Technical Regulations:
- Formula One cars must have 4 wheels, external of the bodywork so remaining uncovered.
- The maximum wheel diameter is 670mm (680 for wet tyres).
- The front wheel width must be between 370 and 385mm. The rear wheels must be between 455 and 470mm.
- The tyres must be inflated with air or nitrogen.
- Each wheel must be attached to the car with a single fastening. The wheel guns used by the pit crews must be powered by compressed air or nitrogen.
Sporting Regulations:
- Pirelli will provide 3 dry tyre compounds each race, with intermediate and wet tyres also available.
- Each driver will be allocated 13 dry sets, 4 intermediates and 3 wet for each event.
- Of the 13 dry weather compounds:
- 2 sets will be chosen by Pirelli as the mandatory race tyres and one of these sets must be used in the race.
- 1 set will be reserved for Q3, drivers who reach Q3 will have to return this set before the beginning of the race. Drivers failing to make it into the final qualifying session will be allowed to use this set during the race.
- The final 10 sets can be chosen by the teams from the three available compounds.
- During the weekend, the teams will have to hand back tyres at certain points:
- One set after the first 40 minutes of FP1
- One set after FP1
- Two sets must be returned before the start of FP3 (unless FP1 and FP2 are wet or cancelled, in which case one of the sets may be kept until the start of qualifying).
- Two sets must be returned before the start of qualifying.
- Drivers who reach Q3 must start the race on the set of tyres on which they set their fastest time in Q2, unless the race is wet. Also in some cases, if the tyres are deemed to be damaged, the team may be allowed to replace them.
- Unless the race is wet, at least two of the three dry weather compounds must be used during the race, one of which must be the mandatory race tyre.
- If the race is started behind the safety car due to rain, full wets must be used until the safety car pits.