Chinese GP: Bridgestone Tyre Strategies


By Bridgestone
April 19 2010

Bridgestone provides this guide as to the Tyre Strategies used by the teams during the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix.

 
Bridgestone Tyre Strategies - China
 
Hard (Prime) or Soft (Option) dry, Intermediate or Wet

Vodafone McLaren               
Jenson Button       1st  Soft Inter Inter
Lewis Hamilton      2nd  Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter

Mercedes GP F1 Team                   
Michael Schumacher  10th Soft Inter Soft  Inter Inter
Nico Rosberg        3rd  Soft Inter Inter

Red Bull Racing                
Sebastian Vettel    6th  Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter
Mark Webber         8th  Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter

Scuderia Ferrari               
Felipe Massa        9th  Soft Inter Soft  Inter Inter
Fernando Alonso     4th  Soft Inter Inter Soft  Inter Inter

AT&T Williams                  
Rubens Barrichello  12th Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter
Nico Hulkenberg     15th Soft Inter Hard  Inter Hard Inter Inter

Renault F1 Team                
Robert Kubica       5th  Soft Inter Inter
Vitaly Petrov       7th  Soft Inter Inter

Force India F1 Team           
Adrian Sutil        11th Soft Inter Soft  Inter Inter
Vitantonio Liuzzi   DNF  Soft

Scuderia Toro Rosso            
Sebastien Buemi     DNF  Soft
Jaime Alguersuari   13th Soft Inter Soft  Inter Inter Inter Inter

Lotus Racing                   
Jarno Trulli        DNF  Soft Inter Soft  Inter Inter
Heikki Kovalainen   14th Soft Inter Inter

Hispania Racing F1             
Karun Chandhok      17th Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter
Bruno Senna         16th Soft Inter Hard  Inter Inter

BMW Sauber F1 Team             
Pedro de la Rosa    DNF  Soft
Kamui Kobayashi     DNF  Soft

Virgin Racing                  
Timo Glock          DNS
Lucas di Grassi     DNF  Inter

*  Teams may not necessarily change tyres at pit stops
** Includes drive-through/stop-go penalties