 In a further change of regulations , tyre supplier Pirelli now made three instead of two tyre compounds available for each Grand Prix . For the Australian Grand Prix , these were the super @-@ soft , soft and medium compounds . With Pirelli providing every driver with two sets of tyres for the race ( of which one must be used ) and an additional one for the third part of qualifying , drivers were able to choose ten additional sets of tyres out of the three compounds available . Notably , Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg made different choices , with Rosberg opting for an additional set of mediums instead of soft tyres . The two Manor drivers chose the most conservative way , taking on four sets each of the medium and soft compounds . 
