Pirelli announces tyre choices for American Grand Prix

Published on 11 October 2016 by Mike Motilall

The F1 sole tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed the different tyre choices for the American Grand Prix. The Italian based company supplies three tyre-compounds every GP-weekend. It is mandatory for the teams to use two during the race.

On the Circuit of the Americas, the drivers have Pirelli’s medium, soft and super soft compound tyres at their disposal. Both Mercedes drivers have sent in a slightly different tyre choice to the Italian supplier. Lewis Hamilton has opted for three sets of the medium, four sets of the soft and six sets of the super soft compound. Leader in the championship standings Nico Rosberg, has one set less of the medium compound but will be running on five sets of the soft.

It is not the first time this season that Ferrari has opted for a slightly more aggressive approach. Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen only have one set of the medium compound, five of the soft and seven of the super soft. This is a completely different selection to what Red Bull Racing has gone for. Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have opted to run on four sets of the medium, three sets of the soft and six sets of the super soft.

Tyre choices American GP 2016:

Driver	      Medium  Soft  Super soft
44. Hamilton	3	4	6
6.  Rosberg	2	5	6
5.  Vettel	1	5	7
7.  Raikkonen	1	5	7
77. Bottas	3	3	7
19. Massa	2	4	7
3.  Ricciardo	4	3	6
33. Verstappen	4	3	6
27. Hülkenberg	3	3	7
11. Perez	3	2	8
20. Magnussen	4	3	6
30. Palmer	5	2	6
26. Kvyat	3	3	7
55. Sainz	3	3	7
14. Alonso	3	4	6
22. Button	3	4	6
9.  Ericsson	1	5	7
12. Nasr	1	5	7
94. Wehrlein	3	5	5
31. Ocon	3	5	5
8.  Grosjean	1	5	7
21. Gutierrez	2	4	7