Saturday, 22 November 2008
McLaren FACTS AND STATS
From the official site
Team McLaren Mercedes...
- began development of MP4-21 with the V8 engine in October 2004.
- began initial wind tunnel work on MP4-21 in July 2005.
- ran the Mercedes-Benz FO 108S V8 engine on the dyno for about three months before on-track testing commenced.
- sends between 95 (fly-away races) and 135 (European races) personnel to each Grand Prix.
- has a race team which comprises: technical director, race team manager, senior race engineer, chief mechanic, software engineer, race strategist, two driver engineers, two assistant engineers, two system engineers, two data analysts, 10 mechanics, two gearbox mechanics two fabricator/carbon repairmen, engine dress, chief truckie, two tyre men, electrician, two support crew, security, senior fuel technician, fuel technician, spares co-ordinator, team co-ordinator.
- has a test team which comprises: test team manager, test team engineer, two driver engineers, two assistant engineers, two system engineers, chief mechanic, 12 mechanics, two gearbox technicians, data analyst, engine dress, two tyre men, spares co-ordinator/chief truckie, three full-time truckies, fabricator/laminator/truckie, part-time truckie.
- used a total of seven chassis throughout the 2005 season.
- transports approximately 30 tonnes of freight, including three complete race cars at approximately 600kg each grands prix.
- takes three spare gearboxes to each race, two built with rear suspension and one loose unit.
- takes six engines to each race, one in each of the three cars and three loose spares.
- Team Communications Centre, the team’s trackside hospitality unit, travels to all European Grands Prix. It has two floors and comprises offices, meeting rooms, kitchen and dining areas and driver rooms.
- completed approximately 44,500 kilometres when testing during 2005.
- completed approximately 22,500 kilometres when racing in 2005, including Practice, Qualifying, and Races.
- drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo completed 32,094 kilometers in total during 2005. From a total of 5785 racing kilometres Team McLaren Mercedes lead 2852 kilometers which is 49% of the entire season.
- generated 40 gigabytes of data during all race meetings and 75 gigabytes of data at all tests in the 2005 season.
- consumed 50,000 litres of Mobil Unleaded fuel for track work during the 2005 season.
- competes with a car that typically handles 2,500 gearchanges during a race. This figure varies from circuit to circuit.
- competes with a car that is typically capable of the following performance:
- 0-60mph / 0 - 96kph 2.3 seconds.
- 0-100mph / 0 - 160kph 3.6 seconds.
- 0-100-0mph / 0 -160 - 0kph 6.6 seconds.
and can decelerate from 185mph to a standstill in 3.5 seconds.
- was supplied 2964 Michelin tyres in total for the 19 Grand Prix weekends in 2005. (1368 dry-weather tyres and 1596 wet-weather tyres).
- is supplied with 128 Enkei wheel rims per race.
- generate 4600 drawings to create the 11,000 components that make up each car.
- drivers are subjected to forces of up to 5G under braking.
- stripped the cars down a total of 121 times throughout the 2005 season.