Tyre pressures at Nürburgring 24H
How hard a circuit works each corner of the car shows up as tread temperature, and temperature is what sets pressure. GripCalc carries corner heating figures for Nürburgring 24H as a starting point: how much hotter each tyre runs over the session's base temperature, from the layout's mix of corners and load. They pre-fill the calculator when you pick the circuit, and your own pyrometer readings refine them from the first session.
| CORNER | RUNS HOTTER BY, °C |
|---|---|
| Left front | +2.5 |
| Right front | +2.0 |
| Left rear | +3.5 |
| Right rear | +3.0 |
ESTIMATED — class-based starting values over an 85°C session base, derived from this layout's type (direction, speed profile, load), and shared with circuits of similar character rather than measured here. Not gospel: enter your own pyrometer figures after a session and they take precedence.
What Nürburgring 24H asks of a tyre
The 24H layout joins the Grand Prix circuit to the Nordschleife: the longest lap most drivers will ever experience, with jumps, compressions, cambered country corners and surface changes accumulated over decades. Tyres see every load case in a single lap and have long sections to cool between them, so averages hide extremes; the Nordschleife punishes pressure errors at specific corners, not on the gauge.
Compressions at the Fuchsroehre and Pflanzgarten spike loads far above the lap's average
Very long lap: temperatures cycle, so probe straight after a full lap, not the pit straight
Surface changes mean grip and temperature vary section to section; leave margin
Traffic management matters more than the last half psi; set for stability
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Nürburgring 24H
Published hot target 30.5 / 32.0 psi at 92°C tread, on a 15°C morning, with the corner figures above: cold set 21.4 / 21.5 front, 22.5 / 22.6 rear. A different car, tyre or morning moves every number, which is what the calculator is for.
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