F1 Grand Prix, GP Bahrain, Bahrain International Circuit The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix turned out to be a fairly conventional race in terms of strategy with most of the drivers opting to complete the 57-lap race with a two-stop strategy. F1Technical's senior writer Balázs Szabó delivers his tyre analaysis following the Manama F1 race. Formula One’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli brought the three hardest compounds of its five-compound range to the season-opener in Manama. It meant that the C1 compound served as the Hard tyre, the C2 as the medium and the C3 as the soft rubber. Pre-season testing and Thursday’s practice sessions indicated that the red-walled tyre could emerge...
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