Pirelli announce tyres for Sao Paulo and Abu Dhabi

Pirelli announces compound choices and mandatory sets for the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, Round 20 and Round 21 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship.

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to round 20 of the 2016 Formula One season in Brazil*, to be held (November 10-13) on the Interlagos circuit:

These are the tyres that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:

Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

There are the tyres assigned for Q3 in qualifying:

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 10, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race – as is the case currently.

The following three compounds will be available at the 21^st (and last) round of the 2016 Formula One season in Abu Dhabi*, to be held (November 24-27) on the Yas Marina circuit:

These are the tyres that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:

Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

There are the tyres assigned for Q3 in qualifying:

On both events, as usual, he teams are free to choose the remaining 10 sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

*The new 2016 tyre regulations mean that tyre nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.