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Pirelli goes aggressive with Mexican Grand Prix tyre picks
Pirelli has taken an aggressive approach to its tyre selections for the Mexican Grand Prix, antepenultimate race on the 2018 Formula 1 calendar. The sole tyre supplier will make available its three softest compounds, the red Supersoft, purple Ultrasoft and pink Hypersoft – the same combination used in Monaco and Canada where tyre degradation is low. Mexico tends to see slightly higher degradation than both Monaco and Canada as it features a high-speed sector two which is made up of high-speed sweeping turns, however sectors one and three feature almost exclusively low-speed corners. Last year Pirelli used the Soft, Supersoft and Ultrasoft, therefore it has chosen to take a more...
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