News Details

Hard tyres to make their 2018 debut at Silverstone

At Silverstone, the third race in F1's first ever triple-header, the soft, medium and hards will be used. With this year's compounds a step softer than in 2017, this essentially corresponds with last year's choice of supersoft, soft and medium. One set of mediums and one set of hards must be available for the race and one of them must be used at some point in the race, while the soft is the assigned tyre for Q3 in qualifying. The hard was last used at Barcelona last year, and though it was scheduled to be used at subsequent races, complaints from the drivers that it was 'too hard' led to Pirelli abandoning its plans. 'The tyres are already hard enough so the harder compounds are just way...
Full Story »
7y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hard tyres to debut at British Grand Prix

Pirelli have chosen the new hard tyres for the first time this season at...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Pirelli confirms compound choices for Austrian GP

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed its compound choices for...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Mercedes takes conservative Spanish GP tyre approach

Mercedes has opted for the most conservative tyre compound choice for the...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Arrow McLaren unveils liveries for 2026 IndyCar...

Arrow McLaren has taken the wraps off its trio of challengers for the...

Felix Rosenqvist: Modern IndyCar demands driving...

Felix Rosenqvist has commented about how IndyCar drivers have to push...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal and Chelsea send high-ranking official to...

Bayern Munich attacker Lennart Karl has been linked with a move away from...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal and Chelsea pushing hard to sign Championship...

Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are interested in signing the Middlesbrough...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Man United told to enter transfer race for ‘top'...

Manchester United have been encouraged to closely monitor the situation of...
16h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal set Bukayo Saka return date after his injury...

Arsenal have set a timeline for Bukayo Saka's potential return. The winger...
15h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1: FW48 hits the track

Williams 2026 contender, the FW48, has finally... Read More »
6h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.