Pirelli says its newest tyre, the pink-walled Hypersoft, is delivering a laptime gain of around one second over the Ultrasoft tyre, which during the 2017 season was its softest compound. Pirelli introduced the purple Ultrasoft compound in 2016 in response to claims its Supersoft compound was too hard, but with teams getting better at tyre management and the new-for-2017 wider tyres lasting longer than anticipated, the tyre supplier has introduced the Hypersoft, which will become its softest compound in the range next year. Although it's likely to be used mainly at street circuits, where the average speed is lower and therefore degradation isn't such an issue, Pirelli has been...
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