Pirelli has announced its tyre allocations for the Japanese, Korean and Indian Grands Prix.

For the Suzuka race Pirelli will use the soft tyre again, but replace the medium compound used last year with the hard tyre.

At Korea and India the tyre choices will remain the same as last year.

The softest available compounds will be used in Korea, and the hard and soft will be supplied for F1’s return to the Buddh International Circuit.

Here’s the full 2012 tyre allocation so far compared to last year’s:

Circuit 2012 Option 2012 Prime 2011 Option 2011 Prime Melbourne Soft Medium Soft Hard Sepang Medium Hard Soft Hard Shanghai Soft Medium Soft Hard Bahrain Soft Medium No race No race Catalunya Soft Hard Soft Hard Monte-Carlo Super-soft Soft Super-soft Soft Montreal Super-soft Soft Super-soft Soft Valencia Soft Medium Soft Medium Silverstone Soft Hard Soft Hard Hockenheimring Soft Medium No race No race Hungaroring Soft Medium Super Soft Soft Spa-Francorchamps Medium Hard Soft Medium Monza Medium Hard Soft Medium Singapore Super Soft Soft Super Soft Soft Suzuka Soft Hard Soft Medium Korea Super Soft Soft Super soft Soft Buddh Soft Hard Hard Soft

2012 F1 season

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