What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix?

Formula 1 will return to action with the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend – and tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compounds that the teams and drivers will have available to them.

A combination of the C1 as the hard, the C2 as the medium and the C3 as the soft will be deployed at the Lusail International Circuit, which mixes high speed corners with harsh and unforgiving kerbs.

With the Sprint format in play for the final time this season, drivers will be given 12 sets of tyres rather than the usual 13. They will recieve two sets of the hard tyre (marked white), four sets of the medium tyre (marked yellow), and six sets of the soft tyre (marked red), as well as access to the green intermediate tyre and the blue full wets, should they be required.

With the stresses expected to be high on the tyres, Pirelli has mandated a maximum usage for tyres of 25 laps.

"In Qatar, a limit will be introduced for the number of laps that each set of tyres can cover over the course of the whole race weekend," says Pirelli in its weekend preview. "The decision, taken in agreement with the FIA and Formula 1 and discussed in regular meetings with the teams, is confirmed today by Pirelli through the usual technical document containing event specific prescriptions sent out two weeks prior to each Grand Prix.

"Every set of tyres supplied to the teams at the start of the race weekend can cover a maximum of 25 laps of the Lusail track, which is very demanding on tyres in terms of energy, thermal stress and wear. The laps will be counted cumulatively across all track sessions, including laps run under the Safety Car or Virtual Safety Car."

"Laps to the grid and formation laps and those completed after the chequered flag in the Sprint and the Grand Prix will not be included in the count. As the Qatar Grand Prix is run over 57 laps, each driver will inevitably have to change tyres at least twice. Before the start of the Grand Prix, Pirelli will inform the teams how many laps are still available for each set.

"This measure has been deemed necessary, following analysis of the tyres used in 2024. Last year, several tyres, particularly the left front, had reached the maximum wear level. These conditions, combined with the high lateral energy had increased the structural fatigue of the construction."

For more information about Pirelli’s F1 tyres, visit pirelli.com.