The medium and soft compound tyres dominate team choices for the British Grand Prix at the high-speed Silverstone circuit.
For the past three years, only the medium and hard tyre have been available to teams at Silverstone due to the circuit featuring a number of high-speed corners. However, as part of the new tyre regulations, the soft compound was also available this year and teams have opted to select a majority of the softest tyre.
Most teams have selected just one set of the hardest compound for each driver, with only Ferrari, Red Bull and Toro Rosso picking two, while Haas splits it strategy with two sets of hards for Romain Grosjean and one for Esteban Gutierrez. Force India is the most conservative team with three sets of hard tyres, four mediums and six softs for each driver.
While the two Mercedes drivers have only one set of hards each, they have five sets of mediums and seven sets of softs, compared to three sets of mediums and eight sets of softs at Ferrari. Only Toro Rosso also has eight sets of softs as it matches the Ferrari selection, while Sauber opts for the most aggressive selection overall with nine sets of softs.
The full tyre choices for the race which takes place from July 8-10 are shown below:
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