Ferrari opts for aggressive tyre picks for Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Ferrari has maxed out ﷽on its ultrasoft tyre allocation ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi ಌRaikkonen set to receive a total of 10 sets each of the softest compound tyre provided by Pirelli in Baku.

Ferrari has maxed out on its ultrasoft tyre a✅llocation ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen set to receive a total of 10 sets each of the softest compound tyre provided by Pirelli in Baku.
Pirelli previously announced it had selected the softs, supersofts and ultrasofts as its tyre choices for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which hosts the fourth round of the 2018 Formula 1 season, with the team’s tyre picks revealing Ferrar🐟i has opted for the largest allocation of ultrasofts for both drivers alongside the Alfa Romeo Sauber pair of Charles Leclerc, Marus Ericsson as well as McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne.
Vettel has opted for two sets of the supersofts and just one set of softs, while teammate Raikkonen going for the opposite approach with one set o⛄f ultrasofts and two sets of softs, with the same tactic being used by Alfa Romeo Sauber and its two drivers.
Mercedes has opted to go one step more conservative with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas both taking nine sets of ultra💯softs, while the defending F1 world champion has two sets each of the softs and the supersofts and his Finnish teammate opting for one set of softs and three sets of supersofts.
Red Bull has gone o꧋ne step further with eight sets of the ultrasoft tyres each for Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen as the pair mirror tyres picks wi🌱th two sets of softs and three sets of ultrasofts.
Pirelli’s 2018 F1 tyre compounds were designed to be two steps softer than the previous season and at the first three races have seen tyre strategy pl﷽ay a key role in the result. Red Bull were the only top team to pit for fresh tyres under the safety car at the Chinese Grand ♏Prix which paid off as Ricciardo charged through the top order to claim a dramatic victory.