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

Bahrain plays host to the fourth round of the calendar, and the middle race of the first triple header of the campaign. The teams have already been at the Bahrain International Circuit this season, for three days of testing in late February.

There, they could run any of Pirelli’s tyre compounds. But this time around, the Italian manufacturer has given them the C1 (hard), C2 (medium) and C3 (soft) compounds – the same as the teams had to work with in Japan last weekend.

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Drivers will get two sets of the hard tyre, three sets of the medium tyre and eight sets of the soft tyre, as well as 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.

“Temperature will be a very important variable when it comes to tyre management at the fourth race of the year,” reads Pirelli’s weekend preview. “As was the case in Suzuka, the teams will have a choice of the three hardest compounds in Pirelli’s 2025 range. However, the Sakhir track characteristics and indeed the temperatures, will require a different approach to that adopted last week in Japan.

“All the teams will have a good baseline from which to start work, given that in the last week of February, the Sakhir circuit hosted the only pre-season test as per the 2025 sporting regulations. It means that everyone will have plenty of data to work with when it comes to setting up the cars and choosing the best strategies for Qualifying and the race.

“However, this weekend’s temperatures will present a new challenge, because during the test week, Sakhir saw unusual weather with strong winds leading to much cooler air and track temperatures than is normal at that time of year.”

Although a two-stop strategy is often employed in Bahrain, Pirelli added: “Based on what we have seen in winter testing and over the opening three rounds, it could be a different scenario because of modifications made to the compounds for 2025.

“While the C1 is pretty similar to its predecessor, the C2 and C3 are softer and most significantly, the three compounds have a better spread in terms of their performance delta. This could therefore bring the C2 back into play as a race tyre, thus creating more strategy choices for Sunday, with even a one-stop becoming a realistic possibility.

“Much will depend on how hot it will be compared to the test, so the three hours of free practice will be very important, especially FP2, which takes place at a similar time of day to the early part of the race.”

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