Pirelli will bring the softest available tyre selection for the final Formula 1 race of 2018 at Yas Marina.
The sport’s official tyre supplier has now announced all of its tyre selections for this year. Its most regularly chosen tyre was the soft, which was selected for 17 of the 21 races.The hard tyre made a single appearance at Silverstone and the ‘back-up’ super-hard tyre was not nominated for any races. The company’s other new tyre for 2018, the hyper-soft, was nominated for six races.
The most frequently chosen tyre combination was the medium, soft and super-soft, which was chosen for six different races.
2018 F1 tyre selections
| 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 |
| Silverstone | Hard | Medium | Soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Hockenheimring | Medium | Soft | Ultra-soft | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hungaroring | Medium | Soft | Ultra-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Spa-Francorchamps | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Monza | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Singapore | Soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Sochi | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Suzuka | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Circuit of the Americas | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
| Interlagos | Medium | Soft | Super-soft | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
| Yas Marina | Super-soft | Ultra-soft | Hyper-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Ultra-soft |
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frogster
23rd August 2018, 10:50
I’ve had one hell of a time explaining to the missus that supersoft actually means hard. ……………I’ve really tried but she’s still not getting it.
Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
23rd August 2018, 13:21
Priceless man :)
Jere (@jerejj)
23rd August 2018, 11:35
”Pirelli will bring the softest available tyre selection for the final Formula 1 race of 2018 at Yas Marina.”
– Good.
Michael van der Riet
18th November 2018, 5:22
Thanks for the table. It would have been even better if we could drill down to see each team’s allocation. Thanks again.