ExxonMobil Facts and Statistics

World Drivers’ Champions

  • 1982 Keke Rosberg, Williams Ford
  • 1987 Nelson Piquet, Williams Honda
  • 1998 Mika Häkkinen , McLaren Mercedes
  • 1999 Mika Häkkinen , McLaren Mercedes
  • 2008 Lewis Hamilton, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
  • 2009 Jenson Button, Brawn GP*
  • 2021 Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Honda

World Constructors’ Champions

  • 1981 Williams Ford
  • 1986 Williams Honda
  • 1987 Williams Honda
  • 1998 McLaren Mercedes
  • 2009 Brawn GP*

*Product supply only not sponsorship

Mobil 1™ motor oil lubricates more than 4000 moving parts in the race engine, including the ICE, turbo & MGU

Oil circulates around the engine up to nine times per minute

Lead, indium, copper, tin and iron are five of 15 elements monitored during oil-analysis tests to help keep the race cars on the track

Peak temperatures in the engine turbine can reach 950°C and rev up to 125000 rpm

Each car has a 110 kg fuel limit per race

The oil film protecting the race car’s gear teeth is ~20μm thick – that’s about half the thickness of a human hair

An ExxonMobil trackside technician tests more than 1100 oil samples and 400 fuel samples from the Red Bull Racing cars per season

A driver changes gear up to 4000 times per race. In the Canadian Grand Prix, for example, a driver changes gear on average every 1.3 seconds

The 1.6-litre turbo-charged V6 Red Bull Racing power unit is 40% more fuel efficient compared to that of the pre-2014 engines, reflecting the global demand to develop more fuel efficient cars and increased road relevance