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FIA Extends Pirelli’s Role as Formula 1’s Sole Tyre Supplier to 2028

Exercising its one-year contract option keeps Pirelli in place to maintain tyre stability across the championship, thereby postponing the mandatory post-2028 tender.

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Formula One F1 - Audi F1 Team Presentation - Audi Experience Center, Munich, Germany - November 12, 2025 General view of a Pirelli tyre on the Audi R26 car during the presentation REUTERS/Michaela Stache
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Overview

  • The FIA confirmed on Thursday that it has triggered a one-year option in the 2023 agreement to keep Pirelli as the exclusive tyre supplier through the end of the 2028 season.
  • The extension covers Formula 1 plus its feeder series: Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy, preserving a single-supplier model for teams and race organisers.
  • F1 and FIA leaders said the move provides short-term stability for safety, race performance and tyre-driven R&D, with Pirelli describing F1 as a testing laboratory for road-tyre innovation.
  • A formal open tender will be required after the 2028 season, with interested manufacturers expected to submit technical bids to the FIA before commercial talks with F1 decide the next supplier.
  • Pirelli has been F1’s sole supplier since 2011 and its uninterrupted run will reach 18 years in 2028, a record built on more than 500 Grand Prix starts and ongoing changes to car technical rules.