Pirelli names tyre compounds for Belgium, Japan
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has named the tyre compounds that will be made available to teams for the Belgian Grand Prix and the Japanese Grand Prix.
For Spa-Francorchamps, Pirelli has opted to go for a supersoft-soft-medium selection that has so far featured in five of the eight first grands prix of the season.
A set of mediums and a set of softs will be made available for the race for mandatory use.
Meanwhile, softs, mediums and hards have been nominated as the tyre compounds for Suzuka, with two sets of the hard tyre selected as mandatory - meaning that, in case of a dry race, each driver will have to use the hardest available tyre in the grand prix.
The announcement means that Pirelli has now named tyre compounds for 16 of the first 17 grands prix of the season, with Singapore, Malaysia and Japan selections announced ahead of Italy due to their status as flyaway races.
Tyres nominated so far in 2016:
 Australia | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Bahrain | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 China | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Russia | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Spain | Soft | Medium | Hard | ||
 Monaco | Ultrasoft | Supersoft | Soft | ||
 Canada | Ultrasoft | Supersoft | Soft | ||
 Azerbaijan | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Austria | Ultrasoft | Supersoft | Soft | ||
 Britain | Soft | Medium | Hard | ||
 Hungary | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Germany | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Belgium | Supersoft | Soft | Medium | ||
 Singapore | Ultrasoft | Supersoft | Soft | ||
 Malaysia | Soft | Medium | Hard | ||
 Japan | Soft | Medium | Hard |
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