In recent weeks, much of the tyre talk in Formula 1 has surrounded the C6 compound and how it has not had the sort of impact Pirelli might have been hoping for as it looked to develop its softer range of options – but that will be irrelevant in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
In the searing Styrian sun, a team’s performance will depend more on how well they can make the hard and medium options work during the race, with the soft C5 likely to only come into play if there is a late-race safety car.
