Overview
- The restriction applies to each tyre set across all sessions, with laps counted cumulatively including Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car running.
- Laps to the grid, the formation lap, and laps completed after the chequered flag are excluded from the tally.
- Pirelli will advise teams before the Grand Prix how many laps remain available on each tyre set.
- Qatar’s sprint weekend will use the hardest compounds—C1 hard, C2 medium, C3 soft—with allocations of two hards, four mediums, and six softs per driver.
- The measure was agreed with the FIA and Formula 1 after discussions with teams, following a separate 2023 stint cap at Lusail that addressed kerb-induced sidewall damage.