Fans asked to vote on 'ultrasoft' Pirelli compound

Pirelli has asked fans to vote on the colour of a new ultrasoft tyre compound for 2016.

The tyre manufacturer is introducing the new compound next season for use on street circuits such as Monaco and Singapore, where it has traditionally always supplied its softest two compounds within its range. The ultrasoft will be the softest compound available to teams, sitting below the supersoft, soft, medium and hard tyres.

With all of the Pirelli tyre compounds featuring coloured branding to help make them easily identifiable to fans and viewers, Pirelli wants fans to vote on which colour should be utilised for the new ultrasoft.

The two colours available to vote between are purple (featured above) and silver (below). Fans can vote for their preferred choice on Pirelli's social media channels: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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