F1: Pirelli announces its plans for opening F1 race

For the first time the super-soft tyres will punch the Formula One tracks in the upcoming season, F1 tyres supplier Pirelli have declared. In order to cope with the high temperatures and rasping outside, Pirelli has taken this step.

The giant tyre company has declare its compound option for the first four races of the 2013 season -Australian GP, Malaysian GP, Chinese GP and Bahrain GP.

A week later, in Malaysia, medium and hard will be tried on the irregular surface of Sepang. In China, soft and medium tyres will be on present and Bahrain Circuit will be tried with soft and hard tyres.

As was the case last year, each team will obtain six sets of the harder complex and five sets of the softer compound for each race.

Pirelli will also bring four sets of transitional and three sets of full wet tyres to all four races of the period in case of rain