System One’s sole tyre producer Pirelli has revealed that it’s going to debut its brand-new comound, the C6 on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, introducing its softest compound of its 2025 tyre vary.
Pirelli has confirmed the slick tyre compound selections for the sixth and seventh rounds of the season, which occur in Miami from 2 to 4 Might and Imola from 16 to 18 Might. Essentially the most vital change for each these occasions is that the trio of compounds is a step softer than final yr.
For the primary of this yr’s three Grands Prix to be held within the USA, the choice is the C3 as Exhausting, the C4 as Medium and the C5 as Gentle, the identical alternative as in Melbourne and Jeddah.
The primary European spherical will then see the introduction of the new-for-2025 C6, the softest of all of the compounds on this yr’s vary. The C6 rubber will characteristic the purple bands and the Pirelli brand, and can be a part of the C5 as Medium and the C4 as Exhausting.
Explaining the tyre picks, Pirelli’s motorsport director Mario Isola commented: “Once we started planning the manufacturing and cargo of tyres for the primary few races, we aimed to run all of the compounds within the new vary throughout the early a part of the season, as they characteristic circuits with very totally different traits.
“This is able to assist us collect as a lot helpful information as potential as shortly as potential to tell our picks for the second half of the yr. For 2025, we’ve a wider vary of choices in comparison with final yr: there’s simpler spacing between the varied compounds when it comes to efficiency and, total, they appear to be much less liable to each tread floor overheating and graining.
“This additionally permits us to experiment with new options, making selections that may result in quite a lot of legitimate methods, each when it comes to tyre utilization and variety of pit stops.”
In Miami and Imola final yr, the commonest technique was a one-stop. The softer compounds ought to result in a greater diversity of methods at each areas.
“We’re properly conscious that groups and drivers have change into very adept at managing and taking care of their tyres to get the absolute best race outcome, and that the drivers all the time need to push to the restrict to expertise the thrills that solely a System 1 automobile can provide,” Isola continued.
“We had additional affirmation of this in Suzuka, the place, even in a race that wasn’t notably thrilling when it comes to on-track motion, everybody stated they have been happy to have the ability to regularly get their lap occasions down proper to the top of every stint.
“Nevertheless, we should stability this with the shared want amongst all key stakeholders in our sport to create the circumstances for unpredictable and spectacular races. Tyres and their behaviour are an vital a part of that image and as a companion of System 1, we need to be proactive on this regard.”
