Tire Selection for Malaysia in 2016

Published on 20 Sep 2016 14:07

By: Dominik Wilde

Tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the choices made by the teams and drivers for the upcoming Malaysia Grand Prix.

Starting this year, the Italian tire manufacturer has made three compounds available per weekend, of which a driver is to use two in each race.

This is the overview of the tire selection for Malaysia in 2016:

driver	sets hard	sets medium	sets soft
44. Hamilton	3	3	7
6. Rosberg	2	4	7
5. Vettel	2	4	7
7. Raikkonen	3	3	7
77. Bottas	2	4	7
19. Mass	3	3	7
3. Ricciardo	3	4	6
33. Verstappen	3	4	6
27. Hülkenberg	3	3	7
11. Perez	3	3	7
20. Magnussen	3	3	7
30. Palmer	4	2	7
26. Kvyat	3	2	8
55. Sainz	3	2	8
14. Alonso	3	3	7
22. Button	3	3	7
9. Ericsson	2	4	7
12. Nasr	2	4	7
94. Wehrlein	3	4	6
31. Ocon	3	4	6
8. Grosjean	2	4	7
21. Gutierrez	3	3	7

F1 News Max Verstappen Fernando Alonso Jenson Button Valtteri Bottas Romain Grosjean Daniel Ricciardo Daniil Kvyat Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Nasr Marcus Ericsson Sergio Perez Jolyon Palmer Esteban Gutierrez Kevin Magnussen Pascal Wehrlein Esteban Ocon Pirelli

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