Pirelli has announced its latest tyre compound allocations for the upcoming Japanese and Korean Grands Prix.
The former will see the medium and soft compound, with Pirelli highlighting the fast nature of the circuit as reason to bring the more durable medium tyre.
Korea, the second F1 race at the circuit, will use the soft and supersoft due to its low-grip surface. This allocation has been used several times before at Monaco, Canada and Hungary as well as next weekends Singapore GP.
Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery said: “After careful analysis of all the data we have available, we have come up with what we believe to be the nominations that are best suited to the characteristics of each circuit.
“While Suzuka is a track that we’ve competed on before, both in GT racing and on motorbikes, Korea is a circuit that most people are still learning about. Nonetheless, we benefit from advanced simulation technology that allows us to accurately predict the likely behaviour of each tyre even on tracks that we have never seen before.
“The extra performance of the supersoft makes it one of the most dynamic tyres in our range, which will form a key part of the strategy in Korea. Before then, the combination of medium and soft that will be used in Japan was last seen on our home grand prix in Italy, resulting in an extremely exciting race.”
