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Mercedes favour softer tyres for Canadian Grand Prix

2019 Canadian Grand Prix

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Mercedes will take more sets of the softest available tyres to next week’s Canadian Grand Prix than rivals Ferrari.

The world championship leaders, who have won every race this year, have opted for eight sets of Pirelli’s soft rubber. This compound, known as C5, is the softest in their range.

However Mercedes has also selected one extra set of the hard tyres for Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari, last year’s winners at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, have chosen more medium compound tyres than any of their rivals, opting for five sets of the C4s each for Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc.

McLaren, Racing Point and Alfa Romeo have been the most aggressive with their tyre selections, bring nine sets of the soft tyres for each of their drivers.

2019 Canadian Grand Prix tyre selections

DriverTeamHard (C3)Medium (C4)Soft (C5)
Lewis HamiltonMercedes148
Valtteri BottasMercedes238
Sebastian VettelFerrari157
Charles LeclercFerrari157
Max VerstappenRed Bull247
Pierre GaslyRed Bull247
Daniel RiccairdoRenault148
Nico HulkenbergRenault238
Kevin MagnussenHaas238
Romain GrosjeanHaas148
Carlos Sainz JnrMcLaren229
Lando NorrisMcLaren229
Sergio PerezRacing Point229
Lance StrollRacing Point229
Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo139
Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo229
Daniil KvyatToro Rosso148
Alexander AlbonToro Rosso148
George RussellWilliams337
Robert KubicaWilliams238

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4 comments on “Mercedes favour softer tyres for Canadian Grand Prix”

  1. Panagiotis Papatheodorou (@panagiotism-papatheodorou)
    28th May 2019, 19:45

    So far I think Ferrari has a much closer race pace with the harder compounds tbh.

    1. It all depends on weather, if its hot and dry it will play into hands of Mercs. Slightly cooler temps it will work in favour of Ferraris and if it rains(as weather reports are predicting) then it will massively play in favour of Mercs.

  2. Softer compounds, harder compounds, Mercedes 100 % wins. F1 is more excitement to endure than one can handle almost, zzzz…

  3. “Mercedes will take more sets of the softest available tyres to next week’s Canadian Grand Prix than rivals Ferrari.”

    Appreciate your optimism Keith !!!

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