Pirelli provides two additional options for the COTA unknowns

· Tyre allocation: the standard allocation for the 2024 season includes SC1 (soft) and SC2 (medium) compounds at the front for both classes, and SC0 (soft) and SC1 (medium) compounds at the rear for Moto2™ and SC1 and SC2 for Moto3™. Then there is the DIABLO Rain wet solution in SCR1 compound for both the front and rear. In addition to this allocation, for the Grand Prix of the Americas, the Moto2™ riders will have an additional option on the front in SC3 compound (4 tyres per rider), while the Moto3™ riders will have a development rear compound in C1096 specification, 4 tyres per rider. In both cases, these are more resistant compounds to use if significant wear is encountered with the other solutions. · Asphalt: The sections that have been resurfaced are turn 2, the part between turns 9 and 11, turn 12 and the section between turns 16 and 19. The circuit must be resurfaced regularly due to the type of very soft soil on which it was built. A clayey soil of high plasticity, tending to expand when moist and contract during drying. In the past, for this very reason, the track has been resurfaced several times already. · Climate: The circuit is located southeast of Austin not far from what is called the Texas Hill Country, an area where three or four different biomes meet: swamps to the east, desert to the west, sea to the south, plains to the north. Austin's climate is subtropical with often sudden variations. At this time of year, air temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius can also be reached but temperature variations can be significant. · A mix of tracks: COTA, which features 20 curves and a total altitude difference of 41 metres, was designed by the famous architect Hermann Tilke who was inspired by the most iconic curves of some tracks: the Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel sequence at Silverstone (section between turns 3 and 6), the arena turns at Hockenheim (12 to 15), and turn 8 at Istanbul (turns 16, 17 and 18).