News Details

Mercedes goes conservative for Silverstone

Only Williams takes less sets of the softest (C3) rubber to Silverstone for British Grand Prix than Mercedes. Next weekend sees Mercedes take just 8 sets of the softest (C3) rubber to Silverstone, for Lewis Hamilton's home Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Renault, which had a disastrous Austrian Grand Prix, appears to be throwing caution to the wind as it takes a full complement of the red-banded rubber. The majority of teams take 9 sets of the C3, though McLaren, like Mercedes opts for just 8 sets. While the hard, albeit the C2 was the go-to tyre in Austria, at Silverstone the majority of teams have opted to take just one set of the C1s next week, though Daniel Ricciardo, Robert Kubica and the...
Full Story »
4y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli reveals teams' tyre choices for British GP

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed the choices made by teams...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

These are the tyre choices for the British Grand Prix

Out of the big three teams, Mercedes has opted for the more conservative...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

British Grand Prix: Silverstone owners concerned over...

Formula 1's desire to hold a race in London is causing Silverstone to...
4y ago from BBC.co.uk

Hamilton: British Grand Prix must stay at awesome...

While Silverstone and Formula 1 under Liberty Media thrash out a deal,...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Acosta heralded following debut MotoGP podium at...

Pedro Acosta received high praise following the Portuguese Grand Prix,...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle quickest in Safari shakedown

Reigning WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä set the benchmark time in Wednesday...

Sebastian Ogier returns in 68-strong Rally Croatia...

The fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship has attracted 68...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The story behind Arsenal beating City to signing of...

There is a word Mikel Arteta repeatedly plumps for during recruitment...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Rodri vs Rice: battle of the 'lighthouses'

An integral position in the Pep Guardiola school of football is the...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal 'draw up 10-man striker shortlist'

Arsenal reportedly compile a list of 10 strikers who they could...
17m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

F1 owners ‘close’ to stunning £3.5 BILLION takeover of...

A multi-billion pound deal put forward by Formula... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

'Thai shareholder wants Red Bull GmbH to move to Dubai'

Christian Horner seems to be locked in the saddle... Read More »
56m ago from GPBlog.com

Honda gears up for works F1 return with new HRC UK base

Honda confirmed on Wednesday the establishment of... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.