Bridgestone pair hard tyres with super softs for Hockenheim

Bridgestone will take the unusual step of bringing tyres from opposing ends of their dry-weather compound range to next month’s German Grand Prix. It means there will be two steps, rather than the usual one, between rubber types at Hockenheim.

“The characteristics of the circuit allow us to bring the compounds from the extremes of our softness range,” explained Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone’s Head of Motorsport Tyre Development…