Formula one: Pirelli names tyre compounds

Pirelli has named the tyre compounds it will take to the Grand Prix in Japan, Korea and India, according to ESPN F1. In Japan, drivers will use the hard and soft tyres, the first time there has been a gap in compounds since the British Grand Prix. For Korea, the softs and supersofts have been nominated, which is the same as the ones set to be used at the next race in Singapore. As for the Indian Grand Prix, drivers will make use of the hard and soft compounds at their disposal. “With India being new to the calendar last year, Pirelli’s engineers faced the challenge of accumulating as much simulated data as they could about the Buddh circuit,” said Pirelli.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 13^th, 2012.