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Pirelli sees C5 soft as a possible choice for Singapore Sprint

Archive photograph: Pirelli P Zero medium slick on a display car, photographed on 1 August 2026. Illustrative tyre photo. Resized and converted to WebP. · 2026-08-01Archive photo · 2026-08-01 · TaurusEmerald · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pirelli says the C5 soft could feature in Singapore’s first Formula 1 Sprint and expects the format to encourage more extensive use of the compound over the weekend.

GPBeat · Newsroom08 Oct 2026, 07:25 · 1 min

Pirelli says it would not be surprising to see the C5 soft used in Singapore’s first Formula 1 Sprint, and expects the format to encourage more extensive C5 use across the weekend. The Sprint is scheduled for Saturday, October 10, with the Grand Prix on Sunday, October 11.

C5 is the softest compound in Singapore’s selection, with C4 as the medium and C3 as the hard. Pirelli still expects hard and medium to be the reference compounds for Sunday’s race, although it says the soft could receive greater consideration from more than one team.

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