Medium and Hard compounds evenly matched

The first day of running for the Spanish Grand Prix saw Fernando Alonso set the pace in his McLaren Mercedes. Bridgestone have the medium and hard compound available for the 11 teams this weekend and the difference between the two is not as great as has been the case at other venues this year.

Kees van de Grint, Head of Track Engineering Operations
“Today it looks like the Bridgestone Potenzas provided a very good balance for all competitors. It is becoming very close in terms of lap times and we saw twelve cars set times in the 1min 22s and the entire grid separated by under 2.5 seconds, but Alonso certainly knows his way around his home circuit."

"Both the hard and the medium compound worked very well, but as a consequence of this the difference in lap time between the two is very small, which means strategy will very much be a case of driver preference. The new track layout has not affected the tires and the higher temperature compared to last week’s test has meant there is less difference between the two compounds." Bridgestone