The Renault F1 team opted for the most aggressive tyre choice for the United States Grand Prix at a weekend when Pirelli provides teams with the first versions of the 2020 tyres. Pirelli bring the C2, C3 and C4 compounds to the Circuit of the Americas, the very tyre selection as features last week in Mexico, albeit tyres are expected to show a different behaviour on the 5.513 track. Although COTA usually doesn’t place immense stresses on the tyres, high temperatures and the fast-bends usually means that drivers have to take care of the tyres at the beginning of their stints. The layout and the fact that Pirelli brings three different compounds to the race tracks has opened up various...
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