As the first triple header of the 2025 season heads towards its conclusion, F1 arrives in Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but which compounds have tyre supplier Pirelli provided for the three days of action?
While the ranges brought to each of the first four races were the same as last year, this weekend Pirelli have gone one step softer, meaning that the C3 will act as the hard, the C4 as the medium and the C5 as the soft.
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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 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.
On the range of compounds chosen for this year’s race in Jeddah, Pirelli’s weekend preview says: “This is in line with the aim, shared with the FIA, F1 and the teams, to create more strategy choices for the race and therefore more exciting and unpredictable racing.
“In the four previous editions of this Grand Prix, the one-stop has always dominated, both in terms of its effectiveness and team preference, even when a Safety Car mixed things up a bit more.
“Only Bottas opted to pit twice [in 2014], all the others going for the one-stop, with the vast majority starting on the C3 (medium), switching to the C2 (hard) for the second stint.”
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Reflecting further on the impact of the high-speed Jeddah Corniche Circuit’s characteristics, Pirelli add: “The track surface is not very abrasive, with an average level of roughness, but the lateral forces exerted on the tyres are considerable, although not at the level to be found at Suzuka or Barcelona for example.
“Graining can put in an appearance, especially in the first free practice sessions as the track is very dirty to start with, because it is rarely used for motor racing.
“With several support categories also racing, track condition improves over the course of the weekend, so that this phenomenon diminishes. However, with a softer trio of compounds this year, it will be interesting to see what effect that has.”
For more information about Pirelli’s F1 tyres, visit pirelli.com.
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