber, Hamilton)

15… pole positions for Vettel (another record)

5… Grand Prix winners (Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Button, Alonso)