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Pirelli outlines Bahrain F1 GP strategies, two-stop race expected

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli expects a two-stop strategy to be the preferred approach by drivers at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Pirelli’s compounds have moved a step softer than in 2017, when there was a spate of one-stop strategies, off the back of the introduction of wider tyres to compensate for faster cars. Last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix was won by Sebastian Vettel using a two-stop strategy and Pirelli expects that approach to prevail on Sunday. Pirelli’s believes a 15-lap stint on Supersofts – on which nine of the top 10 drivers will start – followed by two 21-lap stints on Softs to be the best way of dealing with the 57-lap Grand Prix. Its theoretical...
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