Those seven are hard orange medium white soft yellow super soft.

F1 tyre types. For the 2020 formula 1 season pirelli will present a new range of tyres. Pirellis current convention has seven different names for each compound marked with a different colour on the tyre wall. S stands for soft tyres m for medium tyres h for hard i for intermediate and w for wet tyres.

Heres our interactive guide to the seven different tyre compounds used in formula one. The purpose of the tyre determines the compound of the rubber to be used. Written by tom bellingham published on 17082016 800 gmt f1 tyres from pirelli.

As ever pirelli will bring wet and intermediate tyres to every race just in case. Formula one tyres bear only a superficial resemblance to a normal road tyre. It strikes a very good.

From 1950 to 1960 the f1 tyres were manufactured by 5 6 companies pirelli firestone dunlop englebert avon and continental. Then for the following three years dunlop was the sole tyre. Superhard hard medium soft supersoft ultrasoft and hypersoft.

Fia has regulations for tires that can be used by drivers in formula 1 grand prix races. But the slick tyres have been the ones in the headlines with pirelli able to choose from seven compounds this year. Apart from this for rainy conditions intermediate and full wet tires are also supplied by the italian manufacturers.

This tire is equivalent to the soft that was nominated in all but four of the races last year. Types of tyres and compounds at each grand prix every team is given access to two specifications or compounds of dry weather tyre. C1 c2 c3 c4 c5.

They currently provide three dry sets of tires soft medium and hard. Whereas the latter has a useful life of up to 80000 km 50000 miles the tyres used in formula one are built to last less than one race distance. White will be hard yellow denotes medium and red will indicate soft.

Each compound this year will be assigned a numeric code rather than permanent color assignment. Pirelli are the official tire suppliers to the formula 1. Unless conditions are wet drivers must use both specifications during the race.