Season 2026 · Round 3 · Tyre usage

Japanese Grand Prix

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2026-03-29 · Suzuka Circuit · Japanese Grand Prix

Tyre sets across the weekend

Allocation: slick 13 · intermediate 5 · wet 2 — mandatory returns: 2 sets at the end of each free practice session

Used in

Driver

Hard 2

Medium 3

Soft 8

Used

12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli

H19 H234 M18 M210 M322 S114 S212 S310 S46 S56 S63 S73 S83

13/13 · 140L

81 Oscar Piastri

H135 H2– M117 M217 M318 S113 S213 S311 S48 S56 S63 S73 S8–

11/13 · 144L

16 Charles Leclerc

H110 H236 M119 M217 M3– S115 S29 S320 S49 S53 S63 S73 S8–

11/13 · 144L

63 George Russell

H140 H29 M118 M221 M3– S110 S212 S37 S44 S59 S63 S73 S812

12/13 · 148L

1 Lando Norris

H137 H2– M111 M28 M316 S19 S29 S313 S48 S53 S63 S73 S83

12/13 · 123L

44 Lewis Hamilton

H111 H231 M118 M222 M3– S112 S29 S323 S49 S55 S63 S73 S8–

11/13 · 146L

10 Pierre Gasly

H123 H231 M121 M211 M322 S14 S26 S39 S46 S53 S63 S73 S83

13/13 · 145L

3 Max Verstappen

H126 H231 M121 M213 M322 S19 S26 S36 S43 S53 S63 S7– S8–

11/13 · 143L

30 Liam Lawson

H111 H231 M124 M214 M322 S116 S27 S37 S46 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 147L

31 Esteban Ocon

H117 H234 M124 M213 M319 S16 S26 S39 S46 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 143L

27 Nico Hülkenberg

H115 H230 M117 M210 M323 S19 S25 S37 S411 S55 S63 S73 S83

13/13 · 141L

6 Isack Hadjar

H123 H234 M123 M212 M319 S16 S29 S36 S43 S53 S63 S72 S8–

12/13 · 143L

5 Gabriel Bortoleto

H112 H231 M12 M210 M322 S115 S29 S311 S45 S56 S63 S73 S83

13/13 · 132L

41 Arvid Lindblad

H119 H235 M11 M218 M3– S110 S214 S37 S46 S56 S63 S73 S83

12/13 · 125L

55 Carlos Sainz

H141 H212 M116 M217 M322 S110 S28 S39 S46 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 150L

43 Franco Colapinto

H110 H236 M122 M218 M317 S114 S26 S37 S43 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 142L

11 Sergio Pérez

H19 H232 M113 M221 M3– S15 S25 S318 S43 S53 S6– S7– S8–

9/13 · 109L

14 Fernando Alonso

H12 H2– M121 M229 M3– S117 S212 S314 S43 S53 S63 S7– S8–

9/13 · 104L

77 Valtteri Bottas

H117 H219 M122 M233 M3– S17 S220 S36 S43 S53 S63 S7– S8–

10/13 · 133L

23 Alexander Albon

H114 H223 M121 M222 M32 S18 S29 S320 S44 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 132L

18 Lance Stroll

H115 H23 M110 M221 M36 S17 S211 S313 S49 S53 S63 S73 S8–

12/13 · 104L

87 Oliver Bearman

H110 H24 M122 M210 M322 S117 S26 S32 S46 S53 S6– S7– S8–

10/13 · 102L

Compounds nominated for this Grand Prix

C1 Hard C2 Medium C3 Soft

Pirelli nominates three of its slick compounds for each event; the higher the C number, the softer the tyre. FIA document ↗

One row per driver; each chip is one tyre set — coloured half is the compound and set number, grey half is laps run on it. Hover a chip for the session-by-session breakdown. Sets are reconstructed from stint tyre age (the source has no set ID), so a set re-fitted later is matched by its accumulated laps. Source OpenF1 (2023+). Outlined chips were never fitted — the per-compound allocation is fixed by the FIA sporting regulations (standard weekend 2 hard / 3 medium / 8 soft, sprint weekend 2 / 4 / 6), so subtracting what was run leaves exactly which sets went unused. A chip marked ↩ is one we estimate was handed back at a mandatory return — it was not fitted again afterwards. The FIA does not publish the actual returns, so treat it as a guess. A lap count shown as ~N is an estimate: the source reported more sets of that compound than the regulations allow (it repeats age 0 when a set is re-fitted), so those sets were merged to fit the allocation. The number of sets is right; how the laps split between them is not certain.

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