One may nearly journey from Earth to the Moon in the event that they adopted the imaginary highway connecting our planet to its solely satellite tv for pc, utilizing solely the Pirelli tires employed within the 24 Grands Prix of the longest season in System 1 historical past. A complete of 334,942.175 kilometers have been lined, equal to 65,534 laps, from the primary free follow session in Bahrain to the checkered flag in Abu Dhabi, which is 94% of the 356,500 kilometers that separate us from the Moon at perigee.
The space lined has physiologically elevated in comparison with 2023, as two extra Grands Prix have been held (Emilia-Romagna and China): the additional kilometers amounted to 27,016.375. The share of kilometers accomplished on slick tires remained nearly unchanged (93.59%): barely extra have been lined with Cinturato Intermediate tires (from 5.67% to five.84%, totaling 19,566.862 km), whereas the proportion of Cinturato Excessive Moist tires decreased (from 0.64% to 0.57%).
Among the many slick tires, the most important share was taken by the C3, with 107,381.319 kilometers, though this was a lower (from 36.57% to 32.06%) in proportion phrases in comparison with final 12 months. The place of the C4 remained unchanged (23.47%) because the second most used compound, whereas the C5 overtook the C2 for third place (16.84% vs. 14.97%), with the C1 nonetheless on the backside of the rating in 2024 (5.56%).
This information was additionally influenced by the choice to pick out a softer compound trio for 2 races, Melbourne and Interlagos, altering from the C2-C3-C4 mixture to the C3-C4-C5.
Added to the entire distance have been the kilometers lined with prototypes (2,306.944), which decreased in comparison with final 12 months. In 2024, they have been solely used through the in-competition take a look at in Mexico Metropolis, whereas final 12 months they have been used throughout Friday free practices at three weekends (Barcelona, Suzuka, and Mexico Metropolis).
The report for the longest race section accomplished with the identical set of tires was held by Pierre Gasly, who, with Alpine in Baku, lined 300.150 kilometers (50 laps) with the identical set of C3 tires, chosen as Laborious for that Grand Prix.
The report for consecutive kilometers with the identical set of C2 tires went to Charles Leclerc (265.525 km, 43 laps) in Jeddah, for the C4 it went to George Russell (256.949 km, 77 laps) in Monaco, for the C1 it went to Nico Hulkenberg (242.763 km, 57 laps) in Zandvoort, and for the C5 it went to Yuki Tsunoda, who lined 141.820 kilometers consecutively in Singapore, equal to twenty-eight laps.
The Japanese driver of Racing Bulls additionally holds the report for probably the most kilometers with a single set of intermediate tires (191.844 km), set in Montreal, whereas Liam Lawson, his teammate on the finish of the season, lined extra kilometers than anybody else (81.871) with the identical set of Excessive Moist tires.
In complete, Pirelli supplied 8,016 units of tires. Of those, 2,718 have been by no means used. The appliance of the “strip-and-fit” course of to the moist excessive and intermediate tires, which permits the re-use of unused tires at different occasions, saved the manufacturing of about 3,500 particular person tires in 2024.
There have been 935 (11.66%) units of slick tires that, as soon as mounted on the edges, by no means touched the asphalt. Moreover, 948 units (11.82%) accomplished one to 3 laps: most of those have been utilized in qualifying or timed lap simulations, however the difficulty of extra environment friendly tire utilization through the race weekend stays on the desk.
Of all of the Grands Prix in 2024, the Japanese Grand Prix had probably the most tire adjustments: 46 pit stops have been made at Suzuka. Quite the opposite, the race with the fewest tire adjustments was Jeddah, with 19 stops. Nonetheless, the Sunday with the least motion within the pit lane was the Monaco Grand Prix. The purple flag on the primary lap allowed all drivers to make the obligatory tire change through the interruption, with solely seven extra precise pit stops throughout the remainder of the race.
The most well liked race of the 12 months – not less than when it comes to air temperature – was received by Interlagos, with 35.6°C on race day. On the alternative facet, the best weekend was at Silverstone, with a low of 10.9°C, rising to 13.9°C through the race.
By way of asphalt, there have been some confirmations and new developments in comparison with 2023: the most well liked asphalt was on the Hungaroring with 58.6°C, though within the race, Imola stood out with 52.5°C, whereas the coldest was at Silverstone (12.8°C), and within the race, Las Vegas took the lead with 16.8°C.
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