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Ferrari & Mercedes take conservative approach to US GP tyre choice

Mercedes and Ferrari take a conservative approach to their tyre compound choices for the United States Grand Prix on October 19-21. Sole supplier Pirelli has nominated the Ultrasoft (Purple), Supersoft (red), Soft (yellow) tyre compounds in order to cope with the demands of the Circuit Of The Americas race track. Each driver is permitted 13 sets of tyres for each weekend, from which they are permitted free choice of the three nominated compounds for 10 of the sets. The Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have each chosen to load up on seven sets of the Ultrasofts and three sets of the Supersoft and Soft compounds. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has also done the same,...
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