What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix?

Formula 1 returns to the United States this weekend for the second edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix night race – and Pirelli have confirmed what tyres will be in play during the event.

Matching nominations for most street circuits, F1’s official tyre suppliers have chosen their three softest dry tyre compounds – the C3 as the hard, the C4 as the medium and the C5 as the soft – for the 6.201 kilometre track.

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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.

“The main challenge on the tyre front will be warm-up, especially during qualifying and for the front axle in particular,” reads Pirelli’s race weekend preview.

“Drivers will have to be careful to bring the tyres up to temperature without overworking them, avoiding any lock-ups at the heaviest braking points, particularly at the end of the longest straights, along which the tyres will suffer a further reduction in surface temperature.

“Furthermore, low temperatures lead to a reduction in grip and that can cause increased graining. These factors could lead to a speeding up of the wear process, which suggests a two-stop strategy, which was in fact the most popular choice last year.

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“However, a one-stop can still be quite competitive, especially if the driver gradually brings the tyres up to temperature, prolonging its life over a long stint.

“Because of the difficulty in warm-up, pitting early to try and make up places with an undercut is not very efficient and in fact, on paper, going longer is a better choice.”

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

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