Pirelli has allocated its ultra-soft tyres for the final round of the championship after revealing its final compound choices of 2016.
The ultra-soft tyres will be the mandatory tyre compound for qualifying at the Yas Marina circuits and drivers must retain a set of super-soft and soft tyres for the race.
Here are the final tyre allocations for the 2016 season:
2016 tyre nominations
| Circuit | 2016 Q3 | 2016 Option | 2016 Prime | 2015 Option | 2015 Prime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Bahrain | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Shanghai | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Sochi | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Super-soft | Soft |
| Catalunya | Soft | Medium | Hard | Medium | Hard |
| Monte-Carlo | Ultra-soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Soft |
| Montreal | Ultra-soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Soft |
| Baku | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | No race | No race |
| Red Bull Ring | Ultra-soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Soft |
| Silverstone | Soft | Medium | Hard | Medium | Hard |
| Hungaroring | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Hockenheimring | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | No race | No race |
| Spa-Francorchamps | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Monza | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Singapore | Ultra-soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Soft |
| Sepang | Soft | Medium | Hard | Medium | Hard |
| Suzuka | Soft | Medium | Hard | Soft | Medium |
| Circuit of the Americas | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | Super-soft | Soft | Medium | Soft | Medium |
| Interlagos | Soft | Medium | Hard | Soft | Medium |
| Yas Marina | Ultra-soft | Super-soft | Soft | Super-soft | Soft |
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Callum Hosty (@hosty96xd)
26th July 2016, 14:35
Good, aggressive choice for Abu Dhabi, nobody would have touched the medium as a prime tyre, so good to see the ultrasofts as the W tyre.
By the way, pretty sure it was mediums and hands at Sepang last year and no softs!
Callum Hosty (@hosty96xd)
26th July 2016, 14:35
*hards
Callum Hosty (@hosty96xd)
26th July 2016, 14:36
And Q tyre. Oops!
Jerejj
26th July 2016, 14:40
Regarding Brazil, I was hoping for the supersoft/soft/medium combination, but I’m happy with the Abu Dhabi compound choices.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
26th July 2016, 16:41
I’m disappointed that throughout the whole season, they’ve not been bold enough to spread the tyre compounds anything other than three consecutive compounds.
It would have been nice somewhere to see for example “ultra soft / soft / medium” or “super soft / medium / hard” just to really bring back that spectacle of the “qualifying tyre”.
Strontium (@strontium)
26th July 2016, 17:00
That’s what I was just thinking @eurobrun. Even if they’d just done it once to start with, to see how it plays out.