Over the course of the 2025 season, Pirelli’s tyres coated sufficient kilometres to circle the globe eight and a half occasions.
From the primary free apply session in Melbourne to the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi, the tyres produced by the Milan-based firm travelled a complete of 341,099 kilometres (211,954 miles).
This determine displays probably the most demanding seasons within the historical past of the championship, after the calendar expanded to 24 races final yr. On these 24 circuits, unfold out over 5 continents, Pirelli needed to ship efficiency, reliability and adaptableness in circumstances starting from the intense warmth of the Arabian desert to the biting chilly of Nevada.
The 2025 slick tyre vary, made up of six compounds, accounted for 96% of the entire mileage. The 2 most generally used compounds, confirming their versatility and strategic significance, had been the C3 (93,493 kms/58,095 miles) and C4 (91,595 kms/56,916 miles). These had been adopted by the C5 (66,255 kms/41,170 miles), C2 (35,012 kms/21,756), C6 (22,419 kms/13,930 miles) and C1 (17,368 kms/10,792 miles). Moist climate tyres coated the remaining 4%: 12,893 kms (8,011 miles) on intermediates and a couple of,064 kms (1,282 miles) on full wets.
In whole, the tyres accomplished 67,094 laps – with the same break up between slicks and wets: 64,519 laps on slicks and a couple of,578 on wets (about 4%). Throughout all of the races, 720 pit stops had been made. The report was the Spanish Grand Prix, with 53 stops in Barcelona. Miami had the fewest pit stops, with solely 18.
The longest stint of the yr got here from Haas driver Esteban Ocon, who coated 303 kilometres on a single set of C3 tyres in Jeddah, equating to 49 laps. The Frenchman additionally stood out in Baku, overlaying 294 kilometres on a set of C4 to verify his tyre administration expertise.
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly recorded the longest run on the C2, finishing 251 kilometres in Shanghai, whereas Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll coated 222 kilometres on the C5 in Baku. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg every drove 194 kilometres on a set of intermediates at Silverstone. The longest steady use of full wets was 61 kilometres through the Las Vegas weekend: 10 laps every for the 2 Aston Martin drivers in addition to for Hulkenberg.
The variety of tyre units provided over the course of the season highlights the logistical complexity of motorsport’s pinnacle. In 2025, groups had entry to six,120 units of slicks in whole, comprising 1,800 units of C5, 1,580 units of C4, 1,400 units of C3 and round 1,900 moist climate tyres. The variety of tyres allotted to every automotive, which varies relying on the weekend format, is clearly outlined by the technical rules.
As at all times, temperatures additionally influenced tyre behaviour. The very best monitor temperature recorded throughout a session was 58.2 levels centigrade at Jeddah throughout FP2, whereas the best air temperature was 39.1 levels centigrade in Bahrain throughout FP1. The coldest circumstances had been in Las Vegas, with 12 levels centigrade on monitor and 11.8 levels centigrade ambient throughout qualifying. Throughout the precise races, peak monitor temperature was 55.2 levels centigrade at Spielberg, whereas the best air temperature was 34.4 levels centigrade in Texas. The bottom temperatures had been 15 levels centigrade on monitor in Las Vegas and 14.3 levels centigrade ambient in Melbourne.
