In F1 manager series, they had a system that worked pretty well. All the tyres you had used in qualifying could be selected for the sprint race. If you didnt use those tyres, they where still saved for the main race.
Often due to this, you are (almost) forced to use a set of soft tyres that only work for a few short laps.
Real F1 that the game is based on is that the sport should be more environmental, there is nothing environmental about using one set off multiple tyres for just one lap of sprint qualifying.
In real life, they have all the sets from AFTER the FP session to use for the qualifying sessions and race sessions.
Also due to this, when you for an example select the "Harder" compounds for the race weekends, it does not take into effect because the game deletes one off the hard tyres by auto after the sprint race, making China difficult.
This does not just needs to be fixed, it needs an complete overhaul.