F1 teams go heavy with super-soft tyre Hungarian GP allocations
Formula 1 teams have overwhelmingly favoured the super-soft compound tyre in their selections for next weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix
Almost half the field has opted to choose as many as 10 sets of the super-soft for the Hungaroring weekend, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen the highest-profile driver to do so.
Both drivers at Force India, Williams, McLaren and Renault have also picked the same allocation.
Championship frontrunners Mercedes and Ferrari have both opted for nine sets of super-softs and three sets of softs for each of their drivers, with the same selection also made by Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.
Haas is the only team to have opted to take more than three sets of soft tyres to Hungary, with the American outfit settling on four sets of the compound for its drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean.
None of the teams have added any medium tyres to their allocations, with all 20 drivers set to go through the Hungarian GP weekend with only the sole race set allocated by Pirelli.
Hungarian Grand Prix tyre choices
| Driver | Medium | Soft | Super-soft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sergio Perez | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Esteban Ocon | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Lance Stroll | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Jolyon Palmer | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Pascal Wehrlein | 1 | 3 | 9 |
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