Pirelli have announced that the medium and soft compounds of their P-Zero tyres will be used at the German and Hungarian Grands Prix in July.
Pirelli to take soft and medium compounds to both venues
Pirelli have announced that their medium and soft compounds will be used at the German and Hungarian Grands Prix in July.
The Italian tyre manufacturer have chosen not to keep a step between the compounds - as was the case in Barcelona in May, when the soft and hard compounds were used, and will be the case this weekend at Silverstone, when the soft and hard selection will again be in use.
Hockenheim will be a new track for Pirelli, as the German Grand Prix was hosted at the Nurburgring in 2011, but they are confident the yellow-marked soft and white-lined medium tyres will be able to cope with the mix of long straights and the technical stadium sections.
The tyre choices for the tight and twisty Hungaroring are notably different to 2011, when the soft and supersoft tyres were selected.
By selecting harder compounds, the tyres may prove to be more durable than in 2011, but does mean the teams will have to gather new data during the practice sessions on how the tyres respond to the winding, low speed track.
