Pirelli has nominated the P Zero slick compounds that will be used for the forthcoming races in Montreal, Valencia and Silverstone. For the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, the teams will use the P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red supersoft tyres. At the Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia, the teams will have the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft at their disposal. Finally, for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Pirelli will bring the P Zero Silver hard and P Zero Yellow soft.
Montreals street circuit is tight and twisty, making it ideally suited to the two softest compounds in Pirellis range as will be used in Monaco next weekend. Valencia is also a street circuit, but higher temperatures and faster speeds mean that the medium and the soft tyres are most suitable. Silverstone is one of the quickest circuits of the year, so the nomination of hard and soft with a full step in between the two compounds will showcase both the durability and performance of Pirellis products, while opening up many different possibilities in terms of strategy.
The 2012 rules stipulate that under normal circumstances each team will receive six sets of the harder compound and five sets of the softer compound for the race weekend, which can now be used at any point from free practice one on Friday onwards. Pirelli will also bring its Cinturato Green intermediate tyre for damp track conditions (four sets per driver) as well as the Cinturato Blue rain tyre (three sets per driver) to each race).
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