After its Asian leg, Formula 1 heads to Austin for the first race of an American double-header, with Mexico City following just one week later. Pirelli has selected its three softest tyres for the Texas round - its yellow soft, Red supersoft and purple ultrasoft. Actually the latter will be colored pink to support the Susan G. Komen breast cancer awareness foundation. The tyres' range shall be one step softer than in 2016, a factor which will likely contribute to faster lap times around the spectacular Circuit of the Americas and new lap records. "For America, we’re once again taking a softer range of compounds that we have done for previous races there, with the ultrasoft available...
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