Brendon Hartley believes the new Hypersoft Formula 1 tyre compound will help to spic⛎e up qualifying throꦏugh the 2018 season as drivers chase a "huge" lap time at the possible expense of a brief opening stint of the race.

Pirelli announced last November 🏅it would be introducing the Hypersoft tyre to F1 as the softest compound in its range, offering more grip than the Ultrasoft while being less durable.

The tyre will debut at the Monaco Grand Prix in May before returning for the Canadian Grand Prix the following month, and is also expected to featur🃏e at low grip street circuits later in the year.

Drivers enjoyed extended ꦗruns on the Hypersoft tyre through pre-season testing in Barcelona, with Hartley expecting it to make qualifying particularly exciting when pushing to the limit on low fuel.

"There’s great grip there so I think ℱall the drivers have got smiles on their faces after we use that tyre," Toro Rosso dri♍ver Hartley said.

"It will be interesting to see how that plays out in qualifying during the year because it doesn’t have the durability of the other 𒅌tyres. If you qualified on it and started the race on it, it could mix things up a bit.

"I think it will make qualifying quite exciting, having a tyre that can produce huge lap t🦩ime for one lap, and then if you have to race with it 𝔍can be interesting.

"But I think there’s a really broad range. The medium and soft tyres have really good durabi𒈔lity and we’re doing really g🏅ood long runs.

"There’s a tyre for everything, but I think that will make tyre selection 👍🍎for the races tricky, but maybe more exciting for the fans."