Pirell’s new-for-2025 C6 tyre can be accessible to make use of for the primary time in a grand prix at Imola this weekend.
The C6 can be one of many three compounds provided to groups on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on 16-18 Might, Pirelli stated on Tuesday because it revealed its tyre allocation for the seventh spherical of the 2025 F1 season on Tuesday.
Groups can even have the choice of deploying the C4 and the C5 tyre, each of which have already been used earlier within the season.
The C6 will function the official smooth tyre at Imola and can carry pink markings, the yellow-walled C5 would be the designated medium tyre and the C4 has been listed because the arduous compound, Pirelli stated in its pre-event press launch.
F1 first set for Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Final yr, groups might select between C3 (arduous), C4 (medium) and C5 (smooth tyres) compounds.
Pirelli stated the low-abrasive nature of the Imola observe prompted it to introduce the brand new C6 tyre for the primary time this season.
Groups have restricted expertise on the softest compound in Pirelli’s 2025 vary, having solely accomplished restricted mileage on the red-walled tyre within the Bahrain pre-season check in February.
Given the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit is understood for top degradation, that check was not seen as a very good indicator of its efficiency or sturdiness.
Pirelli doesn’t count on groups to make use of the C6 tyre within the race, nonetheless it might turn into the favoured compound in qualifying.
It stated the info groups collect on C6 tyre in Imola, in addition to the upcoming races in Monaco and Montreal the place it could even be allotted to groups, might assist groups determine whether or not this compound is race-ready for later within the season.
In response to Pirelli, a one-stop technique will once more be the popular alternative for all groups this yr, with some drivers beginning the race on the C5 medium compound and the opposite choosing the C4 arduous tyre.
