Turkish GP: Bridgestone Tyre Strategies


By Bridgestone
May 31 2010

A guide from Bridgestone as to the tyre strategies used by the various Formula One teams.

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

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

Mercedes GP F1 Team                   
Michael Schumacher    4th    Soft    Hard
Nico Rosberg          5th    Soft    Hard

Red Bull Racing                
Sebastian Vettel      DNF    Soft    Hard
Mark Webber           3rd    Soft    Hard    Hard

Scuderia Ferrari               
Felipe Massa          7th    Soft    Hard
Fernando Alonso       8th    Soft    Hard

AT&T Williams                  
Rubens Barrichello    14th   Soft    Hard
Nico Hulkenberg       17th   Hard    Soft    Hard

Renault F1 Team                
Robert Kubica         6th    Soft    Hard
Vitaly Petrov         15th   Soft    Hard    Soft

Force India F1 Team            
Adrian Sutil          9th    Soft    Hard
Vitantonio Liuzzi     13th   Soft    Hard

Scuderia Toro Rosso            
Sebastien Buemi       16th   Hard    Soft    Soft
Jaime Alguersuari     12th   Hard    Soft    Soft

Lotus Racing                   
Jarno Trulli          DNF    Hard
Heikki Kovalainen     DNF    Soft

Hispania Racing F1             
Karun Chandhok        20th   Hard    Soft
Bruno Senna           DNF    Soft    Hard

BMW Sauber F1 Team             
Pedro de la Rosa      11th   Soft    Hard
Kamui Kobayashi       10th   Soft    Hard

Virgin Racing                  
Timo Glock            18th   Hard    Soft
Lucas di Grassi       19th   Soft    Hard

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