Pirelli have confirmed that they will retain the original selection of compounds for the British Grand Prix, despite pressure to choose otherwise.
The tyre supplier will take the soft (yellow) and hard (silver) compounds to Silverstone, citing a difficulty in predicting how many stops will be the norm, therefore the hard compound is a safer option.
This will come as a disappointment to Ferrari. The F150º Italia doesn’t work well on the harder as proved at the Spanish GP when Fernando Alonso led the race on the soft, but ended up being lapped when he switched to the hard.
“Our nominations are designed to maximise the opportunities for strategy and find the right compromise between performance and durability,” said Pirelli’s Paul Hembery.
“We are confirming the decision we took a few weeks ago, after once more consulting all the teams, and for the next two races we have arrived at what we feel to be the best solution based on the information that we have so far.
“As has been the case up to now this year, we think that there will be quite a wide variety of different strategies for the next three grands prix, but for all the races it’s reasonably hard to predict how many pit stops there will be: it ultimately depends on the strategy and strengths of each individual car and team.”
The German GP at the Nurburgring will see the medium and soft tyres, whilst the Hungarian GP from the Hungaroring will feature the soft and super-soft’s, as seen in Monaco and Canada.
