Pirelli confirms the tires chosen for the Monaco GP

The Italian manufacturer Pirelli selected the same tires as at Imola, contested a week earlier. Thus, C4 will be the hardest compound, C5 the intermediate, and C6 the softest.

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Each driver will have two sets of hard tires (marked in white), three sets of medium tires (yellow) and eight sets of soft tires (red), in addition to intermediate (green) and wet (blue) tires, available if weather conditions require. An additional set of soft tires will be allocated to drivers reaching Q3 during qualifying.

Two mandatory pit stops in Monaco

A major new feature this year: a second mandatory pit stop is introduced during the race. In accordance with the amended sporting regulations, each driver must use at least three different types of tires (dry or wet) during the race. If they are not using intermediate or wet tires, they must then use at least two different types of slicks, one of which must be from the mandatory allocation (hard or medium).

To support this regulatory change, each driver will receive an additional set of Full Wet tires, in addition to the two usually provided, so that the two-stop rule remains applicable even in very wet conditions.

This measure was introduced to avoid a repeat of the scenario of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix. Last year, after a violent collision at the start involving the Haas de Kevin Magnussen et Nico Hulkenberg as well as the Red Bull Sergio Pérez's race was neutralized by a red flag. All the drivers took the opportunity to change tires, which, on a circuit where overtaking is almost impossible, transformed the rest of the race into a long procession on hard tires. After the restart, only six drivers made a pit stop under racing conditions, without this changing the established order.

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