Pirelli sets maximum tyre-stint at Qatar Grand Prix
17th November 2025Pirelli is set to make a mandatory tyre-life stint at the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix, confirming a maximum limit of 25 laps will be imposed penultimate round of the season.
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On Monday, Formula 1’s sole tyre provider, Pirelli has confirmed they will impose a 25-lap tyre life limit on the tyres during the Grand Prix, forcing the teams into another mandatory two-stop race.
The tyre manufacturer has confirmed that each of the tyre sets that will be given to the teams can cover a maximum of 25 laps of the Lusail circuit, which is reportedly very demanding on the rubber.
They have confirmed that laps will be counted cumulatively across all track sessions. Laps to the grid and formation laps will not be counted life-span of the tyres, but laps ran behind the safety car or under the Virtual Safety Car will be counted.
Pirelli said this has been deemed necessary after analysis of the 2024 tyres, which several tyres reached maximum wear. In a statement, they said:
“In Qatar, a limit will be introduced for the number of laps that each set of tyres can cover over the course of the whole race weekend.
“The decision, taken in agreement with the FIA and Formula 1 and discussed in regular meetings with the teams, is confirmed today by Pirelli through the usual technical document containing event specific prescriptions sent out two weeks prior to each Grand Prix.”
“This measure has been deemed necessary, following analysis of the tyres used in 2024,” Pirelli continued. “Last year, several tyres, particularly the left front, had reached the maximum wear level. These conditions, combined with the high lateral energy had increased the structural fatigue of the construction.”
The race in 2023 had a similar issue with the tyres as the teams were forced to an 18-lap tyre life. Pirelli confirmed the problems which caused those issue were now resolved.
Pirelli had already confirmed that they were set to bring the hardest compounds of their range with the C1 (Hard), C2 (Medium) and C3 (Soft). However, as it will be a sprint race weekend, the teams will only receive two sets of hards, four mediums and six soft tyres.
Following the announcement, It now marks the second mandated two-stop race after the Monaco Grand Prix, earlier this year.
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