Tyre pressures at Thruxton
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 Thruxton 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 | +1.5 |
| Right front | +1.0 |
| Left rear | +2.5 |
| Right rear | +2.0 |
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.
Thruxton, on paper
| Location | Test Valley, Hampshire, United Kingdom | OSM |
| Lap as mapped | 3.767 km | MEASURED |
| Longest straight | ≈255 m | DERIVED |
OSM — the sections mappers have named on this venue's tarmac: Brooklands · Segrave · Club · Allard · Campbell · Cobb · Noble · Goodwood · Village · Church · Woodham Hill
Lengths are measured from the OpenStreetMap geometry drawn above; 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 Thruxton asks of a tyre
Thruxton is the fastest circuit in Britain and famously the hardest on tyres: sustained near-flat curves through the village and Church put enormous energy through the tread on one of the most abrasive surfaces in UK racing. Series that visit plan around tyre wear here. Conservative pressures and honest hot checks are not optional at Thruxton.
Abrasion and sustained load spike tread temperatures; check every session without fail
Church's long right puts the left front under the highest sustained load in UK track driving
Wear rates run high; log tread depth if you log anything
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Thruxton
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 / 21.6 front, 22.6 / 22.7 rear. A different car, tyre or morning moves every number, which is what the calculator is for.
Anglesey Coastal · Anglesey National · Bedford Autodrome GT · Bedford Autodrome West · All 45 circuits