Pirelli has confirmed the tyre selections for the final two races of 2017.
Formula One’s official tyre supplier will continue to steer clear of using its hard tyre, which will not appear at all after the summer break. The hard tyre has only been used in the Spanish Grand Prix so far this season.
While the hard was selected for Brazil last year, the medium will be the hardest tyre available for drivers when the series returns to Interlagos.
Here is the complete tyre selection for 2017:
Circuit | 2016 tyres | 2017 tyres | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Shanghai | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Bahrain | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Sochi | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Catalunya | Hard | Medium | Soft | Hard | Medium | Soft |
Monte-Carlo | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Montreal | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Baku | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Red Bull Ring | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Silverstone | Hard | Medium | Soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Hungaroring | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Spa-Francorchamps | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Monza | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Singapore | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Sepang | Hard | Medium | Soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Suzuka | Hard | Medium | Soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Circuit of the Americas | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
Interlagos | Hard | Medium | Soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
Yas Marina | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
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- Australian Grand Prix cost government £56 million last year
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Imre (@f1mre)
27th July 2017, 16:16
I still think that three different compounds for the whole season is enough. Proper difference is needed between the three compounds.
C
27th July 2017, 17:42
Not surprising at all that hard tyre won’t be used this year.
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
27th July 2017, 20:46
Tyres definitely need to be softer next year.
Robert McKay
27th July 2017, 21:03
I wonder how interesting a weekend would be if Pirelli took only ultrasofts and hard tyres, gave the teams equal amounts, and relaxed the “you have to use both compounds rule”.
I can’t quite work out in my head if it there’s any circumstance where it could actually pan out as strategically interesting. Maybe if two-thirds of the sets they were given were hard tyres and only one third were ultrasofts it might be more interesting. Maybe not.
Mashiat (@mashiat)
27th July 2017, 22:11
Ultra softs in Spa is intriguing. I would have thought that due to high speed corners like Eau Rouge, Blanchimont and Pouhon that the US would suffer very much indeed. I believed that was the reasoning they often used mediums and hards there
Dr. Dan (@anikale)
28th July 2017, 6:22
Agree. I see drivers on US struggling in 4-5 laps.
Dr. Dan (@anikale)
28th July 2017, 6:23
That was a reply to @mashiat
Lubos Obluk
13th November 2017, 15:38
how about creating normal ( today medium ), soft ( today super-soft ) and ultra ( even softer than todays ultrasoft ). 3 types for each race. And do a proper work on wet tires. return of monsoon. Let them race in rain.