Pirelli announces tyre choices Austrian Grand Prix
Published on 19 June 2018 by Mike Motilall
Pirelli, Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier, has announced the tyre choices the F1-teams have made for the Austrian Grand Prix. On the Red Bull Ring, the drivers have at their disposal the soft, super-soft and ultra-soft compound tyres.
Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have both opted to run on two sets of the softs, three sets of the super-softs and eight sets of the ultra-softs for the race weekend at Spielberg. Mercedes has also gone for the same strategy albeit that Valtteri Bottas has swapped a set of the softs for an extra set of the red stripped tyre. Ferrari has taken a more aggressive approach, they will be running on nine sets of the ultra-softs.
Just like for the French Grand Prix, Williams has gone for no less than ten sets of the ultra-soft compound tyre. Renault has taken the same course as the British team. From all the teams, Haas is the only one to have chosen the least amount of ultra-softs. Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen have both opted for seven sets of the ultra-soft compound tyre. Conversely, Grosjean is the one with the most super-softs to his name, five sets.
Tyre selection 2018 Austrian GP:
Driver Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
44 Hamilton 2 3 8
77 Bottas 1 4 8
5 Vettel 2 2 9
7 Raikkonen 1 3 9
3 Ricciardo 2 3 8
33 Verstappen 2 3 8
11 Perez 2 2 9
31 Ocon 2 2 9
18 Stroll 2 1 10
35 Sirotkin 1 2 10
55 Sainz 2 1 10
27 Hülkenberg 1 2 10
10 Gasly 1 4 8
28 Hartley 1 4 8
8 Grosjean 1 5 7
20 Magnussen 2 4 7
14 Alonso 3 2 8
2 Vandoorne 3 2 8
9 Ericsson 2 2 9
16 Leclerc 3 1 9
