Bridgestone German GP Tyre Strategies

In 2009, the tyre regulations stipulate that the two dry tyre specifications must be visibly distinguishable from each other. At the German 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*:
Medium or Super Soft dry, Intermediate or Wet

Scuderia Ferrari              
Felipe Massa         3rd   S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium
Kimi Raikkonen       DNF   S-Soft   S-Soft

Vodafone McLaren              
Lewis Hamilton       18th  S-Soft   Medium  S-Soft
Heikki Kovalainen    8th   S-Soft   Medium  Medium

BMW Sauber F1                 
Robert Kubica        14th  S-Soft   Medium  S-Soft
Nick Heidfeld        10th  S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium

ING Renault F1 Team           
Fernando Alonso      7th   S-Soft   Medium  Medium
Nelson Piquet        13th  Medium   Medium  S-Soft

Panasonic Toyota              
Jarno Trulli         17th  S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium  S-Soft
Timo Glock           9th   Medium   S-Soft  

Scuderia Toro Rosso           
Sebastien Bourdais   DNF   Medium
Sebastien Buemi      16th  S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium

Red Bull Racing               
Mark Webber          1st   S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium  Medium
Sebastian Vettel     2nd   S-Soft   Medium  S-Soft

AT&T Williams                 
Nico Rosberg         4th   Medium   Medium  S-Soft
Kazuki Nakajima      12th  Medium   Medium  S-Soft

Force India F1 Team           
Adrian Sutil         15th  Medium   Medium  Medium  S-Soft
Giancarlo Fisichella 11th  S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium

Brawn GP F1 Team              
Jenson Button        5th   S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium  S-Soft
Rubens Barrichello   6th   S-Soft   S-Soft  Medium  Medium

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