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In a nutshell: which tyres for the Chinese GP?

Pirelli's primer for next weekend's China Grand Prix provides the skinny on the compounds which will be in use at the Shanghai International Circuit. Shanghai, with its equal mix of straights and corners, imposes unique and quite high demands on the tyres, which has led to close racing as well as plenty of overtaking in the past. But the weather is also often unpredictable, ranging from bright sunshine to heavy rain: sometimes in the same weekend. Interestingly, for the season's third round of the championship, Pirelli has gone for an unusual tyre nomination, with a gap between the selected compounds - medium, soft and untrasoft. Bahrain opened Mercedes' eyes to W09 weakness - Bottas...
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