Several drivers, notably Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello, have voiced concern that Bridgestone have chosen to bring the same tyres they did in Australia - their medium and super-soft compounds. Many struggled on the super softs in Melbourne and opted to run them early, among them Robert Kubica for BMW Sauber, the Ferrari drivers, and Lewis Hamilton for McLaren. Winner Jenson Button and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel opted to use them in their final stints, and that contributed to the incident between Vettel and Kubica as the Pole gained ground on the German whose tyres were graining very badly and thus losing their effectiveness.
The surface of the Shanghai International Circuit is quite abrasive, certainly more so than Albert Park, and many fear this will only exacerbate the problem.
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“I think it is the worst decision they made in a long time, because it is a ridiculous tyre for here, for Shanghai,” Alonso said. “I don’t know if Bridgestone made the decision or the FIA, but they have to reconsider this type of decision because we look ridiculous on television and we look ridiculous for the spectators, and it is a joke to be in front of TV six seconds slower.
“We expressed our concerns and now in the third race we have the same tyre at a worse circuit. This is something that we need to change immediately,” added the former champion.
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