Motorcycle race

Pirelli expects F1 drivers to gamble on soft tyres in sprint race

In contrast to a normal race weekend, when the top 10 drivers start the race on the tyres they progressed through from Q2 on while the rest of the grid has a free choice on which tyres to start on, none of the drivers are obliged to start the sprint on the tyres with which they qualified.
The consensus in the paddock in recent weeks has been that the medium compound would be the default choice …Keep reading