Bridgestone reveals tyre allocations

For the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, the Japanese tyre supplier will use the medium and hard compounds. It will be the first time those tyres will be used at the German track, as there was no race there in 2007.

In Hungary, the soft and super soft compounds will be used, and Bridgestone will take the same tyres to the new race in Valencia.

The hard and medium compounds will be used at Spa and Monza, instead of the the medium and soft compounds used last year.

"The data we have gained from the first seven races of the season have enabled us to make our allocation choices for the following five events," said Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone's motorsport director. "Of these races, Valencia and Hockenheim are notable.

"We did not race at Hockenheim last year, so this will be the first time we have raced there with the current family of tyres. Valencia, of course, is a new street track and we do not have any previous data, and there is none from other race series. It will be interesting for everyone concerned to learn the track characteristics here.

"For Spa and Monza we have moved the allocation a position harder and will bring the hard and medium compounds, instead of the medium and soft used in 2007.

"We have made this change after analysing the data from last year, as these tracks were harsher than we had predicted. We will make an announcement about the tyre allocations for the final four races in the season later in the year."