News Details

Red Bull, McLaren go very aggressive with Spa tyre choices

Red Bull and McLaren have gone very aggressive with their tyre choices for the Belgian Grand Prix, after heavily favouring the ultrasoft tyre. Despite the huge demands of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Pirelli has elected to take its three softest compounds to this month's race in a bid to deliver more exciting action. And it is Red Bull and McLaren who have picked the highest number of ultrasofts – choosing nine sets each for their drivers. This is in contrast to more conservative choices elsewhere, with Mercedes choose six ultrasofts for its drivers, while Ferrari taking seven sets. Red Bull's split means that Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen will only have one set of the soft tyres...
Full Story »
7y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel sets blistering pace in Budapest as Red Bull,...

Sebastian Vettel headed his Ferrari team-mate by almost half a second, as...
7y ago from F1Hub.net

Ricciardo sets FP1 pace in Hungary

Ahead of today's opening session the air temperature is 21 degrees C,...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Mercedes have work to do in Hungary

Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will be looking to...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

F1 signs deal with $3000 a bottle Carbon champagne...

Premium champagne maker Carbon has become as an official supplier to F1 in...
7y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati using 2024 chassis and aero ‘a real...

Ducati has revealed that there is 'a real possibility' of the team using...

Jonathan Rea to miss WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Jonathan Rea has been ruled out of the WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Team Penske quickest in final IndyCar test day

The NTT IndyCar Series held its second and final preseason open test day...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pit lane speed adjustments made for 2025 IndyCar season

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a few changes for the upcoming 2025...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward fastest in first day of IndyCar...

The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring, Florida on...

ECR shares new look for 2025 IndyCar campaign

Ed Carpenter Racing has unveiled a drastically different set of liveries...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Man United transfer news: Red Devils 'agree personal...

Manchester United reportedly agree personal terms with Sporting Lisbon's...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

'Toughest period in my career' – Injured Arsenal...

Arsenal full-back Takehiro Tomiyasu is reportedly not likely to be back in...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.