Bridgestone have revealed that they will now pursue more aggressive tyre strategies for the remaining races in a bid to improve the spectacle.
The Canadian GP has been touted as the best race of the season so far after teams were forced to make two or even three stop strategies as the tyres grained quickly on the slippery track surface.
That led to the order changing frequently as the top teams pursued different tyre strategies with Red Bull and Robert Kubica for Renault starting on the harder compound, whilst the remaining seven in the top ten started on the softer.
Bridgestone’s Hirohide Hamashima told Autosport that the company will now allocate the super-soft’s more often in the hope of repeating the mixed strategies seen in Montreal, however, not at the expense of safety.
“Our first priority is to provide safe tyres that are fair for everyone,” said Hamashima. “I don’t want to provide a blistering tyre, because that is a risk.
“But if we can confidently predict no blistering with the super-soft tyres, then we will allocate those tyres as much as possible in the remaining races.”
The super-soft tyres will make their next appearance at the European GP in Valencia in a weeks time. However as the compounds have already been decided up to the British GP, the following opportunity will come in Hockenheim.
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