With the 2016 pre-season tests done and dusted the attention turns to the first race in Melbourne Australia in just a little over a week for the F1 season opener.

There are quite a number of stats and number that were thrown around. The lap count and distance completed by Mercedes is one that stands out the most. The Mercedes team completed a total of 1 294 laps between their drivers that covered a total distance of 6 023.57km. This is quite a long way from Toro Rosso who completed the second highest test distance of 4 883.095km completeing 1 049 laps. That’s almost 19% less than Mercedes in terms of distance.

The 6 023.57km completed by Mercedes translates into almost 20 complete race distances based on the 307.104km race distance of the Circuit de Catalunya track layout.

With 4 manufacturers supplying power units, its no surprise to see Ferrari and Mercedes very close to each other in terms of distance covered. Both manufacturers supply 4 teams each.

Total Number of Laps Per Driver

Looking at the overall fastest times for the 8 days of testing Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest with his 1:22.765 on the ultra soft tyres. These times should be taken with a shovel of salt when considering them as it is always hard to get the true pace of a car during testing. There are too many variables that factor into the final times.

Best Times per Compound