Bridgestone have announced the tyre compound allocations for the next five races which include the German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and Singapore races.
The Japanese company has taken a bold step in trying to re-create the issues seen at the Canadian GP, for the German race, where they took the super-soft tyres and the hard.
Hungary will see the return to the usual one compound gap, where super-soft and medium tyres will be in use. This will be the same for the Singapore GP.
The Belgian and Italian rounds of the championship will use the soft and hard compounds.
“The major interest of this allocation announcement is that we are bringing the hard and super soft compounds to Germany,” said Bridgestone’s head of Motorsport Tyre Development, Hirohide Hamashima.
“The characteristics of the Hockenheim circuit allow us to bring the compounds from the extremes of our softness range. This will give us very good data for evaluation and will be interesting for those who have called for a bigger difference between the allocated tyres.
“The Hungaroring requires a softer allocation as finding grip is always a target there. Spa and Monza are high speed tests for cars and tyres, needing a harder allocation because of the heat durability requirements. Singapore is a high-speed street course where the softer allocation is suited.”
