The hypersoft - the fastest and softest tyre in the Pirelli Formula 1 range, which has broken lap records at every race it visits - now comes to Russia, in combination with the ultrasoft and soft. This is the same nomination as Singapore, with a ‘step' between the compounds, because the supersoft is missed out. This should again have the effect of opening up the strategy possibilities by ensuring quite a wide but equally spaced performance gap between the compounds. However, with Russia being a very different type of track to Singapore, there will be many unpredictable elements still to discover from the weekend. The Sochi circuit was well-known for being very smooth and slippery...
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