Formula 1 is a fast-paced sport, but the cars need quality tires to compete during a race. Here’s how many tires they burn through in a season.
Counting how many tires an F1 team uses per season isn’t a straightforward addition; that’s because tire use is heavily regulated in the racing league. Furthermore, the tires that a driver uses will vary according to track and weather conditions. Teams also cannot just use any tire brand, and they have a maximum allocation per weekend, forcing them to carefully consider their tire strategy. At the moment, Pirelli, which is headquartered in Milan, Italy, is F1’s official tire brand, which started supplying them in 2011 and is contracted to do so until 2027.
According to F1 rules, one driver gets 13 sets of smooth, dry weather tires for Grand Prix races (12 sets for Sprint Races) and seven sets of wet weather tires per weekend. This gives them a total of 19 to 20 sets or 76 to 80 tires to play with per weekend.
