Pirelli has chosen the same tyre selection as last year for the Austrian Grand Prix.
F1’s official tyre supplier has nominated the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft tyre compounds for the race at the Red Bull Ring. These are the same three compounds which were chosen last year, though Pirelli has softened the compounds since the 2017 race.
The same three tyres were also nominated for this year’s Australian, Bahrain and French Grands Prix.
2018 F1 tyre nominations
| 2018 tyres | 2017 tyres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Bahrain | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Shanghai | Medium | Soft | Ultra-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Baku | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Catalunya | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Hard | Medium | Soft |
| Monte-Carlo | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Montreal | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Paul Ricard | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Red Bull Ring | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
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Vettel fan 17 (@)
26th April 2018, 16:19
The hard doesn’t look like it will be used this year.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th April 2018, 16:39
They’ll probably nominate it for Barcelona and no one will end up bolting it on in the race…
nase
26th April 2018, 17:40
@geemac
Well …
… nope. :)
They did announce, even repeatedly, if I remember correctly, that they weren’t sure if they were going to nominate the Hard compound at all in 2018.
Vettel fan 17 (@)
26th April 2018, 19:49
I think they said the superhard wouldn’t be used, the hard would.
nase
26th April 2018, 22:48
@vettelfan17
They said the Superhard is a ‘reserve compund’, i.e. not destined to be used under normal circumstances. But I don’t think they said that the Hard was definitely going to be used. I’m not 100% sure, but I think there was one statement in which they mentioned their uncertainty about whether or not they were going to use that compound at all.
Jere (@jerejj)
26th April 2018, 17:38
Hopefully, the hypersoft will be chosen for Singapore, Sochi, and Yas Marina and the ultra-soft for Hockenheim, Hungaroring, and Monza.
Markp
27th April 2018, 1:03
Why do they not reduce the number of tyres and move the names up 2 stages? Never using hard or whatever the hardest is called. Waste of colours and names as there are really 4 soft tyres and no hards. Medium should be super hard, soft become hard, super soft become medium then 2 grades of soft. Best would be to get rid of names, dont tell us the exact tyres just say hard, medium and soft every race, compounds to vary by race but only those 3 options in names.
Sundar Srinivas Harish (@sundark)
27th April 2018, 14:07
I think its a consumer psychology ploy. To the average viewer, like my mum, the more number of tyre compounds, the more technologically superior Pirelli seems as a brand.