Almost all of the top teams have chosen the same tyre choices for the second race of the 2018 Formula 1 season in Bahrain next weekend.
Despite claims a more aggressive approach would result in two-stop strategies at most Grands Prix, the Ultrasoft compound proved pretty durable in Australia allowing most to switch to either the Soft or Supersoft at their first and only pit-stops.
With conditions usually hotter and rear tyres much more limited around the stop/ start desert track at Sakhir, the Italian supplier has gone a step harder than Melbourne with their allocation as the Supersoft, Soft and Medium rubber were made available.
Most have largely ignored the two harder tyres, however, with Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and three other teams stocking up with seven sets of the red-striped Supers.
Of the top three teams, only Valtteri Bottas will have five sets of the Soft compound at his disposal with a single Medium while the rest will only have four with an additional set of the hardest tyre brought.
Force India, Renault and Haas have all picked eight sets of the Supersoft while McLaren has gone the most aggressive as the only team to chose nine.
Bahrain was one of only a handful of races where two-stops were needed last year, so it will be interesting to see as, now a full night race, whether the tyres remain a more important factor in 2018.
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