The race will see drivers complete 50 laps around the 6.201 km long track - second longest in the F1 calendar after Spa-Francorchamps - under the lights of Las Vegas, in the cool temperatures that take hold over the Nevada desert nights.

In previous editions of the race, graining has been the annoying gremlin teams have had to face, and Pirelli has taken measures to ensure it does not strike again in this year's event.

Earlier in the year Pirelli premiered a new tyre, the C6, which was hoped would be quicker in qualifying simulations than the other compounds, and given its rapid deterioration, its use was primarily intended for the grid order-setting session on Saturday afternoons.

The compound, though, proved to be too tricky even for those situations, drawing fierce criticism from drivers such as Max Verstappen who advised Pirelli to 'leave that tyre at home.'

For the 2025 edition the selection of tyres is the same as for the two years prior, the C3, C4 and C5.

Aware that the chilly Vegas nights posed a challenge for the drivers to bring the compounds up to the optimum temperature in the two previous races, this year the race will be held at an earlier team, which Pirelli believes will help ease the difficulty of said task.

The tyre supplier, however, does stress the importance the preparation laps will have when it comes to qualifying, which has proven key in recent times, with the last seven pole-sitters going on the win the Grands Prix as well.

Pirelli justified their decision to bring the same compounds by saying that "this year’s tyres have improved mechanical properties," the tyre manufacturer stated in a press release, adding that the improvements made should then be able to mitigate tyre degradation, which the medium compound was the most afflicted by in the 2024 edition.

Choosing to leave the C6 compound at home, was done merely to prevent the graining that has hindered the teams' performance since the first time the Las Vegas Grand Prix was run in 2023.

F1 is on a streak of seven consecutive races where the polesitter won, from the Dutch GP through Brazil, which could equal the all-time record of eight if the pole-sitter converts it into a win again in Las Vegas. The existing record was set in 1976, spanning races from Long Beach to the Nürburgring, with winners including James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, and Clay Regazzoni. Read the full story here.

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