Pirelli announces tyre choices Brazilian Grand Prix

Published on 01 November 2017 by Mike Motilall

Pirelli, Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier, has announced the tyre choices the teams have made for the Brazilian Grand Prix. During the penultimate race weekend of this season, the drivers will have the medium, soft and super-soft compound tyres at their disposal.

As oppose to the previous races, the choices are a bit more conservative this time round. Only Williams and Renault have the most sets of super-softs at their disposal, no less than ten. The medium is by far the least popular tyre, as everyone has opted to only run with just one set of this compound.

Striking is also all the drivers having the same strategy as their respective team mates. Only Red Bull Racing shows a slight difference. Max Verstappen, just like the Ferrari squad, opts to run on three sets of the softs and nine of the super-softs. Whereas team mate Daniel Ricciardo has followed Mercedes’ choice of tyres, this being four sets of the softs and eight of the super-softs.

Tyre choices 2017 Brazilian GP:

Driver	             Medium       Soft      Super-soft
44. Hamilton 		1 	    4	         8
77. Bottas 	        1	    4 	         8
 3. Ricciardo 		1	    4	         8
33. Verstappen 	        1	    3	         9
 5. Vettel 	        1	    3	         9
 7. Raikkonen 	  	1	    3            9
11. Perez		1 	    4 	         8	
31. Ocon 		1	    4 	         8
19. Massa 		1	    2 	         10
18. Stroll 		1 	    2 	         10
22. Alonso 		1	    3 	         9
 2. Vandoorne 		1	    3	         9
28. Hartley             1	    4 	         8
10. Gasly	 	1	    4	         8
 8. Grosjean 		1	    4	         8
20. Magnussen	 	1 	    4 	         8
27. Hülkenberg 	        1	    2 	         10
55. Sainz 		1	    2	         10
94. Wehrlein 		1	    3	         9
 9. Ericsson 		1 	    3	         9