The most stressed tyre is the front-left, with China featuring the heaviest braking seen all year.
Pirelli has nominated the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft tyres for China: the first time that this combination makes an appearance this year. China is well-known for its smooth and sweeping track layout with moderate ambient and track temperatures, which makes ... [ more ]

Rémi Taffin: The location of the Shanghai track also provides an unusual challenge
Shanghai is an anomaly on the calendar as there is a very long straight, but a relatively low percentage of the lap is spent at full throttle. This dichotomy is quite unusual as most circuits are one or the other: either a ‘power track’ such as Monza or Montreal, or ‘driveability track’ ... [ more ]