2012: Barcelona Testing: Statistics

Number of laps (by driver)

1. Kamui Kobayashi 244
2. Pastor Maldonado 240
3. Lewis Hamilton 234
4. Charles Pic 230
5. Jenson Button 229
6. Nico Rosberg 221
7. Nico Hulkenberg 209
8. Felipe Massa 187
9. Paul di Resta 184
10. Sebastian Vettel 183
11. Mark Webber 182
12. Michael Schumacher 178
13. Jean-Eric Vergne 170
14. Fernando Alonso 162
15. Sergio Perez 151
16. Vitaly Petrov 139
17. Daniel Ricciardo 126
18. Valtteri Bottas 117
19. Timo Glock 108
20. Heikki Kovalainen 101
21. Bruno Senna 97
22. Romain Grosjean 7
23. Kimi Raikkonen 0

Number of laps by drivers has significantly increased since the first test in Jerez as more drivers completed over 200 during the course of the four days. Lotus were forced to pull out of the test after completing only seven laps. Timo Glock only got one day in the car, as did Valtteri Bottas.

Number of laps (by team)

1. McLaren 463
2. Williams 454
3. Mercedes 399
4. Sauber 395
5. Force India 393
6. Red Bull 365
7. Ferrari 349
8. Marussia 338
9. Toro Rosso 296
10. Caterham 240
11. Lotus 7
12. HRT 0 (not in attendance)

McLaren completed the most number of laps in total in Barcelona – a significant step from last year’s pre-season testing when the team struggled due to reliability.  Lotus were forced to pull out of the test after just seven laps on the first day. Williams have continued with their high number of laps while Toro Rosso and Caterham suffered reliability problems which hindered their progress.

Fastest lap-time (by driver)

1. Kamui Kobayashi 1:22.312
2. Pastor Maldonado 1:22.391
3. Nico Hulkenberg 1:22.608
4. Sergio Perez 1:22.648
5. Sebastian Vettel 1:22.891
6. Paul di Resta 1:23.119
7. Fernando Alonso 1:23.180
8. Jenson Button 1:23.200
9. Michael Schumacher 1:23.384
10. Felipe Massa 1:23.563
11. Lewis Hamilton 1:23.590
12. Daniel Ricciardo 1:23.618
13. Mark Webber 1:23.774
14. Jean-Eric Vergne 1:23.792
15. Nico Rosberg 1:23.843
16. Bruno Senna 1:25.711
17. Valtteri Bottas 1:25.738
18. Heikki Kovalainen 1:26.035
19. Timo Glock 1:26.173
20. Vitaly Petrov 1:26.448
21. Romain Grosjean 1:26.809
22. Charles Pic 1:27.343

Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado moved to the top of the time-sheets. Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were separated by two thousandths of a second while Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton were also separated by two thousandths. The top ten were separated by just over a second.

Fastest lap-time (by team)

1. Sauber 1:22.312
2. Williams 1:22.391
3. Force India 1:22.608
4. Red Bull 1:22.891
5. Ferrari 1:23.180
6. McLaren 1:23.200
7. Mercedes 1:23.384
8. Toro Rosso 1:23.618
9. Caterham 1:26.035
10. Marussia* 1:26.173
11. Lotus 1:26.809

*2011 car

Sauber set the fastest lap-time overall on the last day, not much ahead of Williams and Force India. Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes were also in close company. Teams will test again in Barcelona next week before the season starts in three weeks.

 

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