Tyre pressures at Silverstone National
The Silverstone National loop, drawn bold on the venue's mapped tarmac; the loop's measured length agrees with the layout's published lap length. 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 Silverstone National 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.
Silverstone National, on paper
| Location | West Northamptonshire, United Kingdom | OSM |
| Opened | 1947 | WIKIDATA |
| Lap as mapped | 2.596 km | MEASURED |
| Longest straight | ≈652 m | DERIVED |
OSM — the sections mappers have named on this venue's tarmac: National Pit Straight · Hamilton Straight · Club · Brooklands · Wellington Straight · Luffield · Copse · Woodcote · Chapel Curve · Maggotts · Hangar Straight · Aintree · Farm Curve · The Loop · Stowe · Vale · Village · Abbey · Ice Hill · Kick Plate · Becketts · Limestone Curves
Lengths are measured from the OpenStreetMap geometry drawn above, on the loop verified against this layout’s published lap length; the longest straight is derived from the same line and is approximate. Section names are the venue's, and can belong to any of its layouts.
What Silverstone National asks of a tyre
The National circuit is short, fast and simple: Copse at full commitment, the Maggotts entry, then Becketts cut short into the Wellington straight and the Brooklands and Luffield complex. Luffield's long right-hander leans on the left front for a long time each lap, and with a short lap that adds up quickly.
Luffield's sustained load builds left-front temperature; probe its outer zone
A short lap multiplies everything: small pressure errors show up fast
Copse commitment depends on front confidence; do not start the fronts soft
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Silverstone National
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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