Choice of tire mix for the USA: Ferrari and Mercedes with internal difference

Pirelli has announced a selection of race tire mixes US Grand Prix in Austin, which is scheduled only seven days after Mexico. Compared to the previous one Mexican race nothing changes. Pirelli also brought to the US C2 (hard mixture), C3 (medium mixture) and C4 (soft mixture). As usual, the teams are also for race in texas most “bought” soft mixture.

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Selection of a mixture of tires of individual teams and racers for the US Grand Prix race

Team Renault she chose Austin specifically aggressive path. Daniel Ricciardo in Nico Hulkenberg they are like the only racers in the whole field Formula 1 chose ten sets of red tire labels. It's internal French team chose a different path when choosing harder mixtures. Ricciardo will only get one set of hard mixes in two sets of medium, at Hülkenberg it is vice versa.

Renault has chosen the most aggressive variant when choosing a tire mix for the US race - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Even at top teams the program is shared. It is especially interesting at Ferrari. It does not vary here as usual only at the hardest mixture, but the team is from Maranella took a different path both at C3 as well as C4 mixtures. Leclerc will get nine sets soft mixtures, Hag pa eight. That's why he'll have a German two sets hard mixtures, and Leclerc only one. In the middleweight division, however, both racers have po three sets.

Mercedes and Ferrari have taken a slightly more conservative path for Austin - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Mercedes Benz in Red Bull bet on all four racers eight sets soft rubber compounds. Red Bull to his racers Max Verstappn in Alex Albon gives by four sets soft mixtures and one set of hard. Pri Mercedes however, they opted for shared distribution. Hamilton has more than one set hard mixtures, Bottas but one set more medium.

So who will have the luckiest hand when choosing a mix of tires for a race in the US? - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

In addition Ferrari, Mercedesa in Renault are for shared internal distribution rubber compounds are also decided by the teams Haas, Alfa Romeo, Toro Rosso in Williams. This internal variation, however, is not in the background unfair treatment of an individual racer, but it 's just about division of work in trainings - especially over long distances. One racer does race test on the hard mixture and the other on the soft. And later you data forward to the racers.        

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