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Pirelli to bring second-softest tyres for French GP

2019 French Grand Prix

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Formula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed it will bring the second-softest tyres in its range for the fFrench Grand Prix.

Pirelli has selected the C4 (soft), C3 (medium) and C2 (hard) tyre compounds for F1’s second race at the Paul Ricard circuit since it returned to the calendar last year.

The C2/C3/C4 mix has been Pirelli’s preferred selection of its revised 2019 tyre range so far. This is the fourth race it has been chosen four of the eight rounds for which the tyre selections have been made.

The C4 tyre is comparable to last year’s ultra-soft, which is the softest tyre Pirelli brought to France as well. However the other two tyres are harder than their equivalents in last year’s French GP tyre choices.

2019 F1 tyre nominations so far

2019 tyres 2018 tyres
Melbourne C2 C3 C4 Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
Bahrain C1 C2 C3 Medium Soft Super-soft
Shanghai C2 C3 C4 Medium Soft Ultra-soft
Baku C2 C3 C4 Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
Catalunya C1 C2 C3 Medium Soft Super-soft
Monte-Carlo C3 C4 C5 Super-soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft
Montreal C3 C4 C5 Super-soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft
Paul Ricard C2 C3 C4 Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
Red Bull Ring Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
Silverstone Hard Medium Soft
Hockenheimring Medium Soft Ultra-soft
Hungaroring Medium Soft Ultra-soft
Spa-Francorchamps Medium Soft Super-soft
Monza Medium Soft Super-soft
Singapore Soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft
Sochi Super-soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft
Suzuka Medium Soft Super-soft
Circuit of the Americas Soft Super-soft Ultra-soft
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Super-soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft
Interlagos Medium Soft Super-soft
Yas Marina Super-soft Ultra-soft Hyper-soft

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