Pirelli announces Tyre Compounds for United States

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the eighteenth round of the 2016 Formula One season in Texas*, to be held (October 21-23) on the Austin circuit:
P Zero White medium
P Zero Yellow soft
P Zero Red supersoft

These are the tyres that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium
One set of P Zero Yellow soft.

Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

There are the tyres assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red supersoft

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 10, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race - as is the case currently.

The teams are free to choose the remaining 10 sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

*The new 2016 tyre regulations mean that tyre nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.

THE TYRE CHOICES SO FAR:

	      Purple    Red 	  Yellow White   Orange
Australia 		Supersoft Soft   Medium
Bahrain 		Supersoft Soft   Medium
China 			Supersoft Soft   Medium
Russia		        Supersoft Soft   Medium
Spain 				  Soft   Medium  Hard
Monte Carlo   Ultrasoft Supersoft Soft
Canada 	      Ultrasoft Supersoft Soft
Azerbaijan 		Supersoft Soft   Medium
Austria       Ultrasoft Supersoft Soft
Great Britain 			  Soft   Medium  Hard
Hungary 		Supersoft Soft   Medium
Germany 		Supersoft Soft   Medium
Belgium			Supersoft Soft   Medium
Italy			Supersoft Soft   Medium
Singapore*    Ultrasoft Supersoft Soft
Malaysia      		 	  Soft   Medium	 Hard
Japan				  Soft   Medium	 Hard
United States 		Supersoft Soft   Medium