what is t tyre in f1

In Formula 1, the letter "T" does not have a specific meaning in relation to tires. The tires used in Formula 1 are designed by Pirelli and are very soft, with a wider working range than their 13-inch predecessors, improving the warm-up phase, limiting overheating, and reducing degradation. Pirelli provides three different compounds of slick tire, as well as the intermediate and full-wet tire, for teams to use over a race weekend. The compounds range from soft to hard, with softer tires being faster but wearing out sooner, and harder compounds lasting longer but not providing the best performance. For the 2023 season, Formula 1 will trial a reduction in allocated tire sets from 13 to 11 at two races, with the use of tires in qualifying mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2, and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry.