Testing Stats

[cavallino 2]

They tested 5000 miles more than anyone else

they must have spent half the time lying around in the sun or something.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_new...es_art_id=26794

2005 testing stats

04/01/2006

With testing for the 2006 season due to begin next week, when nine of the teams will be on duty at Jerez, and Renault will debut its challenger, its worth looking at the stats from last season.

Now we all know that Ferrari didn't sign up to the 30-day test agreement along with its nine rival teams, but would you have thought that the Italian outfit only completed 5201 miles more testing than its nearest rival, BAR?

Unsurprisingly, it was test drivers, such as Luca Badoer, Ricardo Zonta, Franck Montagny and Anthony Davidson, who completed the most test miles, but which race driver did the most testing, and which driver the least?

Check out our test stats below, or for individual test times and reports, visit out test centre, here

Tyres

Tyre Miles Kms

M 171062.6 275298.6

B 59363.1 95535.6

Circuits

Circuit Miles Kms

Jerez 79494.3 127933.7

Barcelona 39187.3 63065.8

Valencia 26128.4 42049.6

Paul Ricard 23990 38608.2

Monza 22476.8 36172.9

Silverstone 15828.5 25473.5

Mugello 9500.8 15290.1

Fiorano 5768.7 9283.8

Vallelunga 3889 6258.7

Bahrain 1932.1 3109.4

Imola 873.6 1405.9

Vairano 806.4 1297.8

Misano 550 885.1

Teams

Team Tyre Miles Kms

Ferrari B 42010.7 67610

BAR M 36809.2 59239

Renault M 29975.4 48241

Toyota M 29728.2 47843

WilliamsF1 M 25518.9 41069

McLaren M 25366.3 40823

Red Bull M 18518 29802

Sauber M 11120.1 17896

Jordan B 7850.6 12634

Minardi B 3528.2 5678

Drivers

Driver Team Tyre Miles Kms

Badoer Ferrari B 14261.4 22951

Zonta Toyota M 10966.8 17649

Montagny Renault M 10347.9 16653

Davidson BAR M 9702.5 15615

Button BAR M 9581.8 15420

Gene Ferrari B 9537.4 15349

M Schumacher Ferrari B 9154.7 14733

Wurz McLaren M 8419.2 13549

Sato BAR M 8418.7 13549

Coulthard Red Bull M 7886.2 12692

de la Rosa McLaren M 7737 12451

Alonso Renault M 7722.5 12428

Webber WilliamsF1 M 7672.2 12347

Heidfeld WilliamsF1 M 7565.7 12176

Trulli Toyota M 7428.6 11955

Fisichella Renault M 6513.2 10482

Pizzonia WilliamsF1 M 6185.9 9955

Bernoldi BAR M 6061.6 9755

Barrichello Ferrari B 5632.1 9064

R Schumacher Toyota M 5491.2 8837

Klien Red Bull M 5312.3 8549

Villeneuve Sauber M 5261.6 8468

Panis Toyota M 5233.5 8423

Massa Sauber M 4954.2 7973

Kovalainen Renault M 4613.2 7424

Montoya McLaren M 4588.5 7384

Liuzzi Red Bull M 4286.6 6899

Raikkonen McLaren M 3904.7 6284

Rosberg WilliamsF1 M 3203.9 5156

Monteiro Jordan B 2720.9 4379

Massa Ferrari B 2579.9 4152

Karthikeyan Jordan B 2550.3 4104

Albers Minardi B 1826.8 2940

Carroll BAR M 1510.3 2431

Rossiter BAR M 1040.1 1674

Heidfeld BMW M 904.1 1455

Bertolini Ferrari B 845.2 1360

Paffett McLaren M 716.9 1154

Nissany Minardi B 547.6 881

Priaulx WilliamsF1 B 475.9 766

Doornbos Red Bull M 462.9 745

Friesacher Minardi B 457.9 737

Yamamoto Jordan B 450.4 725

di Grassi Renault M 396.2 638

Pastorelli Jordan B 394.9 636

Briscoe Toyota M 393.5 633

Speed Red Bull M 365.8 589

Liuzzi Toro Rosso M 356.5 574

Karthikeyan WilliamsF1 B 346.7 558

Doornbos Minardi B 269.97 434

Biagi Midland B 247.6 398

Van der Merwe BAR M 243.9 393

Speed Toro Rosso M 235.8 379

Perera Toyota B 214.6 345

Van Hooydonk Midland B 214.6 345

Jani Red Bull M 204.1 328

Davidson Jordan B 185.3 298

Doornbos Jordan B 182.7 294

Lopez Renault M 149.5 241

Winklehock Midland B 143.1 230

Kanaan BAR M 137.6 221

Kubica Renault M 117.9 190

Mondini Renault M 115 185

Piquet BAR M 112.8 182

Kiesa Jordan B 89 143

Caceres Minardi B 81.2 131

Rusinov Midland B 79.8 128

Legge Minardi B 76.2 123

del Monte Midland B 74.3 120

Vettel WilliamsF1 M 68.8 111

Filippi Minardi B 50.8 82

Rigon Minardi B 50.7 82

Rodriguez Minardi B 50.7 82

Kiesa Minardi B 37.8 61

Dominguez Jordan B 3.2 5

[Jem of the Shire 0]

No surprise really, Ferrari arent ashamed that they test more than anyone, probably cos they dont care about f1 reducing costs

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[cavallino 2]

No surprise really, Ferrari arent ashamed that they test more than anyone, probably cos they dont care about f1 reducing costs

Sigh some people need it explained.

Despite doing 77 days compared to 30 days by other teams they only did 5000 miles more.

[Jem of the Shire 0]

Sigh some people need it explained.

Despite doing 77 days compared to 30 days by other teams they only did 5000 miles more.

Oops I was having a blonde moment (don't suppose you get those in india, no offence!). I see what you're saying now

[monza gorilla 1]

Sigh some people need it explained.

Despite doing 77 days compared to 30 days by other teams they only did 5000 miles more.

Or the equivalent of 25 Grands Prix........

Sounds like more when you say it like that!

After last season's showing, it didn't do them much good, though, did it?

[cavallino 2]

14.1% more than BAR

not as much as people were claiming through the season

Importantly, the demand made from Ferrari was to respect the previous agreement, which I believe was 45 days or something. So Ferrari didnt really do moer testing than say 34 days in that sense..

[monza gorilla 1]

I see your point, and I'm not against the fact that they tested more, because of the law of diminishing returns.

[Senna 0]

Interesting article

[Jenson_Rules 0]

whst pruik staed jb wsasnt committted. hes workded the hardss of all rasce driveers!

[Karta 0]

whst pruik staed jb wsasnt committted. hes workded the hardss of all rasce driveers!

We need special translator here i think

[monza gorilla 1]

It's in Benspeak, the natural language of the inebriated. For what it's worth, I don't see how he can substantiate such a claim anyway. I'm sure many other drivers worked just as hard.

[narain fan 0]

Tyres

Tyre Miles Kms

M 171062.6 275298.6

B 59363.1 95535.6

this is the real data that is of any interest to me ,and sums up the 2005 season

[Jenson_Rules 0]

I said, what prick said JB is not committed, out of all the race drivers he has tested the most therefor showing he is committed!

[monza gorilla 1]

Well, that's fine and dandy, Ben, but nobody brought it up in this thread.

BTW, I don't doubt JB's committment, but there's more to it than testing miles.

[Jenson_Rules 0]

indeed there is!

[Senna 0]

whst pruik staed jb wsasnt committted. hes workded the hardss of all rasce driveers!

?

[Jenson_Rules 0]

I have translated it from benspeak a couple of posts above!

[Senna 0]

I have translated it from benspeak a couple of posts above!

Much appreciated. Until your language becomes more widespread, and I hope to see it replace French one day, I suggest you stick with English

[Redline 0]

Tyre Miles Kms

M 171062.6 275298.6

B 59363.1 95535.6

this is the real data that is of any interest to me ,and sums up the 2005 season

Well said!

A lot of performance depends upon the tyres. However, this was made even more significant in 2005 by a rule change (no tyre changing during the race) which was either very stupid, or was designed specifically to penalise Bridgestone, who had vastly fewer teams available to test their "one race tyre" developments.

Less testing means less development, which means less car performance.

[Senna 0]

Redline

[pumpdoc 2]

Redline

Indeed welcome back....................