Next GP / Round 19
Pirelli's compound selection for Circuit of The Americas (COTA): the hard, medium and soft nominations, how the circuit loads the tyres, and the projected race strategies.
About this data
This page is a static snapshot for round 19 (2024 / 2025 Calendar), race date 2024-10-20. The automated sync only refreshes the latest race result, so nominations, strategies and forecast here are edited by hand in app/f1-tyres/data/f1Data.js.
Nominations
C2 as Hard, C3 as Medium and C4 as Soft, drawn from the six-compound slick range.
Nominated as the White Hard. Chosen for high resilience against the intense lateral loads through the Turn 3-6 esses and braking into Turn 1 & Turn 12.
Nominated as the Yellow Medium. The baseline compound for the weekend. Expected starting tyre for the top 10 on the grid.
Nominated as the Red Soft. The mandatory qualifying Q3 tyre. Roughly 0.9s - 1.2s faster than Medium on a single flying lap, but exhibits rapid thermal degradation over long runs.
Circuit
A high-downforce layout. The rapid direction changes through turns 3 to 6 load the tyres laterally and heat the carcass quickly.
Ratings from 1 (low) to 5 (extreme).
Rear tyre longitudinal acceleration loads
Deceleration forces pushing load onto the fronts
Cornering G-forces stressing the tyre carcass
Total thermal and mechanical tyre punishment
Surface roughness wearing down tread depth
Natural adhesion offered by the tarmac
Aerodynamic load pushing the tyre into the track
Strategy
Three race-distance plans across the 56 laps. Segment widths are proportional to stint length.
Medium ➔ Hard ➔ Hard. Mitigates high tyre degradation in Sector 1 while maintaining strong pace.
Medium ➔ Hard ➔ Medium. Gives a fast final charge on fresh Mediums if fuel burns off.
Medium ➔ Hard. Requires extreme tyre preservation and vulnerable to severe tyre drop-off.
Weekend
What each driver receives, the FIA limits teams run to, and the forecast for the weekend.
| Compound | Role | Sets |
|---|---|---|
| C2 Hard | Hard | 2 |
| C3 Medium | Medium | 3 |
| C4 Soft | Soft | 8 |
| INTER Intermediate | Intermediate | 4 |
| WET Wet | Full wet | 3 |
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