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Mercedes conservative in Spa and Monza tyre selections

Mercedes is taking a somewhat conservative approach in terms of its tyre selections for the forthcoming Belgian and Italian Grands Prix. For the race at Spa-Francorchamps the world champions are taking just six sets of the softest compound available, the supersoft. This compares with Ferrari who take 7 sets, as does Max Verstappen. Williams takes the most sets (9) of the red-banded rubber while McLaren is taking just four. The Woking outfit takes a similar amount of mediums, while Mercedes takes three, with Kimi Raikkonen, Verstappen and McLaren leading the way in terms of softs, all taking 5 sets apiece. Tyre choice this year is a step harder than 2017 when the soft, supersoft and ultras...
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