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Bridgestone brings super soft compounds to Monaco

Formula One heads to the jewel in the crown of the season in Monte Carlo for the sixth round of the year where Formula One's official tyre manufacturer Bridgestone will supply the teams with soft and super soft tyres.

As the track uses the roads of Monaco's road network, finding grip will be the express priority of competitors next weekend. Bridgestone brings its softest compound tyres, the soft and super soft.

The super soft compound has been modified from that used last season and it is the only compound in the four compound range to have changed. Teams had their first opportunity to use the revised super soft compound in last week's test at Paul Ricard.

Speaking about Bridgestone's special tyre compound Bridgestone's director of motorsport tyre development, Hirohide Hamashima, said: "The super soft has been modified from last year to give more grip, and we have tried to achieve this without sacrificing any of its other characteristics, such as its wear rate and stiffness. Monaco will be the first race weekend where we use this compound this season so it will be interesting to see how it performs, especially as we will be using it again in the Canadian Grand Prix which follows Monaco."

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