Toto Wolff: F1 is 90% politics, 10% sport
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Rosberg and Hamilton differ on Chinese GP tyre choice
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have opted for slightly different tyre allocations for the Chinese Grand Prix, with Ferrari also taking a different mix of compounds for its drivers.
Chinese GP Driver's Tyre Choice
[TABLE]
<thead>[TR]
[TH]Driver[/TH]
[TH]Team[/TH]
[TH]Tyres[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kimi Raikkonen[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD]Williams[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD]Williams[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD]Red Bull[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nico Hulkenberg[/TD]
[TD]Force India[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sergio Perez[/TD]
[TD]Force India[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD]Renault[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jolyon Palmer[/TD]
[TD]Renault[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Max Verstappen[/TD]
[TD]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Carlos Sainz Jnr[/TD]
[TD]Toro Rosso[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD]McLaren[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD]McLaren[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marcus Ericsson[/TD]
[TD]Sauber[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Felipe Nasr[/TD]
[TD]Sauber[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pascal Wehrlein[/TD]
[TD]Manor[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rio Haryanto[/TD]
[TD]Manor[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD]Haas[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esteban Gutierrez[/TD]
[TD]Haas[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
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Ferrari is slow in qualifying but is nearly matching Mercedes in race trim.
