What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix?

The final race before F1's traditional summer break comes from Budapest in Hungary, and Pirelli have now confirmed which tyre compounds they are giving the teams to work with.

For the Hungaroring, the Italian tyre manufacturer have opted to bring the C3, C4 and C5 compounds, an allocation that is one step softer for the mediums and softs that the teams had last time out in Belgium, whilst the hard compound is two steps softer.

The last time these tyre compounds were in play was in Austria.

Drivers will get two sets of the hard tyre (marked white), three sets of the medium tyre (marked yellow), and eight sets of the soft tyre (marked red), as well as access to the green intermediate tyre and the blue full wets, should they be required.

An extra set of softs is reserved for those who reach Q3 in Qualifying, while all drivers must use at least two different slick compounds during the race, providing the track is dry.

“The trio of slick tyre compounds is the same as last year,” reads Pirelli’s weekend preview. “Up until last year, these would have been the softest tyres of all, but this year, the C6 was introduced.

“However, the new compound would be too extreme a choice for a track that exerts this level of energy density on the tyres for every lap. Although the actual loads are not that high in absolute terms, the fact that the lap is short means that it increases cumulatively and significantly with each lap.

“Another factor that plays its part is the high temperature that usually accompanies the Hungarian weekend, leading to predominantly thermal degradation, exacerbated by the very dark track surface. In fact, last year’s race here saw the highest recorded track temperature of the season, at 58.6C.

“[Last year] the most popular strategy was the two-stop, running various combinations of the C3 and C4.”

Reflecting on the characteristics of the Hungaroring – which has been undergoing a major redevelopment project in recent times – Pirelli add: “Usually, track evolution over the weekend is very high here, especially during the first two days.

“Graining could put in an appearance during Friday free practice, before gradually decreasing the more the track gets rubbered-in. High thermal degradation is a factor drivers will have to deal with even over a flying lap in Qualifying on the soft. If it is not looked after properly, it could create problems in the final two corners."

For more information about Pirelli’s F1 tyres, visit pirelli.com.