As we all know, F1 equipment is very expensive – have you wondered how much F1 tyre costs?
F1 teams are very particular about their tyres and each team uses customised tyres which suit their requirements. The tyres used in F1 cars are completely different to normal car tyres and bear only a superficial similarity. F1 teams choose tyres based on the weather conditions like wet tyres when it’s raining or if the race is taking place on a wet track. The other two variants of tyres that F1 teams use are the hard tyres and the soft tyres.
Due to their immense importance, F1 tyres are designed and manufactured by experts and limited specialist companies. They are quite costly and a single set of F1 tyres costs about US $2700. It is estimated that each team spends about $35,100 worth of tyres in each Grand Prix.
There are 23-24 races that take place in a regular F1 season. This implies that the cost of tyres for an F1 vehicle is a staggering US$ 807,300 per driver in a season. With two cars per team, the cost of F1 tyres accumulates to around $1,614,600 for every team in a season.
The new season of Formula One is just a couple of months away and teams already seem to have finalised their drivers’ lineup for 2023. The 2023 F1 grid will see a number of new faces while we will certainly miss four-time World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, who decided to retire at the end of 2022 season. Let us take a look at the teams and drivers who are set to be a part of the 2023 F1 World Championship.
There will be three debutants in the F1 grid next season – Nyck de Vries (Alpha Tauri), Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Logan Sargeant (Williams). We will also see the full-time return of Nico Hulkenberg for the first time since 2019, who has replaced Mick Schumacher at Haas. Meanwhile, Aston Martin has roped in two-time World Champion, Fernando Alonso to fill the spot vacated by the retiring Sebastian Vettel.
McLaren has brought in Oscar Piastri after Alonso’s departure from the team. Yuki Tsunoda has moved on to Alpha Tauri while Alpine have signed Esteban Ocon to partner Gasly in the Japanese driver’s place. Nicholas Latifi, Mick Schumacher and Daniel Ricciardo are unfortunately missing out and won’t be a full-time part of the F1 grid next season.
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