The top three teams have opted for a carefully balanced approach to their tyre selection for next weekend's German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring. Pirelli have offered teams a choice of medium, soft and ultrasoft tyres for the race weekend. It means that the line-up is 'non-continuous' with the supersoft tyres omitted from the selection, making for a big step between the ultras and the rest of the compounds. Drivers get one set of each and then can make up the rest of their 13-set assignment as they wish. Both Mercedes and both Ferrari drivers have opted to take just seven sets of ultras, as has Red Bull's Max Verstappen. His team mate Daniel Ricciardo is slightly more daring, opting for...
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