What tyres will the teams and drivers have in Austria?

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

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds that will be in play across the Austrian Grand Prix weekend.

Formula 1 heads to the rolling hills of Spielberg for the Austrian Grand Prix this upcoming weekend – and tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compounds that will be in play.

The same tyre options are presented to the grid as last year, the C3 (hard), C4 (medium) and C5 (soft) compounds for a hot Austrian race, with temperatures predicted to reach the high 20C range.

Drivers will get two sets of the hard tyre (marked white), three sets of the medium tyre (marked yellow), and eight 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.

An extra set of softs is reserved for those who reach Q3 in Qualifying, while all drivers must use at least two different slick compounds during the race, providing the track is dry.

Pirelli's weekend preview reads: "The track surface at the Red Bull Ring is rather old and is highly abrasive, but wear is not a key factor. With very few corners, the track is not very severe in terms of the lateral forces exerted on the tyres, while degradation is mainly thermal in origin, which is down to the track layout with several hard braking and acceleration points.

"Managing tyre overheating, particularly on the rear axle, is a significant challenge. Furthermore, air and track temperatures can be quite high at this time of year."

The preview adds: “Of those tracks on the current calendar, the Red Bull Ring has the fewest corners (10) with the shortest lap time (1m 2.939s, set by Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes in 2020).

“With very few corners, the track is not very severe in terms of the lateral forces exerted on the tyres, while degradation is mainly thermal in origin, which is down to the track layout with several hard braking and acceleration points.

“Managing tyre overheating, particularly on the rear axle, is a significant challenge. Furthermore, air and track temperatures can be quite high at this time of year.

“The venue gets plenty of use, with racing on both four and two wheels, therefore the track is pretty well rubbered-in right from the start of the weekend.”

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