Pirelli have revealed the tyres that each driver has selected for the second round of the season in Bahrain.
Under the revised 2016 regulations, drivers can make their selections from three dry tyre compounds, which for the Sakhir weekend are the white-marked medium, the yellow-marked soft, and the red-marked supersoft - the same options which were available for Australia.
Interesting to note is the different strategies chosen by the frontrunners. Mercedes have allocated Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg just one set of mediums, while arch rivals Ferrari - and most other teams - have been more conservative and given Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen three sets of the hardest rubber.
The only other men to opt for a single set of mediums are Renault's Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer, Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen and Haas's Esteban Gutierrez.
The individual driver choices are shown below:
| Driver | Team | Medium | Soft | Supersoft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Felipe Massa | Williams | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Sergio Perez | Force India | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Jenson Button | McLaren | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Rio Haryanto | Manor | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Romain Grosjean | Haas | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 1 | 5 | 7 |
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