Mercedes has made the most conservative tyre selection of all the teams for next weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The world champions have selected eight sets of the soft tyre, fewer than any of their rivals.Ferrari and Red Bull have chosen nine sets of the C4 compound rubber. Renault, Alfa Romeo and Toro Rosso have gone even further and will have 10 sets for each of their drivers.
Most of the teams have chosen an extra set of the hard tyres for at least one of their drivers. However Racing Point will have two each for Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll, while McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jnr and Lando Norris will only have the single mandatory set each.
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix tyre selections
| Driver | Team | Hard (C2) | Medium (C3) | Soft (C4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Daniel Riccairdo | Renault | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Lando Norris | McLaren | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| George Russell | Williams | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Robert Kubica | Williams | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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Jere (@jerejj)
23rd July 2019, 16:02
And these choices, of course, were made at least eight weeks in advance, so no way to take into account the weather, for example, how it could be like for the weekend, which at present, looks like it could be a bit similar to the Austrian GP weekend temperature-wise.