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- Pirelli will bring the three tyres in the middle of its five-tyre range to this weekend's United States Grand Prix.
- Pirelli confirmed that teams will have eight sets of the red-marked soft tyre.
- The Circuit of The Americas has a flowing yet balanced layout.
Pirelli announced its tyre allocation for this weekend's United States Grand Prix. This weekend is also the event's tenth consecutive running at the Circuit of The Americas in Texas, featuring for the first time in 2012.
The tyre supplier confirmed that the three tyres in the middle of its five-tyre range would be in use this weekend, mirroring the selection for Saudi Arabia, Imola, Miami, France, Hungary, Belgium, and Italy this year. The Mexican GP next weekend will feature the same allocation of tyres.
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The tyre selection is: the white-marked C2 hard (x2 sets), the yellow-marked C3 medium (x3 sets), and the red-marked C4 soft (x8 sets).
Pirelli Motorsport Director Mario Isola said: "The Circuit of The Americas is a balanced layout when it comes to the demands placed on cars and tyres in terms of traction, braking and lateral loads. But it's mainly a flowing track that the drivers love, which nonetheless presents some challenging sections that shouldn't be underestimated.
"In the first free practice (FP) session, there could be a high degree of track evolution, so it's going to be vital for the teams to maximise the data collected during FP3 to define the best strategy."
FP2 will be extended from 60 to 90 minutes, with the final third of the session dedicated to Pirelli's 2023 slick tyre prototypes.
