Tyre strategies - Chinese GP

The Formula One regulations state drivers must use both types of tyre compounds during every race.

Below is the order in which each driver used his tyre compounds in the Chinese Grand Prix, as recorded by Bridgestone:

Team Tyre Choice by StintFerrari Kimi Raikkonen Medium Hard Medium Felipe Massa Medium Medium Hard BMW Sauber Nick Heidfeld Hard Hard Medium Robert Kubica Hard Hard Medium Renault Fernando Alonso Hard Hard Medium Nelson Piquet Hard Hard Medium Williams Nico Rosberg Medium Medium Hard Kazuki Nakajima Medium Hard Red Bull Racing David Coulthard Medium Hard Mark Webber Hard Medium Medium Toyota Jarno Trulli Hard Hard DNF Timo Glock Hard Medium Scuderia Toro Rosso Sebastien Bourdais Hard Medium Medium Sebastian Vettel Hard Hard Medium Honda Jenson Button Hard Hard Medium Rubens Barrichello Hard Hard Medium Force India Adrian Sutil Medium DNF Giancarlo Fisichella Hard Medium McLaren Lewis Hamilton Hard Hard Medium Heikki Kovalainen Hard Hard Medium DNF

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