British GP Tyre Strategies

In 2009, the tyre regulations stipulate that the two dry tyre specifications must be visibly distinguishable from each other. At the British Grand Prix, the soft compound Bridgestone Potenza tyres were marked with green bands on the sidewalls. The wet weather tyre was also marked with a green line in a groove. 

Tyre Choice by Stint*: Hard or Soft Compound

Scuderia Ferrari                 
Felipe Massa          4th    Soft       Soft        Hard
Kimi Raikkonen        8th    Soft       Soft        Hard

Vodafone McLaren                 
Lewis Hamilton        16th   Soft       Soft        Hard
Heikki Kovalainen     DNF    Soft       Hard        Hard

BMW Sauber F1 Team               
Robert Kubica         13th   Hard       Soft        Soft
Nick Heidfeld         15th   Soft       Hard        Soft

ING Renault F1 Team              
Fernando Alonso       14th   Hard       Hard        Soft
Nelson Piquet         12th   Hard       Soft

Panasonic Toyota                 
Jarno Trulli          7th    Soft       Soft        Hard
Timo Glock            9th    Soft       Soft        Hard

Scuderia Toro Rosso              
Sebastien Bourdais    DNF    Soft       Soft        Hard
Sebastien Buemi       18th   Hard       Soft        Soft

Red Bull Racing                  
Mark Webber           2nd    Soft       Soft        Hard
Sebastian Vettel      1st    Soft       Soft        Hard

AT&T Williams                    
Nico Rosberg          5th    Hard       Hard        Soft
Kazuki Nakajima       11th   Hard       Hard        Soft

Force India F1 Team              
Adrian Sutil          17th   Hard       Soft
Giancarlo Fisichella  10th   Soft       Soft        Hard

Brawn GP F1 Team                 
Jenson Button         6th    Soft       Hard        Soft
Rubens Barrichello    3rd    Soft       Hard        Soft


* Teams do not necessarily change tyres at pitstops
* Includes drive-through/stop-go penalties