Pirelli has confirmed which tyre compounds will be available for drivers to use during the Malaysian Grand Prix in October, which follows the Singapore GP this year as part of a reshuffled calendar.
The tyre supplier has nominated the soft, medium and hard tyres – the same used in Spain and for the upcoming British GP next month.
As part of new rules for 2016, Pirelli must nominate a mandatory race compound, which must be used at some stage during the 56-lap race. For Malaysia, they have chosen the hard compound.
Meanwhile the soft compound must be used in the final part of qualifying by the top ten drivers, which will then be given back to Pirelli after the session. Those in Q1 and Q2 will keep that set of softs for the race if they so wish.
Drivers are then allowed to choose the remaining ten sets for the race weekend.
