Pirelli will bring the softest compounds in its range to Austria, where wear is not a decisive factor, and degradation is mainly thermal in origin. read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says Lewis Hamilton would have won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix without the virtual safety car, such was the Briton's... read more »

Lewis Hamilton thanked Ferrari for helping him "achieve a dream" after taking his maiden grand prix win as a member of the Scuderia.Hamilton and Ferrari went on the... read more »

High levels of degradation could lead to strategy chaos in Sunday's F1 race at Barcelona. read more »

The Barcelona‑Catalunya Grand Prix is set to unfold as one of the most strategically complex races of the season, shaped by extreme heat, unusually high tyre degradation and... read more »

Most teams have retained two sets of C2 from yesterday, a compound that appears particularly effective on cars with greater downforce, albeit with only slightly lower... read more »

Managing tyre degradation while maintaining competitive pace will be key, but we have both cars in a position to fight for points. read more »

High tyre degradation at the Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix will create small differences between the three compounds and considerable strategic variation during Sunday's... read more »

Overall, all compounds are showing high levels of thermal degradation, particularly on the front and rear left, due to the abrasive surface of the asphalt, second only to Bahrain. read more »

Pirelli's evaluation of Friday practice at the Monaco Grand Prix paints a clear picture: the 2026 tyres behaved consistently across all three compounds, degradation was... read more »

Pirelli left little ambiguity after the main qualifying session in Miami: the 2026 Grand Prix is shaping up to be a race defined by tyre consistency, low degradation and the... read more »

Pirelli's analysis of the Miami International Autodrome outlines a circuit that, despite its street‑style configuration, produces highly predictable tyre behaviour and... read more »

It's the high fuel run pace where we are really having to focus all of our attention. We feel we are not really in a happy place with our tyre degradation and thermal... read more »

We will try to take advantage and exploit the strengths in our car, especially with the hot conditions alongside the added factor of tyre degradation. read more »

McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella says Max Verstappen's Austin sprint pole confirms Red Bull can now win everywhere, but in the Texas heat the Italian still thinks... read more »

The Medium and Hard were very close in terms of performance and also in terms of degradation which was practically non-existent on both compounds. read more »

Despise a tyre allocation from the softer end of Pirelli's six-compound range, tyres have shown very little degradation so far this weekend, which could witness McLaren... read more »

In terms of strategy, given that degradation seems rather limited, the one-stop would seem to be the only plausible option. read more »

With the Formula One spending its well-deserved summer break, F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo explains how surface porosity can lead to premature degradation. read more »

We didn't see any graining and thermal degradation was pretty much in line with our expectations. read more »

On the back of another tough weekend when he failed to score any points, Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda claimed that tyre degradation is "like crazy" for which he... read more »

Degradation across the three compounds was higher than during Friday free practice, when temperatures were between 15 and 20 ?C lower, however not by a significant amount. read more »

A two-stop is the quickest choice, running the medium and hard. A one-stop is doable, given that tyre degradation is quite low, in fact probably even lower than expected. read more »

"They were very quick, Max was very quick today, and not only did we struggle on pace but I think we also struggled with the degradation of things too." read more »

Considering the length of the pit lane, the low degradation and the difficulty of overtaking, Pirelli suggests that the one-stop strategy will emerge as the fastest approach at... read more »