Tyre pressures at Red Bull Ring
The lap, to scale. Track outline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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 Red Bull Ring 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 | +2.0 |
| Right front | +1.5 |
| Left rear | +3.0 |
| Right rear | +2.5 |
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 Red Bull Ring asks of a tyre
The Red Bull Ring is short and vertical: three big climbs and descents, heavy braking into the uphill first and second corners, and quick right-handers through the final sector that load the left side. The lap is dominated by traction and braking events rather than sustained corners.
Uphill braking zones work the fronts hard despite the short lap
The final sector's rights lean on the left side
Altitude and mountain weather move ambient quickly; recompute between sessions
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Red Bull Ring
Published hot target 30.5 / 32.0 psi at 92°C tread, on a 15°C morning, with the corner figures above: cold set 21.5 / 21.5 front, 22.6 / 22.6 rear. A different car, tyre or morning moves every number, which is what the calculator is for.
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