Pirelli Motorsport has revealed the tyre choice of teams and drivers for F1 Bahrain GP as teams/drivers have a mixed choice for the grand prix.
As known, Pirelli is bringing C2 (hard), C3 (medium) and C4 (soft) for the F1 Bahrain GP as teams/drivers have a mixed choice, where Mercedes duo have gone for seven sets of the soft compound which is same for AlphaTauri and Racing Point.
Interestingly, Lewis Hamilton will have five sets of the medium and just the one hard, while Valtteri Bottas will have four sets of medium and two of hard. Following him, Daniil Kvyat has gone for the same choice along with the Racing Point drivers.
At the same time, Pierre Gasly will have three apiece of medium and hard. On the other hand, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing will be the only two F1 teams to have six sets of the soft compound for Bahrain GP – the least number of sets from all the 10 outfits.
From among them, Sebastian Vettel and Alexander Albon will have five sets of medium and two of hard, whereas Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen will have four sets of medium and three of hard in another mixed tyre selection.
The rest of the teams like Renault, McLaren, Alfa Romeo Racing, Haas and Williams, have all gone for eight sets of the soft compound – the maximum for Bahrain GP. It is a divided selection among them as well as one set of drivers have four sets of medium and one of hard.
They are Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Antonio Giovinazzi, Romain Grosjean and George Russell. Meanwhile, their teammates, Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen, Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi will have three sets of medium and two of hard.
As the rule states, the teams get 13 set of tyres for the whole Bahrain GP weekend, with one set of the softest compound to be kept by the Top 10 F1 drivers to use in Q3. After the completion of qualifying, the Top 10 drivers will have to return that set, while the other drivers can keep it for the race.
For the races, each driver has to keep one set each of the two harder compounds available for the weekend, while the rest 10 sets they are free to choose from the three available compounds for the particular driver.
The full F1 Bahrain GP compound selection:
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