Pirelli Motorsport’s head of car racing, Mario Isola, believes the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix delivered what Pirelli were wanting to see from the new season. Sebastian Vettel held off Valtteri Bottas in the closing laps to win his second race of the season after nursing his soft compound tyres to the end. Bottas in contrast was on the mediums and used the extra grip to close up to the Scuderia Ferrari but was unable to find a way past. “This was an absolutely thrilling and absorbing race, which delivered exactly what we hoped with this latest generation of tyres: many different strategies, close racing and an exciting finish with some of the best drivers in the world battling each other...
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