Four companies, Goodyear, Michelin, Pirelli and Avon supplied tyres, including special qualifying tyres, which provided much increased levels of grip during the qualification sessions that determined the starting order for the race.
Tres empresas, Goodyear, Michelin e Avon fornecían os pneumáticos, incluíndo pneumáticos de cualificación especiais, que proporcionaban maiores niveis de agarre durante as sesión de cualificación que determinaban a orde de saída para a carreira.